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This collection of essays about life in New Mexico by one of the state's finest authors is must reading for all New Mexicans and for all others trying the understand the state's unique charm.

Two priests, friends since their childhood in France, set out to establish the new Roman Catholic diocese in the American Southwest

An account of the events which took place in 1947 near Roswell, New Mexico, after the crash of an unidentified flying object and the government's attempt to keep the event a secret.

Presents nine extraordinary, true tales of daily life in New Mexico, including the comical title story, about a bank holdup in Santa Fe that never was. In this extraordinary collection, Tony Hillerman presents the Southwest as only he can, choosing remarkable true tales from his personal archives of local lore. As you read these stories, you will be amazed, astounded, and oftentimes confounded by the power of ingenuity, serendipity, and the strange,...

Traces the exploration and colonization of the American Southwest describing the way of life under Indian, Spanish, Mexican, and finally Anglo-American dominance with emphasis on the history of the ancient capital of Santa Fe.

Reading almost like a novel, this book, says writer Marc Simmons, "gives the reader not only the history but the feel of this unusual place." Georgie O'Keeffe captured on canvas as the valley's cliffs, canyons, and turquoise sides, but her life and death here are only a small part of the centuries-long saga. Here, too, are Pueblo Indians, Utes, Navajos, Jicarilla Apaches, Hispanos, and Anglos - many lives tangled together, yet also separate and distinct....