II. In all things there is a beginning

III. The exile of Modesto

IV. First winter en el valle

V. Second winter--meeting Anastasio

VI. Dead of winter

VII. The lechero Cometh

VIII. El cuatro de julio

IX. Christmas and Pancho Verda

X. Summer en el valle

XI. Autumn en el valle

XII. Que viva el gallo

XIII. A circus life

XIV. A late winter

XV. Wish upon  a star

XVI. Billy el chivito

XVII. El telegrama del gobierno

XVIII. The war continues - Pilar falls

XIX. La muerte de Henry

XX. The beginning of the end - Mateo disappears

XXI. Fito runs off and Modesto follows el camino de Chihuahua

XXII. El lechero cometh

XXIII. The flight

XXIV. The demise of Pilar

XXV. The wake

XXVI. Gabriel drops in to express his condolences

XXVII. The gypsy in the valley

XXVIII. Fito runs off into the mountains

XXIX. Josefina visits for condolences

XXX. Modesto still in the tree as Gabriel leaves

XXXI. The orchards are bare

The setting of From Cíbola to San Miguel is the Mesilla Valley during World War II. Four-year old Modesto is left with his great grandmother, Pilar, and ultimately spends the next five years under her care. The war ends and a year later Pilar dies. His parents finally return and instead of staying home decide to leave for "Califas" and away from the place Modesto has come to konw as home. 

El autor: 

Rafael Melendez is a playwright, poet, and short-story writer currently working on his second novel, The Keys to Cíbola, and a new play. 

Born in El Paso, Texas, Melendez enlisted in the US Navy in 1960 and stayed in California to complete his Master's Degree in Theater in 1977.

Back in El Paso by 1981, he became the technical director for music and theater at Ft. Bliss, Texas. 

Melendez has had numerous plays produced in Texas, Arizona, California and Oregon.

From Cíbola to San Miguel is his first published novel. 

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