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Books from Images of America / Arcadia Publishing
 | "Pueblo Indians of New Mexico (Postcard History Series)" [2008] by Paul & Kathleen Nickens Arcadia Publng 9x6¼ pb [2/2008] for $17.15 |
 | "Images of America: Fred Harvey Houses of The Southwest" [2008] by Richard Melzer Arcadia Publng 9x6½ pb [11/2008] for $14.95 Harvey House Restaurants Page at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Bookstore |
 | "Fred Harvey Houses of The Southwest" packet of 15 postcards [2008] by Richard Melzer Arcadia Publng looseleaf postcards [11/2008] for $7.99 |
 | "Images of America: Forgotten Albuquerque (New Mexico)" [2009] by Ty Bannerman Arcadia Publng 9¼x6½ pb [1/2009] for $17.15 the book began on the author's blog at ForgottenABQ.blogspot.com |
 | "Images of America: Jemez Springs (New Mexico)" [2009] by Kathleen Wiegner & Robert Borden Arcadia Publng 9x6½ pb [5/2009] for $16.49 |
 | "Images of America: Chaves County (New Mexico)" [2009] by John LeMay and the Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico Kindle Edition from Arcadia Publng [9/2012] for $9.99 Arcadia Publng 9x6½ pb [12/2009] for $17.15 |
 | "Images of America: Route 66 In New Mexico" [2010] by Joe Sonderman Kindle Edition from Arcadia Publng [2/2010] for $9.99 Arcadia Publng 9¾x6½ pb [2/2010] for $14.95 Arcadia Publng 9½x6¾ hardcover [2/2010] for $25.89 |
 | "Images of America: Carlsbad and Carlsbad Caverns (New Mexico)" [2010] by Donna Blake Birchell, The Southeastern New Mexico Historical Society, and The Carlsbad Public Library Kindle Edition from Arcadia Publng [3/2010] for $9.99 Arcadia Publng 9¼x6½ pb [3/2010] for $18.50 Arcadia Publng 9½x6¾ hardcover [2/2010] for $24.63 |
 | "Images of America: Corrales (New Mexico)" [2010] by Mary P. Davis & the Corrales Historical Society Arcadia Publng 9x6½ pb [4/2010] for $17.15 |
 | "Images of America: Towns of Lincoln County (New Mexico)" [2010] by John LeMay Kindle Edition from Arcadia Publng [6/2010] for $9.99 Arcadia Publng 9¼x6½ pb [6/2010] for $19.57 |
 | "Southwestern New Mexico Mining Towns (Postcard History Series)" [2011] by Jane Bardal Kindle Edition from Arcadia Publng [1/2011] for $9.99 Arcadia Publng 9¼x6½ pb [1/2011] for $16.49 |
 | "Images of America: Baseball In Albuquerque (New Mexico)" [2011] by Gary Herron Arcadia Publng 9x6½ pb [3/2011] for $16.49 |
 | "Images of America: Around Hillsboro (New Mexico)" [2011] by Hillsboro Historical Society, with Foreword by Max Evans Arcadia Publng 9x6½ pb [8/2011] for $17.15 |
 | "Images of America: Los Alamos (New Mexico) and The Pajarito Plateau" [2011] by Sharon Snyder, Toni Michnovicz Gibson & the Los Alamos Historical Society Arcadia Publng 9x6½ pb [8/2011] for $16.49 see also Los Alamos, NM & The Manhattan Project at Spirit of America Bookstore |
 | "Images of America: Española (New Mexico)" [2011] by Camilla Trujillo Arcadia Publng 9¼x6½ pb [10/2011] for $21.99 |
 | "Images of America: Albuquerque (New Mexico) Deco and Pueblo" [2012] by Paul R. Secord Arcadia Publng 9x6¼ pb [3/2012] for $21.99 |
 | "Images of America: Chimayó (New Mexico)" [2012] by Patricia Trujillo-Oviedo Arcadia Publng 9x6½ pb [3/2012] for $21.99 |
 | "Images of America: Los Lunas (New Mexico)" [2012] by Baldwin G. Burr Arcadia Publng 9¼x6½ pb [6/2012] for $16.49 |
 | "Legendary Locals of Santa Fe (New Mexico)" [2013] by Ana Pacheco
faces on the cover include: R. 'Bear' Campbell, Fray Angelico Chavez, Genoveva Chavez, Cholene Espinoza, Kimi Gimoza Green, statue La Conquistadora, Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy, cowboy Henry McKinley, artist Georgia O'Keeffe, Concepcion 'Concha' Ortiz y Pino de Kleven, Adelina 'Nina' Otero-Warren, artist Ford Ruthling, Molly Sturges, Carl Tsosie, and the Zozobra festival marionette Kindle Edition from Arcadia Publng [2/2013] for $11.49 Arcadia Publng Legendary Locals Series 9x6½ pb [2/2013] for $19.79 |
 | "Images of America: The Turquoise Trail (New Mexico)" [2013] by Laurie Evans Frantz Arcadia Publng 9x6½ pb [3/2013] for $16.49 |
 | "Images of America: Lincoln (New Mexico)" [2013] by New Mexico historian Ray John de Aragón Arcadia Publng 9¼x6½ pb [10/2013] for $14.41 |
 | "Images of America: Belen (New Mexico)" [2013] by Baldwin G. Burr Arcadia Publng 9¼x6½ pb [10/2013] for $17.54 |
 | "Images of America: Grants-Milan (New Mexico)" [2013] by Donald Jaramillo & Paul Milan Arcadia Publng 9¼x6½ pb [10/2013] for $15.47 Arcadia Publng 9½x6¾ hardcover [10/2013] for $26.06 |
 | "New Mexico's Pueblo Baseball League" [2015] by James D. Baker, Herbert Howell & Marie A. Cordero Kindle Edition from Arcadia Publng [2/2015] for $12.99 Arcadia Publng 9¼x6½ pb [2/2015] for $21.99 Arcadia Publng 9½x6¾ hardcover [2/2015] for $28.99 |
 | "Legendary Locals of Carlsbad (New Mexico)" [2015] by Donna Blake Birchell and The Southeastern New Mexico Historical Society Learn about socialite Cesarine Graves, daredevil Frank Kindel, actors Dan Blocker and Bruce Cabot, drag racer Dick Harrell, newscaster Linda Wertheimer, astronaut F. Drew Gaffney, baseball star Cody Ross, and the World War II Bataan Death March Kindle Edition from Arcadia Publng [11/2015] for $12.99 Arcadia Publng 9¼x6½ pb [8/00] for $19.62 |
 | "Images of America: High Road To Taos (New Mexico)" [2016] by Mike Butler includes some 200 federal Farm Security Administration circa 1930s photographs from the Library of Congress collection Kindle Edition from Arcadia Publng [6/2016] for $9.99 Arcadia Publng 9¼x6½ pb [6/2016] for $18.16 |
 | "Images of America: Early Santa Fe (New Mexico)" [2017] by Ana Pacheco Kindle Edition from Arcadia Publng [6/2017] for $9.99 Arcadia Publng 9¼x6½ pb [6/2017] for $18.86 |
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"Legendary Locals of Gallup (New Mexico)" [2017] by Elizabeth Hardin-Burrola, Carol Sarath & Bob Rosebrough faces on the cover include: Navajo leader Annie Wauneka, war hero Hiroshi H. Miyamura, Mother Magda Garcia, artist Alex Seowtewa, musician Richard 'Dick' Chavez, traditional Zuni dancers, athlete Joe Yurcic, librarian Octavia Fellin, and artist Carl Gorman Kindle Edition from Arcadia Publng [7/2017] for $12.99 Arcadia Publng 9¼x6½ pb [7/2017] for $19.60 Arcadia Publng 9½x6¾ hardcover [7/2017] for $12.47 |
Selected Fiction Books About New Mexico
author Rudolfo Anaya [1937-2020] Page
at Spirit of America Bookstore
mystery author Tony Hillerman [1925-2008] Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore
author Eugene Manlove Rhodes [1869-1934] Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore
 | "The Delight Makers: A Novel of Prehistoric Pueblo Indian Life" [1890] by Adolph F. Bandelier, Introduction by Charles F. Lummis listed among the 100 Best Books In New Mexico [Jan 2011] • "The book is a classic of its kind, and of great value both to futurists and to students of the unique aboriginal life of the great Southwest . . . with a thrilling plot" Kindle Edition from HardPress Publng [7/2014] for $7.95 HardPress Publng 9x6 pb [1/2012] for $21.95 Palala Press 9¼x6 hardcover [4/2016] for $29.95 Dodd, Mead & Co. 7½x5½ hardcover [1918] long out of print/used available as free online etexts at Internet Archive: [U.C.D.L. upload 9/2006] + [Cornell upload 11/2009] |
 | "Comanche Chaser" [1938 novel] by Dane Coolidge Sieur Charles Perrault de Hautcoeur ruled his family and the retainers and slaves of his vast domain in New Mexico, but he was under threat of attack by a fierce Comanche chief called Espejo, whose burning ambition was to marry Luz, the cattle baron's daughter. {May or may not include mountain man 'Kit' Carson: somehow got coded on the 'Kit' Carson Page; moved here 7/2020} Gunsmoke Westerns mass pb [2/99] out of print/used E.P. Dutton hardcover [1938] out of print/scarce | |
 | "The Man Who Killed The Deer: A Novel of Pueblo Indian Life" [1942] by Frank Waters recommended by author Rudolfo Anaya as an essential study book about New Mexico Swallow Press / Ohio Univ 8½x6 pb [1989] for $10.26 Pocket mass pb [12/84] out of print/120+ used Ohio Univ Press 8x5¼ hardcover [6/42] out of print/used | |
 | "Raton Pass" [1950 Western novel] by Tom W. Blackburn "His vengeance blazed across the New Mexico grasslands" The Challon Empire was 100,000 acres of grassland, built on cattle and controlled by the only rancher tough enough to hold it. No man in the territory would dare cross Marc Challon – but a woman did. Dell mass pb [1973] out of print/used Bantam/Dell mass pb [1951] out of print/used Doubleday Double D Western hardcover [1950] out of print/used | |
 | "The Valley: A Novel" [1960] by Clifford Irving Irving's third novel is described as a 'mythic Western' and tells of the powerful conflict between a ruthless New Mexican tycoon and his son. Signet mass pb [1962] out of print/used McGraw-Hill hardcover [1960] out of print/used | |
 | "Red Sky At Morning: A Novel" [1968 bestseller] by Richard Bradford The family of a city-bred teenager relocates during World War II to a small town in rural New Mexico • book entry at Wikipedia Harper Perennial Modern Classics 8x5¼ pb [5/99] for $10.70 Pocket Books mass pb [1969] out of print/used Lippincott 7¾x5½ hardcover [1968] out of print/used "Red Sky At Morning" feature film [Hal Wallis/Universal May 1971] video/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia | |
 | "Bless Me, Ultima" Xicano classic [1972] by Rudolfo Anaya Ultima, an elderly curandera (one who cures with herbs and magic), comes to Antonio Marez's New Mexico family when he is six years old, and she helps him discover himself in the magical secrets of the pagan past. Kindle Edition from Grand Central Publng [6/2012] for $7.99 Warner Books mass pb [4/94] for $5.91 Grand Central Publng mass pb [1995] out of print/70+ used Warner Books 25th Anniversary Edition 8x5¼ pb [4/99] for $9.82 Warner Books 8¾x5¾ hardcover [4/94] out of print/used Quinto Sol Publns 8¾x6 pb [1972] out of print/70+ used more details (awards, stageplay, movie, opera) on the Rudolfo Anaya Page / Fiction Section | |
 | "The Milagro Beanfield War" [1974] by John Nichols Farmer Joe Mondragon is fed up with restrictions on watering his fields, so one day he slams his battered pickup truck to a stop, tugs on his gumboots, and illegally taps into the main irrigation channel. Ballantine Books mass pb [2/87] out of print/170+ used Owl Books 8¼x5¾ pb [2/2000] for $12.92 Henry Holt & Co. 9½x6½ hardcover [2/94] out of print/used | |
 | "Ceremony: A Novel" [1977] by Leslie Marmon Silko recommended by author Rudolfo Anaya as an essential study book about New Mexico Kindle Edition from Penguin Classic Books [2006 edition] for $9.99 Penguin Classic Books 8¼x5½ pb [12/2006] for $12.09 Penguin Books 7¾x5 pb [3/86] for $12.09 Signet mass pb [4/78] out of print/used book entry at Wikipedia | |
 | "The Magic Journey" [1978] by John Nichols The Southwestern village of Chamisaville is gripped by the Great Depression; when a bus loaded with stolen dynamite explodes and opens a gushing hot spring, boom times soon arrive, but not for everyone. Ballantine Books mass pb [4/83] out of print/130+ used Holt 8½x5½ pb [2/2000] for $16.27 Holt, Rinehart & Winston 9½x6 hardcover [1978] out of print/used | |
 | "The Nirvana Blues: A Novel" [1981] by John Nichols The village of Chamisaville is gone, but family man Joe Miniver decides to sink his roots deeper by buying a farm; he embarks on a cocaine scam and gets entangled in erotic adventures with three headstrong women . . . Ballantine Books mass pb [4/83] out of print/150+ used Holt 8½x5½ pb [2/2000] for $20.25 Henry Holt & Co. 9½x6½ hardcover [6/81] out of print/100+ used | |
 | "Rio Grande Stories" [ages 10 & up; 1994] by Carolyn Meyer
28 linked tales; the frame is an elementary school class deciding to raise money by writing stories and selling them as a book; the fictional students are a mix of heritages (as is common in New Mexico). H.M.H. Books for Young Readers mass pb [6/94] for $6.99 Gulliver/Harcourt 7x4½ hardcover [6/94] out of print/many used | |
 | "Girl of The Manzanos" historical romance novel [2001] by Barbara Spencer Foster New Mexico Territory becomes a state in 1912, and rancher's daughter Mardee is hired to work for the new governor at the capitol in Santa Fe Kindle Edition from Sunstone Press [5/2011] for $4.99 Sunstone Press 9x6 pb [5/2012] for $16.95 Sunstone Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [5/2001] for $22.95 | |
 | "The Strange Case of The Golem of Taos (A Truish Tale)" mystery novel [2012] by David Carson a murdered woman is plastered in mud on the back of an old adobe church Kindle Edition from Wolfchild Press [10/2012] for $3.00 {sic} Wolfchild Press 9x6 pb [10/2012] for $18.00 | |
 | "Poisoned By God’s Flesh: A Peter Romero Mystery" [2012] by David E. Knop The second book featuring Peter Romero, now a police officer at the Cochiti Reservation in New Mexico; plot involves magical mushrooms, murders and kidnappings, a native shaman, al-Qaeda, and nuclear weapons • author's official website Kindle Edition from BookBaby [11/2012] for $2.99 BookBaby 9x6 pb [1/2016] for $15.95 | |
 | "In Gallup, Greed: A Mystery Novel" [2014] by Tower Lowe First in the Cinnamon & Burro New Mexico Mysteries Series; a woman who blacked out after a party wakes to find her brother stabbed to death and fears that she killed him . . . CreateSpace 8¼x5½ pb [6/2014] out of print/used | |
 | "Winter of The Metal People: The Untold Story of America's First Indian War" [2013] by Dennis Herrick The Tiguex War of 1540-42 took place between the Spaniards and their Mexican Indian allies of the Coronado expedition against the Pueblo Indians along the Rio Grande, between present-day Albuquer-que and Santa Fe. The novel takes place from the Puebloan point of view, telling of a warrior who becomes the reluctant war leader of several villages and manages to beat back the invaders. Kindle Edition from Sunbury Press [6/2013] for $6.99 Sunbury Press 9x6 pb [6/2013] for $13.77 | |
 | "San Mateo's Axe" historical novel [2013] by Terry Lee Fowler Frontier New Mexico at the end of the Spanish Colonial Era and the beginning of the Mexican Era was a dangerous place, especially for women, who were often married by age 15 and likely to die by age 21. Victoria Griego y Lucero and two friends struggle to find meaning beyond mere survival. CreateSpace 9x6 pb [9/2013] for $16.00 | |
 | "Law of The Desert Born: A Graphic Novel" [2013] Story by Louis L'Amour [1908-88], script by Beau L’Amour & Kathy Nolan, adapted by Charles Santino, b&w illustrations by Thomas Yeates New Mexico Territory, 1887: When a neighbor cuts off his access to water during a drought, a rancher convinces his foreman to retaliate; but the violence quickly escalates, forcing Marone to flee across the desolate Jornada del Muerto desert, pursued by a posse led by a sheriff seeking justice and by a half-Apache tracker bent on revenge. Kindle Edition from Random House/Bantam [10/2013] for $12.99 Bantam 12¼x8¼ hardcover [10/2013] for $17.49 | |
 | "Animal Parts: A Peter Romero Mystery" [2016] by David E. Knop The third book featuring Peter Romero, a police officer at the Cochiti Reservation in New Mexico; when a cougar attacks some hikers, Romero tracks the rogue cat and shoots it; but the carcass disappears and the spirit of the animal appears at Romero's house, demanding justice for the death of the animal's family by poachers . . . • author's official website Kindle Edition from BookBaby [3/2016] for $5.99 BookBaby 9x6 pb [3/2016] for $15.95 | |
 | "The Annual Big Arsenic Fishing Contest!: A Novel" [2016] by John Nichols Three rascally men have met every autumn for eighteen years at Big Arsenic Springs on the Río Grande to fly-cast for trout and argue about life, literature, marriage, and eco-Armageddon – but this year is different . . . Kindle Edition from Univ New Mexico Press [7/2016] for $9.99 Univ New Mexico Press 8x5¾ hardcover [9/2016] for $22.45 | |
 | "In Albuquerque, Abandoned: A Mystery Novel" [2016] by Tower Lowe
Second in the Cinnamon & Burro New Mexico Mysteries Series; starts with an abandoned baby and then a murder . . . Kindle Edition from Eiffel Tower Publrs [9/2016] for $2.99 CreateSpace 8½x5½ pb [9/2016] for $11.95 | |
 | "Village: A Novel" [2017] by Stanley Crawford An affectionate parody of life in a tiny village in Northern New Mexico; various residents are disrupted when without warning the water board posts a notice for a meeting this very evening . . . Leaf Storm Press 8½x5½ hardcover [5/2017] for $17.10 | |
 | "Amanda In New Mexico: Ghosts In The Wind" [grades 4-7; 2017] by Darlene Foster Young Amanda and her schoolmate pals visit Taos, New Mexico and experience a traditional hacienda, an ancient pueblo, a haunted and spooky hotel, and the Day of The Dead festival . . . Kindle Edition from Central Avenue Publng [10/2017] for 99¢ {sic} Central Avenue Publng 8x5 pb [10/2017] for $1.99 {sic} | |
 | "The Sun: A Mystery" [SRS #1 = 2018] by J. Courtney White
A young doctor in Boston inherits a large, historic ranch in northern New Mexico from a wealthy uncle that she barely knew . . . Kindle Edition from Early Hour Press [10/2018] for $3.99 Early Hour Press 8x5¼ pb [10/2018] for $12.99 | |
 | "Murder In The Burque Bosque" mystery novel [2021] by Gil Lovato
Albuquerque P.D. Detective Sergeant Daniel Garcia still grapples with the unsolved murder of his twin brother and today his daughter sits in a high school history classroom that is being taught by a teenage serial murderer . . . Kindle Edition from Fulton Books [12/2021] for $4.58 Fulton Books 9x6 pb [9/2021] for $4.26 {sic} |
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