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Southwest
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ME-RH-WB. The
Witches of Abiquiú: the Governor, the
Priest, the Genízaro Indians, and the
Devil by Malcolm Ebright and Rick Hendricks.
UNM Press, 2006. Illustrations by Glen Strock. This
is the story of a little-known witchcraft trial
that took place at Abiquiú, New Mexico,
between 1756 and 1766.
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The Abiquiú Genízaro land grant
where the witchcraft outbreak occurred was the
crown jewel of Governor Vélez
Cachupín's plan to achieve peace for the
early New Mexican colonists, caught between the
Pueblo Indians' resistance to Christianization and
raids by nomadic indios bárbaros. Thanks
mainly to the governor's strategy, peace was
achieved with the Comanches and Utes, the Pueblo
Indians retained their religious ceremonies, and
the Abiquiú Pueblo land grant survived and
flourished.
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According to leading New Mexico
historian Marc Simmons, "[Ebright and
Hendricks] demonstrate masterful detective
work, allowing them to produce an authoritative
narrative that is as provocative as it is
well-grounded." Includes drawings, map, and
documents. 360 pp.
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FLQ-PH Pobladores: Hispanic
Amerians on the Ute Frontier. Frances Leon
Quintana. Notre Dame Press,
1991.This book tells the story of the
Spanish-speakingpioneers who settled the Chama
Valey in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
and their descendants who spread northward into the
NewMexico-Colorado borderlands. This is a revised
edition of Los Primeros
Pobladores: Hispanic Americans of the Ute
Frontier by Frances Leon Swadesh
and is used as a text for SW Studies
courses. Paper back, 285 pps.,
notes, bibliography,
illustrations.
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UNM-OS.
Old Santa Fe Today by
John Gaw Meem and the Historic Santa Fe Foundation.
Fourth edition. UNM Press, 1991.
This charming book lists
over 65 Santa Fe historic houses and sites with a
description of the history of each and numerous
photographs. Included are houses formerly occupied
by Adolh Bandelier, Donaciano Vigil, and Ignacio
Roybal. Some of the houses (such as the Vigil
house) are outside of Santa Fe. Churches, parks,
and the Santa Fe plaza are also included. A
convenient map shows the location of each of these
historic houses and sites. 126 pages,
glossary.
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KW-PS The Pueblo of Socorro
Grant by Katherine H. White. Texas Independence
Community, 1986. This book tells the story
of the two Socorros, the New Mexican Socorro, an
Indian Pueblo half way between Albuquerque and El
Paso, and Socorro del Sur located in present day El
Paso, Texas. The pueblo was moved as the Indians
joined the Spaniards retreating to El Paso del
Norte as a result of the revolt of the Pueblo
Indians. There are a few historical errors, some of
which have been corrected by the editors. The maps
and drawings by José Cisneros are excellent
and worth the price of the book. 166 pp.
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DJW-MF
The Mexican Frontier, 1821-1846: The American
Southwest Under Mexico. David J. Weber.
Albuquerque, N.M.: University of New Mexico Press,
1982.Superb
treatment of the still understudied Mexican Period
in NM and the SW, from the Mxican and US
perspective. Includes numerous Mexican sources.
Soft cover, 416 pp.
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EH-FL.
Four Legues of Pecos: A Legal History of the
Pecos Grant, 1800-1933. By G. Emlen Hall.
Albuquerque, UNM Press, 1984. Back
in print, this book is one of the best accounts of
the myriad and convoluted ways in which land
speculators gained control of land grants. Good
discussion of Hispanic encroachment on Pueblo
lands, court decisions regarding the status of
Indians, and the Pueblo Lands Board. Hall gets
inside the Santa Fe Ring, naming names and
following the money trail. Cloth, issued with no
dust jacket, 367 pp.
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BG-LE. Literacy, Education,
and Society in New Mexico 1693-1821. by
Bernarado P. Gallegos. UNM Press 1992, 119 pp.
Much broader than its title suggests, this
is a an accessible social history with an emphasis
on the role of books, written documents, and
informal teaching in shaping New Mexico
society.
Rare
Book - Out of Print
Mint condition;
Hardback
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WdB-EE.
Enchantment and Exploitation: The Life and Hard
Times of a New Mexico Mountain Range. By
William de Buys, UNM Press, 1993. Winner Southwest
Book Award. A highly readable history. 416
pp.
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SF-TP The Preservation of the
Village: New Mexico's Hispanic and the New
Deal. Suzanne Forrest. UNM Press, 1998,
2nd Ed. 270 pp. This history of Hispanic
villages of New Mexico during the 1930s takes as
its focus the New Deal programs designed to
revitalize those villages. New introduction by
William de Buys and a conclusion that covers
economic development in rural Northern New Mexico
in the 1990s. Photos of village life in the 1930s,
many by John Collier, bring that era back to
life.
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MJ-BH.
Brief History of New Mexico. by Myra Ellen
Jenkins and Albert H. Schroeder. UNM Press. 1974.
Basic facts of New Mexico history. 295 pp.
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PK-SS.
The Survival of Spanish American Villages.
Paul Kutsche, ed. Colorado Springs, Colorado
College, 1979, Soft bound. Contains 9 essays on
Hispanic villages in northern New Mexico and
southern Colorado.
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EM-IR.
I Returned and Saw Under the Sun: Padre Martinez
of Taos by E. A. Mares. Albuquerque: UNM Press,
1989. One-man
play with Mares as Padre Martinez speaking to both
Archbishop Lamy, who excommunicated him, and to
Willa Cather, who misrepresented him in Death
Comes to the Archbishop. Introduction contains
basic facts of the life of Padre Martinez.
Spanish/English. 101 pp.
Rare
Book - Out of Print
Mint condition;
Paper
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MS-CL.
Coronado's Land: Essays on Daily Life in
Colonial New Mexico by Marc Simmons. UNM Press,
1991. Domestic life and traditional customs in New
Mexico. Accessible to the general reader. 195 pp.
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MS-NM.
New Mexico: An Interpretative History by
Marc Simmons. UNM Press, 1988. Excellent one volume
history of New Mexico for the general reader. 228
pp.
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MS-SG.
Spanish Government in New Mexico by Marc
Simmons. UNM Press, 1990 reprint. Still the best
book on colonial NM government. 225 pp.
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