First published in 1956, this classic of southwestern history comprises portraits of ten generations of Santa Fe people, composite characters drawn from the author's research. Contents: Book One, Under Spain; Book Two, Under Mexico: Book Three, Under the United States; Epilogue: Past and Present.
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About the Author:
Robert F. Gish is the author of over a dozen works of fiction and memoir, folktales, and literary biographies and essays. His story collections include Bad Boys and Black Sheep (1996), Dreams of Quivira (1996), and First Horses: Stories of the New West (1993); he also has written a memoir of growing up in the west, Songs of My Hunter Heart (1992). He taught at the University of Northern Iowa from 1967-91 and served as director of ethnic studies and professor of English at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo from 1991 to 2001. Of Cherokee-Anglo American descent, Gish lives with his wife Judith in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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- PublisherUniversity of New Mexico Press
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0826314910
- ISBN 13 9780826314918
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages388
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