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A collection of short stories blends state history with personal history--all complementing a novella which is told through the eyes of a boy writing a research paper entitled "The Complete History of New Mexico."
When Jean-Baptiste Lamy and Joseph Projectus Machebeuf accept a commission to establish a Catholic diocese in New Mexico, they know they are in for a few trials. 'Death Comes for the Archbishop' is an enchanting story that is part travelogue and part adventure, with flashes of the Wild West thrown in, as the territory the main characters get to explore is pretty wild, rugged, and challenging. This evocative novel sweeps across New Mexico, dealing with religion, the ill-treatment of native people, death and hypocrisy. This book is ideal for fans of Graham Greene's 'The Power and the Glory' and of Cormac McCarthy. Willa Cather (1873-1947) was an American writer best known for her novels of lif...
Encyclopedia of New Mexico The Encyclopedia of New Mexico is a single volume comprehensive reference work on the State of New Mexico. A volume in the series Encyclopedia of the United States. The Encyclopedia of New Mexico includes: Introduction, Geographic Configuration, Pre-history and Archaeology, History, Chronology, Biographies of Governors, Directory of State Services, Dictionary of Places, Pictorial Scenes, Constitution of New Mexico, Bibliography and Index. The Encyclopedia of New Mexico is a comprehensive single-volume reference guide that captures the essence of New Mexico's unique history, culture, and natural landscapes. This authoritative resource offers in-depth coverage of New...
New Mexico is a land with two faces. It is a land of enchantment, legendary for its natural beauty and rich cultural heritage. But it is also a land of paradox. In America, New Mexico, Robert Leonard Reid explores deep inside New Mexico's landscape to find the real New Mexico—with all of its gifts and challenges—within. Having traveled and hiked countless miles throughout the state, Reid knows New Mexico's breathtaking landscape intimately. But he knows the human landscape as well: its artists and poets, medicine men and businessmen, preachers and politicians, Hispanics and Anglos. He knows that amid the glittering mansions of Santa Fe there are homeless shelters, that the Indians of myt...
The indispensable traveler's guide to the history of places throughout the Land of Enchantment.
Since the earliest days of Spanish exploration and settlement, New Mexico has been known for lying off the beaten track. But this new history reminds readers that the world has been beating paths to New Mexico for hundreds of years, via the Camino Real, the Santa Fe Trail, several railroads, Route 66, the interstate highway system, and now the Internet. This first complete history of New Mexico in more than thirty years begins with the prehistoric cultures of the earliest inhabitants. The authors then trace the state’s growth from the arrival of Spanish explorers and colonizers in the sixteenth century to the centennial of statehood in 2012. Most historians have made the territory’s admi...
A textbook tracing the history of New Mexico's land and people from the Ice Age to the present.
compiled by Workers of the Writers Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New Mexico.