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Author
Publisher
University Press of Colorado
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Prehistory in Peril is the first accurate account of the early period of archaeological study of the Durango area. The area, still rife with unexplored sites, drew many self-trained amateurs and pothunters. As more and more historically significant artifacts were found, bitter confrontation and animosity developed between professionals and enthusiasts. Prehistory in Peril follows this fascinating drama and reevaluates data from two prominent archaeologists...
Author
Language
English
Description
First published in 1925, this entertaining and dramatic biography forever installed outlaw Billy the Kid in the pantheon of mythic heroes from the Old West and is still considered the single most influential portrait of Billy in this century. Saga focuses on the Kid's life and experiences in the bloody war between the Murphy-Dolan and Tunstall-McSween gangs in and around Lincoln, New Mexico between 1878 and 1881. Burns paints the Kid as a boyish Robin...
Author
Series
Forts of the old West volume 2
Language
English
Description
A book about old forts of the Southwest.
Author
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
1945
Language
English
Description
Shepherd's Empire tells of sheep in the Southwest, from their spectacular beginnings during the high tide of Spain's conquest north of Mexico, to the vast intertwining business between shepherd, feeder, and packer which consumes some twenty-seven million animals a year. The story has been little told but it rivals that of the great cattle business.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Language
English
Description
A fascinating chronical that traces its fabulous history, from the pre-Colombian era of cliff dwellers and great native civiliztions through the era of the Spanish conquistafores, the Texxas Rebellion and the Mexican War, and the rip-roaring Wild West of Wyatt Earp and Billy the Kid, up to the birth of the Atomic Age in Los Alamos and on to the present day.
72) Buried treasures of the American Southwest: legends of lost mines, hidden payrolls, and Spanish gold
Author
Publisher
August House
Pub. Date
1989
Language
English
Formats
Author
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Pub. Date
c1990
Language
English
Description
Herbert Eugene Bolton, who was well-known for his books on the Southwest and Spanish Americas, here recounts in detail Francisco Vasquez de Coronado's sixteenth-century entrada to the North American frontier of the Spanish Empire.
In retracing Coronado's route, Professor Bolton-with access to new information-was able to relive the experiences of the original exploration. Originally published in 1949, he brings fresh insight and profound knowledge...
Author
Publisher
World Book, a Scott Fetzer company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Myths and legends from the Southwest of the United States and Mexico. Features include information about the history and culture behind the myths, pronunciations, lists of deities, word glossary, further information, and index"--Provided by publisher.