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Forgotten Cucharenos
Forgotten Cuchareños of the Lower Valley
by Virginia Sanchez, The History Press (December 10, 2010)

This is a story of the Hispanos who moved from Colorado's San Luis Valley east over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains into Huerfano County during the late 1860's. Recount an almost forgotten part of Colorado's history and the contributions of these settlers and their descendants as they and their Native American and Anglo counterparts shaped the culture of the Cucharas region.

ISBN #1609491343
The Regis Santos Collection
The Regis Santos: Thirty Years of Collecting - Illustrated Edition
by Thomas J. Steele, Barbe Awalt, & Paul Fisher Rhetts, LPD Publishing

This book represents three hundred pieces of contemporary devotional art that were assembled by Father Thomas Steele over a thirty-year period. The art was assembled as the Regis University Collection of New Mexico Santos. It contains examples of the work of 18th and 19th century master santeros and contemporary masters.

ISBN #0964154277
Elmer'sWar2
Elmer's War - Uncovering a Hero's Secret Life
by Steven N. Leek, Classic Day Publishing

The story of decorated World War II hero, Elmer Hitchcock, and the dark secrets he held as revealed through the research of his grandson, the author.

ISBN #159849077X
Product Details DNA & Genealogy
by Colleen Fitzpatrick. Rice Book Press, 1st edition (2005).

Commissioned by Family Tree DNA for their Second International Conference on Genetic Genealogy at National Geographic Headquarters in Washington DC. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced readers. Tutorials on the use of DNA for genealogy.

ISBN #0976716011
Hordes To the End of the Earth: A History of the Crypto-Jews of New Mexico
by Stanley M. Hordes, Columbia Univ. Press (March 17 2008).

Dr. Hordes, Adjunct Research Professor at the University of New Mexico, offers a history of Crypto-Jews in the Americas, including New Mexico, over a period of several centuries. 

ISBN #0231129378
Product Details Pueblos, Spaniards, and The Kingdom of New Mexico
by John L. Kessell,

Professor Emeritus of History at the University of New Mexico, Dr. Kessell specializes in the American Southwest during the Spanish Colonial period.  This narrative history is devoted to the tumultuous seventeenth century in New Mexico.  Kessell's work presents a clearer picture than ever before of events leading to the Pueblo Revolt.

ISBN #0806139692
Product Details Spain and the Independence of the United States: An Intrinsic Gift
by Thomas E. Chavez, Ph.D.

The Revolutionary War in its broadest international context, and Spain's role in the development of the Americas.

ISBN # 0826327931
Origins of NM Families Origins of New Mexico Families:
A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, by Fray Angelico Chavez, revised ed. Museum of New Mexico.
by Fray Angelico Chavez

This is the noted frame of reference for those whose ancestry includes the families of New Mexico.
 
ISBN #0890132399
Product Details Chavez: A Distinctive American Clan of New Mexico
by Fray Angelico Chavez

This longtime favorite has been reprinted by New Mexico's Sunstone Press and now contains a forward by historian Marc Simmons.

ISBN #08830767566
Product Details The Life and Writing of Fray Angelico Chavez: A New Mexico Renaissance Man (Paso Por Aqui: Series on the Nuevomexicano Literary Heritage)
- Hardcover (Dec. 31, 2009) by Ellen McCracken. $42.95.

A biography of one of the most notable figures in New Mexico literature and genealogical research.

ISBN #0826347606
Product Details One Nation One Year
by Don James and Karyth Becen

"A photographic journey, informative and balanced presentation on the diversity, richness and beauty of the Navajo culture. --Gary Langston, Canon National Shoot-for-the-Sphere Winner and acclaimed photographer of Navajo culture."

For one year, Navajo photographer Don James drove from one side of the Navajo Nation to the other documenting arts, traditions, sports, and people.

ISBN #1890689998
Remnants-Crypto Jews Remnants of Crypto-Jews Among Hispanic Americans
by Gloria Golden(Author), Andrea Alessandra Cabello (Editor), and Sohaib Raihan (Editor)

A story of Crypto-Jews in the American Southwest who descend from the Sephardim of Spain and Portugal.

ISBN #0915745569
Product Details Finding Your Hispanic Rootss
by George R. Ryskamp, Genealogical Publishing Co, Dec 1997.

Notes from Amazon editorial review: ". . . much of the information contained in Ryskamp's classic Tracing Your Hispanic Heritage (1984) is readily available again in this updated, revised version that addresses recent developments (computer applications, microfilming, ..)

Recommended by NMGS member Annette Wasco: [In this book, Dr. Ryskamp] "covers civil, military, census, legal and sacramental records from both the old world and the new. Other topics include language peculiar to old Spanish language records, handwriting, naming conventions, and general research techniques and tips. I've found it very valuable in interpreting church records which have not been transcribed by NMGS yet."

ISBN #0806315172
Genetic History Unlocking Your Genetic History : A Step-by-Step Guide to Discovering Your Family's Medical and Genetic Heritagee
by Thomas H. Shawker, M.D.,
Chairman of the National Genealogical Society's Family Health and Heredity Committee and president of the Prince George's County Genealogical Society.

ISBN #1401601448
Albuquerque founding Hispanic Albuquerque 1706-18466
by Marc Simmons. UNM Press, 2003.

This narrative tells the story of the founding of the Villa de Alburquerque by Governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdes.

Albuquerque celebrated its 300th birthday in 2006.

ISBN #0826331602
Tree of Hate Tree of Hate: Propaganda and Prejudices Affecting United States Relations with the Hispanic World
by Philip Wayne Powell (Author), Robert Himmerich y Valencia (Introduction)
UNM Press, October 2008

A history of developing stereotypes about Hispanics in the United States including a discussion of the origins of the "Spanish Black Legend" and its influence on degrading relations between Hispanics and other groups.

ISBN #082634576X
Villagra Historia de la Nueva México, 1610: A Critical and Annotated Spanish/English Edition (Paso Por Aqui Series)
by Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá (Author), Miguel Encinias (Translator), Alfred Rodríguez (Translator), Joseph P. Sánchez (Translator)

One of the first travel journals of its kind to be published, this epic poem about Juan de Oñate’s entrada that led to the founding of Nueva México in 1598 (to become the state of New Mexico 314 years later) is full of the hopes and dreams of those who traveled with Oñate. Historia de la Nueva México, 1610 was written fourteen years before John Smith’s History of Virginia. Its thirty-four cantos have long been considered a key source for early New Mexico history and this bilingual Spanish/English version presents it as literature.
By situating Historia de la Nueva México, 1610 within the Hispanic literary heritage, the work is restored to the canon of American literature.

ISBN #0826313922

Dictionary of New Mexico and Southern Colorado Spanishh, by Rubén Cobos. Revised and expanded edition. UNM Press, July 2003.

New Mexico: An Interpretive History, by Marc Simmons. UNM Press; Reprint edition; October 1988.

The Place Names of New Mexico, by Robert Julyan, 1996. A geographical dictionary of New Mexico's towns and physical features. UNM Press; 2nd edition January 1999.

The Battle of Glorieta Pass: A Gettysburg in the West, March 26-28, 1862, by Thomas E. Edrington and John Taylor. UNM Press, 2001.

Bloody Valverde, A Civil War Battle on the Rio Grande Feb 21 1862
by John McLellan Taylor. UNM Press, 1999.

An Illustrated History of New Mexico, by Thomas E. Chavez. UNM Press; 2002.

Gardens of New Spain: How Mediterranean Plants and Foods Changed America, by William W. Dunmire and Evangeline L. Dunmire. University of Texas, 2004.

Wild Plants of the Pueblo Province: Exploring Ancient and Enduring Uses, by William W. Dunmire and Gail D. Tierney, Museum of New Mexico Press, 1995.


The story of Padre Antonio José Martinez and Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy, two dynamic personalities of the late 1850s, whose philosophical differences clashed and reverberated throughout the territory.

But Time and Chance, by Fray Angelico Chavez. A vivid record of the life of the controversial Padre Jose Martinez of Taos. Sunstone Press, 1st ed., Jun 1, 1981.

Death Comes for the Archbishop, by Willa Cather. Fiction, Vintage books. A romanticized version of Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy while serving in New Mexico. Unfortunately, it came at the expense of Padre Martinez.

NEW BOOK: Fr. Juan Romero's latest book is now available. It's an English version of a never-before published 1877 Manuscript Biografía del Presbíbero Antontio José Martinez, Cura de Taos. You can order it now: Send payment of $22 (includes tax and postage) to The Taos Connection, 47741 East Palm Canyon Dr., C-135 -- Palm Springs, CA 92264.

Note from NMGS member Armando Sandoval: Other books help to illuminate the true story of Padre Martinez of Taos:
1) New Perspectives from Taos with essays by E. A. Mares, Bette S. Weidman, Fr. Thomas J. Steele, Patricia Clark Smith, and Ray John de Aragon. UNM Press, 1989. Available through Amazon.com.
2) Memorias sobre la vida del Presbitero Don Antonio Jose Martinez, por Pedro Sanchez. Original Spanish text, with English translation by Ray John de Aragon. Lightning Tree publishers, 1978. The original Spanish edition of this book was published in 1903.

 


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