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Recollections of the Life of the Priest Don Antonio José Martínez
In 1903 Pedro Sanchez published his "Memorias, or Recollections of the Life of the Priest Don Antonio Jose Martinez." This rare book, written in Spanish, is hailed by historians and others as an important and unique contribution to the literary history of New Mexico and the American Southwest. Sanchez was a student of this famous folk hero priest and the book beautifully illustrates the respect and admiration the people held for Padre Martinez. The priest is shown as dedicated to the Church and the people who looked up to him as a champion of social justice, equal rights, the downtrodden and the oppressed. Pedro Sanchez himself, as a product of Padre Martinez's coeducational school in Taos, ...
Kinship, Business, and Politics
The Martínez del Río family was a vigorous contestant in the highly politicized economy of early national Mexico. David Walker’s case study of its successes and failures provides a unique insider’s view of the trials and tribulations of doing business in a hostile environment. The family’s ordeal in Mexico—a series of personal dislocations and traumas—mirrored the painful contractions of an old society reluctantly giving birth to a new nation. Using previously undiscovered primary source materials (including the private correspondence and business records of the family, public notary documents, transcripts of judicial proceedings, and the archives of Mexico’s Ministry of Foreig...
The Adobe Kingdom
Yearning for his roots and for a return to the land of his birth, Lucero follows two families across 12 generations, from their entry into New Mexico at "La Toma del Rio del Norte," in 1598, to their achievement of statehood in 1912 and beyond.
Memorias Sobre la Vida Del Presbítero Don Antonio José Martínez
Reverend Antonio José Martinez, pastor at Taos, New Mexico from 1826-1856, was one of the most remarkable men identified with the history of New Mexico. Among his various activities was the establishment of a printing office, the first in the Territory, in which he printed the school books and catechisms from which he taught classes in his home. From 1835-1846 he published a small newspaper, 'El Crepúsculo', the first newspaper 'west of the Missouri'.
The Empire of the Cities
This study of the Spanish monarchy, bureaucracy and representative government under Charles V before and after the "comunero" revolt (1520-1521) demonstrates how the emperor and Castilian republics institutionalized management procedures that promoted accountability, advanced a meritocracy, and facilitated expansionism and domestic stability.
Silent Necrosis
We ourselves question if the Black Hand; is the Antagonist, or the protagonist of this story. One fact is for certain, he's not a fictional character from an average story book. This is an authorized biography described through the eyes of the country's most infamous Serial killer. It chronologically outlines a peasant farmer's transformation to paid assassin. The Black Hand steals innocents, by inflicting pure terror, not only on his community, but across the entire United States of America. He Is responsible for more than 30 murders across 17 States. This is a True Crime None fiction, Violent Adult Content...
Dead of Night
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