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About The Artist: John Russell Clift

John Russell Clift, the author and illustrator, was born in 1925 and at the peak of his career in the 1950s when he wrote this piece, one of the earliest to promote the attractions of the Chapala area as a retirement haven. His thoughtful prose and fine silkscreens paint a vivid picture of what life was like at Lakeside 50 years ago. The original introduction was " Thirty miles south of Guadalajara, in southern Mexico, is the town of Chapala, on...