Offbeat New Mexico: Places of Unexpected History, Art, and Culture - Neala McCarten

Reducere. "Offbeat New Mexico" guides you through the people, places and events that have shaped the state often referred to as the "Land of Enchantment." Th...

Discover the people, places, and landmarks that have rewritten history! Black London is a complete guide that shines a new and much-needed light on...

Reducere. This remarkable book introduces us to four unforgettable Apache people, each of whom offers a different take on the significance of places in their...

Reducere. This comprehensive view of carvings and paintings on stone by Native Americans from 200 B.C. through the nineteenth century surveys the rock art of...

Reducere. A rich gathering of essays that evoke the unique and mysterious appeal that New Mexico has had for some of the twentieth century's best known write...

Reducere. Many non-New Mexicans envision New Mexico as one large desert, yet New Mexico is very much a mountain state, with more than one hundred named mount...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Marc SimmonsFor all who love New Mexico, and for those who aspire to know the state, this book is a graceful and compelling...

Swashbuckling tales of valiant gauchos roaming Argentina and Uruguay were nineteenth-century Latin American bestsellers. But when the stories jumpe...

Reducere. There have been many histories of New Mexico written for the general public in recent years. However, New Mexico Past and Future approaches the sta...

Reducere. Women of the New Mexico Frontier, 1846-1912 is a collection of essays that include biographical sketches and writings from women of all walks of li...

Reducere. First published in 1985, William deBuys's Enchantment and Exploitation has become a New Mexico classic. It offers a complete account of the relatio...

Originally published in 1992 and available now only from UNM Press, An Illustrated History of New Mexico combines more than two hundred photographs...

As Buckfast Abbey prepares to celebrate its millennium in 2018, this new book chronicles the remarkable history of this famous English abbey. Essay...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this first history of the Jews in New Mexico--from the colonial period to the present day--the author continuously ties the Jewish ex...

Reducere. Ovida "Cricket" Coogler was last seen alive entering a mysterious car driven by an unknown man in downtown Las Cruces, New Mexico, around 3: 00 on ...

For over a decade the cult of La Santa Muerte has grown rapidly in Mexico and the United States. This book examines La Santa Muerte's role in peopl...

Famous for its majestic ruins, Mexico has gone to great lengths to preserve and display the remains of its pre-Hispanic past. The Pursuit of Ruins ...

Reducere. Bad clowns those malicious misfits of the midway who terrorize, haunt, and threaten us have long been a cultural icon. This book describes the hist...

Reducere. This comprehensive narrative traces the history of the Navajos from their origins to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Based on extensive ...

Reducere. Memories of Torreon, New Mexico is a collection of stories about the people of Torreon, New Mexico by the people of Torreon, edited by Judy Alderet...

Reducere. As early as 1851, photographers journeyed along the arduous Santa Fe Trail on horseback and in covered wagons on a quest to capture the magnificent...

Reducere. New Mexico Territory attracted outlaws and desperados as its remote locations guaranteed non-detection while providing opportunists the perfect set...

Reducere. DescriptionBrought to Spain in the thirteenth century by Islamic artisans, the enameled earthenware known as may lica is decorated with a lead glaz...

Reducere. Home to one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, Arizona is a beacon for outdoor enthusiasts "the desert landscape is brimming with opportuni...

The answer is a tale of operatic proportions, sweeping across continents from the 1848 European revolutions to the civil wars in Mexico and the USA...

Reducere. This useful guidebook surveys more than eighty ghost towns, grouped by geographic area. First published in 1981 and now available only from the Uni...

Reducere. Outlaws, cattlemen and a plethora of quirky pioneers once riddled southeastern New Mexico. In November 1892, E.W. Doll and J.B. Coates ignited rumo...

Reducere. New Mexico's Spanish legacy has informed the cultural traditions of one of the last states to join the union for more than four hundred years, or b...

Reducere. DescriptionTrue to its nickname, New Mexico enchants some souls so much they never leave. The Express St. James of Cimarron plays host to the canta...

Reducere. Life in early New Mexico was often perilous. Geographic isolation attracted outlaws and ruffians, and skirmishes often arose between the indigenous...

Reducere. The first book of the twenty-first century on New Mexico's ghost towns, this illustrated survey is based on research, interviews, and the travels o...

Reducere. DescriptionAs early as 1851, photographers journeyed along the arduous Santa Fe Trail on horseback and in covered wagons on a quest to capture the ...

Reducere. Winner of the 2016 Western Heritage Award for Photography from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Winner of the 2015 Southwest Book Awar...

Reducere. New Mexico Territory attracted outlaws and desperados as its remote locations guaranteed non-detection while providing opportunists the perfect set...

Reducere. In this richly illustrated book, Neal B. Keating explores Iroquois visual expression through more than five thousand years, from its emergence in a...

DescriptionThis stunning photographic ode to one of the world's most beloved treasures pays tribute to Notre-Dame--its place in history and in cult...

Reducere. A quick reference guide for many of the people, places, and things connected to the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees, as well as for the other of...

Reducere. This moving novel of pioneer life in Arizona has become a classic. Based on the life of the author's mother, it overturns every stereotype of weste...

Reducere. Cecelia Capture Welles, an Indian law student and mother of two, is jailed on her thirtieth birthday for drunk driving. Held on an old welfare frau...

Reducere. New Mexico's Spanish legacy has informed the cultural traditions of one of the last states to join the union for more than four hundred years, or b...

Reducere. The Cherokee Nation is one of the largest and most important of all the American Indian tribes. The first history of the Cherokees to appear in ove...

DescriptionContemporary food goes way beyond avocado and quinoa salads. Delicious Places presents the new wave of caf s, restaurants and entreprene...

Written in the style of a thriller, this is a gripping account of how Churchill brought us back from the brink. Soon to be a major film starring Ga...

The cross stirs intense feelings among Christians as well as non-Christians. Robin Jensen takes readers on an intellectual and spiritual journey th...

Reducere. In places like the valley town of Alma, once known to Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch, and through the dusty streets of San Antonio, where Conrad ...

Reducere. Tularosa--sun-scorched, sandblasted, merciless--the parched desert where everything, from cactus to cowman, carries a weapon of some sort, and the ...