The Legend of Ponciano Gutiérrez and the Mountain Thieves

A Gabriel Meléndez, The Paiz Family

• Paperback | Engels | Pasó Por Aquí the Nuevomexicano Literary Heritage
• Once upon a time in the Mora Valley of northern New Mexico there lived a farmer named Ponciano Gutiérrez. On a trip through the mountains he was taken... Lees meer

The Life and Writing of Fray Angélico Chávez

Ellen McCracken

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• Winner of the Southwest Book Award from the Border Regional Library Association As a teenager, Manuel Chávez (1910-1996) left his native New Mexico fo... Lees meer

Historia de la Nueva Mexico, 1610

Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá

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• 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... Lees meer

Defying the Inquisition in Colonial New Mexico

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• Miguel de Quintana was among those arriving in New Mexico with Diego de Vargas in 1694. He was active in his village of Santa Cruz de la Cañada, where... Lees meer

Fray Angélico Chávez

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• New Mexico's first Franciscan priest, Fray Angélico Cheavez (1910-1996) is known as a prolific historian, a literary and artistic figure, and an intel... Lees meer

Romance of a Little Village Girl

Cleofas M Jaramillo

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• Cleofas M. Jaramillo (1878-1956) grew up in northern New Mexico, and her memoir, originally published in 1955, offers a unique and engaging portrait o... Lees meer

Six Neuvomexicano Folk Dramas for Advent Season

Larry Torres

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• These folk plays are performed during the period before and after Christmas known as the Advent Season--from December 12 to January 6--but they can be... Lees meer

Tierra Amarilla

Sabine R Ulibarrí

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• A mysterious and majestic white stallion, an angelic but unsophisticated village priest, gossips with scathing tongues, and a blacksmith with awesome ... Lees meer

We Fed Them Cactus

Fabiola Cabeza De Baca

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• Prior to statehood, the Llano Estacado, the great plains of northeastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas, were colonized by Hispanic ranchers. Cabez... Lees meer

Juan the Bear and the Water of Life

Enrique R Lamadrid, Juan Arellano

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• La Acequia del Rito y la Sierra in the Mora Valley is the highest and most famous traditional irrigation system in New Mexico. It carries water up and... Lees meer

Santa Fe Nativa

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• The belief that land is sacred, embodying the memory and inheritance of those who sacrificed to settle it, is common among New Mexican Hispanos, or Nu... Lees meer

The Writings of Eusebio Chacón

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• Eusebio Chacón, born in Pe-asco, New Mexico, is arguably one of the most significant and most overlooked figures in New Mexico's cultural heritage. He... Lees meer

El Feliz Ingenio Neomexicano

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• Winner of the 2022 International Latino Book Award: Bronze Medal for Fiction Translation, Spanish to English El feliz ingenio neomexicano is a bilingu... Lees meer

The Daring Flight of My Pen

Genaro M Padilla

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• Doomed from the beginning to be read as history rather than poetry, Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá's Historia de la Nueva México chronicles Captain Juan de ... Lees meer