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I agree, excellent book. One of my favorite chapters is reading about how General Kearney came to capture Santa Fe. It was taken without a shot because Armijo and his men ran like chickens once the Army of the West got close.
There are suggestions that the corrupt Armijo had made a back door deal to give the city up. In any case, he could see the writing on the wall...or canyon.
There are suggestions that the corrupt Armijo had made a back door deal to give the city up. In any case, he could see the writing on the wall...or canyon.
And by the time of the war, Santa Fe's economy relied more on SF Trail Commerce than on Chihuahua and other points South...
The Lore of New Mexico by Marta Weigle and Peter Wright (editors).
This book is a well assembled collection of oral histories, folkway narratives, ballads and tales gathered in rural New Mexico during the 1930s for WPA projects that were unpublished until Weigle and Wright exhumed them from archives. The book includes WPA photos by Dorothea Lange, Margaret Bourke White and others. Many of the narrators relate first hand memories of the Lincoln County War, the Navajo March, travel on the Jornada, arrival of the railroad etc. etc.
New Mexico Then & Now, by William Stone. Westcliffe Publishers, 2003.
This is a coffee table type book, filled with fascinating photographs. First you see the historical photo, then a recent shot taken from the same place. It's an amazing way to look at how our state has changed over time. I'm sure that most NM libraries will have a copy.
~clairz
I love that book
Its awesome! Its in most bookstores state wide
North from Mexico by Carey McWilliams used in some Colleges to teach the True History of the Southwest is one of the Best Books to read and learn about the Spanish and the Mexicans and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and lots of other History facts we rarely hear about. pintada kid at webtv.net
North from Mexico by Carey McWilliams used in some Colleges to teach the True History of the Southwest is one of the Best Books to read and learn about the Spanish and the Mexicans and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and lots of other History facts we rarely hear about. pintada kid at webtv.net
This book has got some very bad reviews on amazon. Is it worth the read?
Not terribly scholarly, but full of fascinating little tidbits and well-written. I found an old copy, which makes it feel more like a secret treasure trove.
I read most all kinds of books on all kinds of Subjects for over half a century but the Book North From Mexico by Carey McWilliam for anyone thats interested knowing more about the Spanish then they know about their own History this book is a must to Read regardless of the Reviews a few people give it to keep it Quiet. >>>>>>>> Our politicians today are trying to change the immigration laws and most dont even know the True History of the Southwest. Our Congressmen on up to our President dont know our History very well because the True History of the Southwest has never been allowed to be Read or the Books are hard to find. Latinos have all been Bunched up in one Group Chicanos, Hispanics, Raza, Mexicans etc. The book North from Mexico will explain how to tell the Difference and about the Los Angeles Riots a Shameful part of History we rarely hear about and the Open Seasons on Mexicans even the Texas Rangers could shoot them on sight. How much we paid for the over half a Million Square miles we Stole from Mexico to make it look like we bought it by giving someone in Mexico 10 million dollars etc. What the Spanish Brought in Progress in Ranching and mining and irrigation etc. and the Spanish brought everything imaginable to the Americas including Horses and Livestock and vegetables and plants and Saddles and tools whew this is only a Fraction of what the Book North From Mexico has and lots more its used in some Colleges to teach the True History of the Southwest and not what todays TV Western Portray History as being. If it wasnt for the Spanish Gene and Roy and Hoppy wouldnt exist without their Horses. pintada kid at webtv.net
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