Richard Melzer

Melzer offers an impressive new book about famous New Mexico gravesites, usually the only monuments left to honor the human treasures who helped shape state, national, and often international history.

Famous and Unusual Gravesites in New Mexico History

Buried Treasures

Finalist, 2010 New Mexico Book Awards Anthology, in collaboration with the Historical Society of New Mexico, covering the history of the Southwest, especially Arizona and New Mexico, during the Spanish Colonial and Mexican periods, 1540 to 1848. Includes chapters on the 17th century, race relations, gender roles, hispanic wills and burials, framing, ranching, hunting and the military.

Sunshine and Shadows in New Mexico's Past: The Spanish Colonial and Mexican Periods, 1540-1848

Presents biographical sketches of New Mexican children from different cultures, races, and classes who represent the strength and diversity of this state's heritage.

True Stories of Childhood

When We Were Young in the West

Valencia County Historical Society (N M

John M. Taylor

"A Valencia County Historical Society publication."

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