America, New Mexico
America, New Mexico

Author: Robert Leonard Reid

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780816518760

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New Mexico is a land with two faces. It is a land of enchantment, legendary for its natural beauty and rich cultural heritage. But it is also a land of paradox. In America, New Mexico, Robert Leonard Reid explores deep inside New Mexico's landscape to find the real New Mexico—with all of its gifts and challenges—within. Having traveled and hiked countless miles throughout the state, Reid knows New Mexico's breathtaking landscape intimately. But he knows the human landscape as well: its artists and poets, medicine men and businessmen, preachers and politicians, Hispanics and Anglos. He knows that amid the glittering mansions of Santa Fe there are homeless shelters, that the Indians of myth and legend combat alcoholism and poverty, and that toxic waste lurks beneath a land of almost surreal beauty. America, New Mexico is a book about land, sky, and hope by a writer whose passion and inspiring prose invite us to see the promise and possibilities of reconnecting with the natural world. It is unflinching in its depiction of the adversities facing New Mexicans and indeed all Americans. But above all, it searches behind and beyond these troubling issues to find, standing staunchly against them, a quiet and unshakable confidence rooted in New Mexico's natural world. For anyone who has ever been moved by the incomparable beauty of New Mexico, for anyone concerned with the landscape in which all Americans live, America, New Mexico is an unforgettable book.

New Mexico
New Mexico

Author: Deborah Kent

Publisher: Children's Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9780516206905

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Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, sports, art, and people of New Mexico, where the three major cultures are Native American, Hispanic, and Anglo.

African American History in New Mexico
African American History in New Mexico

Author: Bruce A. Glasrud

Publisher: UNM Press

Published: 2013-02-15

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0826353029

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Although their total numbers in New Mexico were never large, blacks arrived with Spanish explorers and settlers and played active roles in the history of the territory and state. Here, Bruce Glasrud assembles the best information available on the themes, events, and personages of black New Mexico history. The contributors portray the blacks who accompanied Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado and de Vargas and recount their interactions with Native Americans in colonial New Mexico. Chapters on the territorial period examine black trappers and traders as well as review the issue of slavery in the territory and the blacks who accompanied Confederate troops and fought in the Union army during the Civil War in New Mexico. Eventually blacks worked on farms and ranches, in mines, and on railroads as well as in the military, seeking freedom and opportunity in New Mexico’s wide open spaces. A number of black towns were established in rural areas. Lacking political power because they represented such a small percentage of New Mexico’s population, blacks relied largely on their own resources and networks, particularly churches and schools.

New Mexico
New Mexico

Author: Christina Leaf

Publisher: Bellwether Media

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1612118267

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The arid New Mexico landscape is home to some of the most marvelous landforms in America. The Carlsbad Caverns house one of the largest caves in the country. In southern New Mexico, the white sand dunes draw many visitors. Explore the Enchanted State today!

New Mexico
New Mexico

Author: Tanya Lloyd Kyi

Publisher: North America (Whitecap)

Published: 2006-11-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781552857748

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The North America Series captures outstanding views, landscapes, cityscapes and picturesque communities from the every region of the continent and feature 70 photographs by North America's best photographers and captions filled with interesting facts.

New Mexico in World War II
New Mexico in World War II

Author: Richard Melzer and John Taylor

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1467106704

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In 1941, New Mexico was an agrarian state with just over half a million people, many of whom lived without electricity, running water, indoor plumbing, or paved roads. However, the state provided more military volunteers per capita--including eight Medal of Honor winners--than any other state and had the highest casualty rate per capita in the country. New Mexico provided essential resources ranging from oil and coal to potash and copper. The state is often remembered for being the location where the first nuclear weapon was designed and tested in 1945, but more important at the time were the development of the proximity fuze and the testing of the top-secret Norden bombsight. The state also housed German and Italian prisoners of war, and, in one of the darkest moments in US history, incarcerated American citizens of Japanese descent in several concentration camps.

Abandoned New Mexico
Abandoned New Mexico

Author: John M. Mulhouse

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781634992343

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Abandoned New Mexico: Ghost Towns, Endangered Architecture, and Hidden History encompasses huge swathes of time and space. As rural populations decline and young people move to ever-larger cities, much of our past is left behind. Out on the plains or along now-quiet highways, changes in modes of livelihood and transportation have moved only in one direction. Stately homes and hand-built schools, churches and bars--these are not just the stuff of individual lives, but of an entire culture. New Mexico, among the least-dense states in the country, was crossed by both the Spanish and Route 66; the railroad stretched toward every hopeful mine and outlaws died in its arms. Its pueblos are among the oldest human habitations in the U.S., and the first atomic bomb was detonated nearly dead in its center. John Mulhouse spent almost a decade documenting the forgotten corners of a state like no other through his popular City of Dust project. From the sunbaked Chihuahuan Desert to the snow-capped Moreno Valley, travel through John's words and pictures across the legendary Land of Enchantment.--Back cover.

Mysteries and Miracles of New Mexico
Mysteries and Miracles of New Mexico

Author: Jack Kutz

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780936455020

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"Discover the haunted mesas, the eerie, bloodthirsty canyons, and the scorching wastelands that are beyond the freeways, away from the cities in surreal New Mexico"--Cover

Stories from Hispano New Mexico
Stories from Hispano New Mexico

Author: Ann Lacy

Publisher: Sunstone Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0865348855

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The fourth volume in the New Mexico Federal Writers' Project Book series records authentic accounts of life in the early days of New MexicoNdetailed descriptions of village life, battles with Indians, encounters with Billy the Kid, witchcraft, marriages, festivals, and floods.

E is for Enchantment
E is for Enchantment

Author: Helen Foster James

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press

Published: 2010-11-12

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 1585366315

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New Mexico rightly earns its nickname "Land of Enchantment" with natural treasures such as the White Sands National Monument, Carlsbad Caverns, and the Gila National Forest. But more than a beautiful landscape, New Mexico is steeped in the mystique, history, and tradition of multiple cultures, including the ancient Aztec and early Spanish explorers. From pueblo villages and stately missions to the nuclear energy research at Los Alamos, E is for Enchantment showcases the past, present, and future of New Mexico. Helen Foster James has been an educator for more than twenty years, and is now a lecturer at San Diego State University. She received her doctorate from Northern Arizona University. One of her goals is to travel to all fifty states, and she's already visited more than half. She lives in San Diego, California, with big stacks of children's books and her husband Bob. Neecy Twinem is an award-winning children's book author and illustrator of more than seventeen published books. She earned a fine arts degree from the San Francisco Art Institute, and has exhibited her artwork in the United States and Europe. After a family trip to northern New Mexico, Neecy fell in love with the Southwest and now makes her home in the natural surroundings of the Sandia Mountains area.