The Land of the Pueblos (Southwest Heritage Series) - Softcover

Susan E. Wallace

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865345430 ISBN 13: 9780865345430

Publisher: Sunstone Press, 2006

Synopsis

Susan E. Wallace takes us into the heart of nineteenth-century New Mexico and its surrounding Indian Pueblos. Eagerly, she shares her adventures and observations about the land, history, customs and inhabitants. We start with her journey West first by rail and then by buckboard. We go with her to her first contact with Native Americans and attend an Indian ceremony. We share her excitement as she forces open a heavy wooden door into a locked and forgotten room in the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe. Her discovery? Not a treasure of gold or jewels but tumbled piles of written records, some of them dating from the early 1600s. This is only one of the many accounts Wallace wrote about her time in New Mexico. While her husband, Lew Wallace, was busy with his duties as the governor of the New Mexico Territory and working on what was to be his most popular book, Ben-Hur, Susan was having her articles published in the popular magazines of the day. They were later collected and published in book form in 1888 and are now once more available in this facsimile edition.

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About the Author

Susan Arnold Elston Wallace was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana in 1830 to a wealthy and influential family. She married Lew Wallace in 1852, who would go on to serve as governor of the New Mexico Territory from 1878 to 1881. During his time in Santa Fe, he wrote the bestselling novel "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ," which has never been out of print. He also served as U.S. Minister to Turkey from 1881 to 1885. Susan published six books during her lifetime, including "The Land of the Pueblos," which collected her articles on the Southwest and featured illustrations by her husband. She published extensively in the literary magazines and newspapers of her era. Her other books are "Along the Bosphorus and Other Sketches," "The City of the King: What the Child Jesus Saw and Heard," "Ginevra, or The Old Oak Chest," "A Christmas Story," "The Repose in Egypt: A Medley," and "The Storied Sea." She died in 1907, two years after her husband, and they are buried together at Oak Hill Cemetery in Crawfordsville.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sunstone Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865345430
• ISBN 13: 9780865345430
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 324