edited by John P. Wilson
These journals and letters offer details of an epic march from Fort Bridger, Wyoming, to New Mexico, a firsthand account of the Battle of Valverde, and a soldier's efforts to understand ongoing events as the country rushed toward the outbreak of hostilities.
The most thorough account ever written of southwestern life in the early seventeenth century, this engaging book was first published in 1630 as an official report to the king of Spain by Fray Alonso de Benavides, a Portuguese Franciscan who was the third head of the mission churches of New Mexico.
edited by Frank V. Scholes, Marc Simmons, and José Antonio Esquibel
translated by Eleanor B. Adams
This book, the final volume in the Coronado Historical Series, recognizes the career of Juan Domínguez de Mendoza, a soldier-colonist who was as instrumental as any governor or friar in shaping Hispano-Indian society in New Mexico.
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Additionally, the judges gave
Started in 1953, the Zia Book Award is given annually to honor an outstanding woman in New Mexico media.
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Ben Radford, author of TRACKING THE CHUPACABRA: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore, discusses false "chupacabra" reports. Watch a video here.
Editor Stephen Sachs and contributor Phyllis Gagnier discuss RE-CREATING THE CIRCLE: The Renewal of American Indian Self-Determination on KGNU-FM. Listen to the interview here.
An interview with Liza Bakewell, author of MADRE: Perilous Journeys with a Spanish Noun and Co-Director of "Maine Women Write," is available The Maine Public Broadcasting Network. Listen here.
Christopher Schmidt-Nowara discusses SLAVERY, FREEDOM, AND ABOLITION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE ATLANTIC WORLD on "The Academic Minute." Listen here.
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| Saturday, April 14 from 9:00am-4:00pm: Nasario García (GRANDPA LOLO'S NAVAJO SADDLE BLANKET) and Melody Groves (HOIST A COLD ONE!) sign their books as part of the 6th Annual Authors for Literacy Event at the Moriarty Civic Center in Moriarty, NM
Thursday, April 19 at 7:00pm: Eleuterio Santiago-Díaz reads from and signs BREATHS at Bookworks in Albuquerque, NM
Thursday, May 3 at 7:00pm: Thomas Fox Averill reads from and signs RODE at the First Congretional Church in Topeka, KS.
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