Recuerdos del corazón de la montaña

(Memories of the Heart of the Mountain)

Ana Patricia Martínez Huchim

2013

Recuerdos del corazón de la montaña

The writing recalls the peak of the chicle industry almost a century ago. It narrates how men from nearby towns went to the mountain (very high hills) to extract the sap from the zapote tree, although they were exploited by traders and the resin was exported to the USA to make chewing gum.