In Mexico, Michener shows how the Spaniards who colonized Mexico mixed with the indigenous races. As he introduces the colonizers before they leave Spain, Michener relies upon the knowledge of Spanish history that he acquired while researching and writing Iberia (1968). Mexico also examines the confluence of politics and history between Mexico and the United States, a phenomenon that Michener has treated previously in Texas (1985) and in The Eagle and the Raven (1990). Also in 1992, the same year that Mexico was released, Michener published My Lost Mexico, in which the author narrates the process by which he composed Mexico over a period of more than thirty years. My Lost Mexico includes photographic reproductions of some of Michener's handwritten notes and outlines that offer insight into the creative process that resulted in Mexico. My Lost Mexico also includes passages that Michener wrote for early drafts of Mexico but which...