Wicked Women of New Mexico, Paperback - Donna Blake Birchell

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

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

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

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. Before Spanish rule, the land now known as New Mexico was inhabited by many indigenous tribes and pueblos with their own religious beliefs. When co...

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. Filled with the history, geography, sociology and anthropology this 2nd revised edition contains more than 7000 names of features throughout the st...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: William G. DegenhardtAuthor: Charles W. PainterAuthor: Andrew H. PriceAmphibians and reptiles thrive in New Mexico's many l...

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. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Bernard Plossu, born in Vietnam in 1945, is one of today's best-known French photographers. His photos reflect locales he has visited all over the ...

Reducere. Field Guide to the Trees of the Gila Region of New Mexico is the definitive guide for field botanists, researchers, students, and avid nature lover...

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

This unusual book is more than a guide; it is a showcase for the remarkable beauty and diversity of New Mexico's mountains. A profile of each major...

Reducere. Desperados of frontier days in the United States command a certain amount of attraction. The frontier desperado was a rugged individualist stamped ...

Reducere. Grandparents are our teachers, our allies, and a great source of love. They supply endless stories that connect us to a past way of life and to peo...

Reducere. A mysterious and majestic white stallion, an angelic but unsophisticated village priest, gossips with scathing tongues, and a blacksmith with aweso...

Reducere. Irrigation ditches are the lifelines of agriculture and daily life in rural New Mexico. This award-winning account of the authors experience as a m...

Reducere. Alice Bullock says, "We can't go back." Thomas Wolfe said it and has been quoted ever since. Yet it bears repetition, especially today and in refer...

Reducere. The story of the colonization of Northern New Mexico and one of its leading "parajes" (El Camino Real campsite) will fascinate anyone interested in...

In this exploration of how people lived and died in eighteenth- and nineteenth- century New Mexico, Martina Will de Chaparro weaves together the st...

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. A pack of beloved fruits and vegetables travel through the United States and visit friends along the way. During their trip they will learn all abo...

Reducere. Take a journey with Robert through the high mountains of New Mexico in an exciting and often humorous pursuit of big game animals. Follow behind th...

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...

DescriptionSince the 2000 elections toppled the PRI, over 150 Mexican journalists have been murdered. Failed assassinations and threats have silenc...

The history of emotions is a new approach to social history, and this book is the first in English to systematically examine emotions in Colonial M...

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 ...

Reducere. This is the first major study by a Hispano from New Mexico with intergenerational ties to the Penitentes--the deeply religious group called Hermano...

Reducere. At the outset, Los Arabes (Arabic-speaking individuals) were peddlers, carrying a variety of wares that often included exotic items from the Holy L...

Reducere. Malintzin was the indigenous woman who translated for Hernando Cort s in his dealings with the Aztec emperor Moctezuma in the days of 1519 to 1521....

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. DescriptionWith limited resources to contextualize masculinity in colonial Mexico, film, literature, and social history perpetuate the stereotype a...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Georgelle HirlimanThe terror lasted for thirty-six hours. When it was over, thirty-three inmates were dead, all at the hand...

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. DescriptionFrom abandoned sites such as Old Hachita and Sublette to historic towns that have survived until today (Columbus, Mesilla, Lincoln), New...

Reducere. Marauders like Jesse James and the Younger gang earned Missouri the title of "Outlaw State, " but the male desperadoes had nothing on their female ...

Reducere. While men commit most of Alabama's crimes, women have written some of the darkest chapters in state history. Poisoners who murdered dozens. A mob i...

Reducere. Author Tobin T. Buhk recounts the thrilling tales of Detroit's most violent, clever and misunderstood female criminals."Queen of the Underworld" So...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Buckeye State produced its share of wicked women. Tenacious madam Clara Palmer contended with constant police raids during the 1880s...

Reducere. In 1981, while working as New Mexico State Historian, Stanley M. Hordes began to hear stories of Hispanos who lit candles on Friday night and absta...

DescriptionThe Buckeye State produced its share of wicked women. Tenacious madam Clara Palmer contended with constant police raids during the 1880s...

Reducere. DescriptionAfter the Indian wars, many Americans still believed that the only good Indian was a dead Indian. But at Ganado Mission in the Navajo co...

DescriptionFrom hiking sandstone canyons to chowing down on southwestern cuisine, fall under the spell of the Land of Enchantment with Moon New Mex...

Reducere. Veteran journalist and author Sherry Robinson presents readers with the first full biography of New Mexico's first territorial governor, James Sila...

Provides a compelling explanation of something that has bedeviled a number of feminist scholars: why did popular authors like Edna Ferber continue ...

Reducere. New Mexico's night sky generated speculation about alien visitation for centuries before the Roswell Incident of 1947. But the luminous spheres kno...

Reducere. Prior to European contact, the Choctaw's matrilineal society supported women's contributions in all areas of community life. Evidence of Choctaw wo...