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flag of the State of New Mexico, est. 1925

State of New Mexico Dept. of Cultural Affairs [est. 1978]
New Mexico State Library [est. 1929]
The Museum of New Mexico [est. 1909]
El Palacio: Magazine of The Museum of New Mexico [est. 1913]
Museum of New Mexico Press [est. 1951]
New Mexico Arts - state arts commission

listing of independent bookstores in New Mexico
Border Book Festival [April 2007 = #13] in Mesilla, NM
Chama [NM] Book Festival Weekend [June 2007 = #3]
Land of Enchantment [Children's] Book Award
New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards [est. 2006]
New Mexico Book Co-op
New Mexico Library Association [est. 1924]
Reading New Mexico blog [7/2008-2/2013] - site expired 6/2014

New Mexico Book Assn. [est. 1994]

New Mexico Print Media
G.E. Nordell's New Mexico Print Media Links Page

free Prime Time Monthly newspaper for seniors
free Green Fire Times [est. 5/2009] monthly newspaper
New Mexico Trails West magazine [est. 3/2006]
El Hispano News - Official Spanish Newspaper of the State of New Mexico
Around 505 Magazine [est. 1997]
free New Mexico Kids bimonthly magazine
New Mexico Free Press weekly paper [est. 2008] based in Santa Fe, NM
Rio Grande Family - free digital & paper magazine [est. 2008]

Blue Mesa Review [est. Spring 1989] at U.N.M.
browse back issues at Amazonofficial website

New Mexico Mercury [2012-2015]         weekly Santa Fe [NM] Reporter newspaper [est. 1974]         New Mexico Woman Magazine [est. 1988 & 2019] - website given up

New Mexico Magazine [est. 1923]
New Mexico
Magazine

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Santa Fean Magazine
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Albuquerque: The Magazine [est. 2004]
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New Mexico Wilderness Alliance Wild Guide  New Mexico Wilderness Alliance Wild Guide
Passport Second Edition [6/2022]: available only at the N.M.W.A. website for $20 + $3.20 s/h
Passport Edition: NMWA 2016 8¼x5¾ plastic spiral pb [3/2016] out of print/used
NMWA 2014 edition 8½x5½ pb [11/2013] for $11.95
NMWA 2012 edition - SOLD OUT!
NMWA 2011 edition - out of print/used

NM Wilderness Alliance [est. 1974] website

Selected Books About New Mexico
browse travel books about New Mexico U.S.A. at Amazon

Study books recommended by author Rudolfo Anaya (in "Zia Summer" [1995]):
"The Tewa World", "Ceremony", "The Man Who Killed The Deer",
the poetry of Simon Ortiz, and Joe Sando's history of the pueblos
{ which are also coded below }

Selected Non-Fiction & Memoir Books About New Mexico

The Discovery of New Mexico 1886 book by Adolph F. Bandelier  "The Discovery of New Mexico By The Franciscan Monk Friar Marcos de Niza in 1539"
[1886] by Adolph F. Bandelier, Translated & Edited by Madeleine Turrell Rodack

Original publication in French; first English translation published in 1980
Univ Arizona Press 9x6 pb [5/2017] for $19.95
Univ Arizona Press 9¼x6 hardcover [12/80] out of print/used
'The Land of The Pueblos' book by Susan E. Wallace  "The Land of The Pueblos" [1888] by Susan E. Wallace [1830-1907],
with illustrations by Gen. Lew Wallace [1827-1905]

Kessinger Publng 9x6 pb [2/2015] for $3.91
Scholar's Choice 9¾x7½ pb [2/2015] for $29.75
Kessinger Publng 9x6 hardcover [9/2010] for $33.84
Nims & Knight 8½x5 hardcover [1889] long out of print/used
John B. Alden, Publr hardcover [1888] long out of print/used
available as free online etexts at Internet Archive

Land of Poco Tiempo by Charles F. Lummis  "The Land of Poco Tiempo" [Scribner's orig 1893 & 1925]
by Charles F. Lummis [1859-1928]

listed among the 100 Best Books In New Mexico [Jan 2011]
Bibliographical Center for Research 8¾x5¾ pb [3/2009] for $21.59
Bibliographical Center for Research 9x6 hardcover [3/2009] for $29.69
Univ NM Press pb [6/75] out of print/used
Univ NM Press pb [12/69] out of print/rare

"The Land of Little Rain" [1903 classic + 1950 Ansel Adams abridged edition]
Stories & essays by Mary Hunter Austin [1868-1934]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Land_of_Little_Rain

Great River / Rio Grande book by Paul Horgan  "Great River: The Rio Grande In North American History" [1954]
by Paul Horgan {won the Bancroft Prize and Pulitzer Prize for History}

Volume 1: Indians & Spain, Volume 2: Mexico & The United States
Kindle Edition from Wesleyan [4/2012] for $14.29
Wesleyan 8½x5½ pb [10/91] for $21.79
Holt, Rinehart & Winston 8½x5¾ hardcover [5/71] out of print/used
Rinehart & Co. 9½x6¾ hardcover [1954] out of print/many used
Yucca Land Folklore of New Mexico book edited by Annie Laurie Snorf & Hazel Vineyard  "Yucca Land: A Collection of The Folklore of New Mexico [1958]
Edited by Annie Laurie Snorf & Hazel Vineyard, Illustrated by Frances A. Hunt, Peter Hurd, Elizabeth Moore & Henrietta Wyeth

American Guild Press hardcover [1958] out of print/used
American Guild Press 10x6¾ hardcover [1958] out of print/scarce
American Guild Press hardcover [1958] out of print/scarce
Old mining camps of New Mexico book by Fayette Alexander Jones  "Old Mining Camps of New Mexico, 1854-1904" [1964]
by Fayette Jones

Stagecoach Press hardcover [1964] out of print/used
Dancing Gods / Indian Ceremonials  "Dancing Gods: Indian Ceremonials of New Mexico & Arizona" [1966 classic]
by Erna Fergusson; Foreward by Tony Hillerman

"Still the best of all books about the Indian ceremonials of New Mexico and Arizona . . . perceptive and simple, reverent and lucid." — Lawrence Clark Powell, in "Southwest Classics" [1974]
Univ NM Press 9¼x6 pb [4/2001] for $10.17
Episodes in New Mexico History 1892-1969 book by William A. Keleher  "Memoirs: Episodes In New Mexico History, 1892-1969" [1969] by William A. Keleher, New Foreword by Marc Simmons, Preface by Michael L. Keleher
Journalist & historian Keleher [1886-1972] relates personal anecdotes and little-known episodes involving such men as Elfego Baca, Sen. Dennis Chavez, Sen. Bronson Cutting, Franz Huning, author Eugene Manlove Rhodes, and Gov. Clyde Tingley
Kindle Edition from Sunstone Press [2008 edition] for $17.59
Sunstone Press 9x6 facsimile edition pb [6/2008] for $30.00
Tewa World / Pueblo Society book by Alfonso Ortiz  
"The Tewa World: Space, Time, Being, and Becoming In A Pueblo Society" [1969]
by Alfonso Ortiz

recommended by author Rudolfo Anaya as an essential study book about New Mexico
Univ Chicago Press 8¾x6 pb [2/72] for $16.59
Univ Chicago Press 8¾x6 hardcover [11/69] out of print/used
Red Power On The Rio Grande book by Franklin Folsom  "Red Power On The Rio Grande: The Native American Revolution of 1680" [1973]
by Franklin Folsom, Introduction by Alfonzo Ortiz

Council for Indian Education 9¼x6¼ pb [9/89] out of print/used
Follett Publng Co. 9x6 hardcover [3/73] for $69.43
Follett Publng Co. 9x6 textbook hardcover [3/73] out of print/used
"Indian Uprising On The Rio Grande: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680" [1996]
by Franklin Folsom
{same book, new title}
Univ New Mexico Press 8x5 pb [7/96] for $11.82
Spell of New Mexico book edited by Tony Hillerman  "The Spell of New Mexico" [1976]
Preface, Introduction & Edited by Tony Hillerman [1925-2008]

essays by authors including Mary Austin, Oliver La Farge, Conrad Richter, D.H. Lawrence, Carl Jung, Winfield Townley Scott, John DeWitt McKee, journalist Ernie Pyle, Harvey Fergusson, and Lawrence Clark Powell
Univ New Mexico Press 9¼x6 pb [5/84] for $16.93
Univ New Mexico Press 9¼x6 hardcover [5/84] out of print/used
New Mexico's Best Ghost Towns by Philip Varney  "New Mexico's Best Ghost Towns: A Practical Guide" [1981] by Philip Varney, Illustrated by G.E. Wolfe, Foreword by Tony Hillerman [1925-2008]
Univ NM Press 10¾x8½ pb [11/87] for $24.27
Northland Press 11x8½ pb [1981] out of print/used
Northland Press 11x8½ hardcover [2/82] for $29.95
Cowboy Riding Country  "Cowboy Riding Country" [1982]
by John L. Sinclair [1902-1993], illustrated by Edmond Delavy

Memories of working on the range near Roswell, New Mexico and of cowboy life
in Lincoln County up thru World War II.

Univ NM Press harcover [1982] out of print/used
Old Town Albuquerque History book by Peter Hertzog & James C. Smith  "Old Town Albuquerque: A History of The Ancient Town At The Crossroads of The American Southwest" [1984] by Peter Hertzog & James C. Smith
Sunstone Press 8x5½ pamphlet [7/84] out of print/used
Railroads & Railroad Towns in New Mexico book by William Clark  "Railroads and Railroad Towns In New Mexico" [1989]
by William Clark

New Mexico Magazine 10¾x8¼ pb [6/89] out of print/used
New Mexico's Railroads Historical Survey book by David F. Myrick  "New Mexico's Railroads: A Historical Survey" [1990]
by David F. Myrick

Univ New Mexico Press 9x6 pb [7/90] for $17.12

see also G.E. Nordell's New Mexico Railroads Page

Route 66 Across New Mexico by Jill Schneider & D. Nakii  "Route 66 Across New Mexico: A Wanderer's Guide" [1991]
by Jill Schneider; photography by D. Nakii

Univ New Mexico Press 87frac34x6½ pb [8/91] out of print/used

see also G.E. Nordell's New Mexico Route 66 Page

Pueblo Nations Eight Centuries of History book by Joe S. Sando  "Pueblo Nations: Eight Centuries of Pueblo Indian History" [1992]
by Joe S. Sando, Foreword by Regis Pecos

recommended by author Rudolfo Anaya as an essential study book about New Mexico
Clear Light Books 9x6 pb [8/92] for $15.26
Clear Light Books 9x6 hardcover [8/92] out of print/many used
Great Southwest of Fred Harvey Company & Santa Fe Railway book edited by Marta Weigle & Barbara A. Babcock  "The Great Southwest of The Fred Harvey Company and The Santa Fe Railway" [1996] Edited by Marta Weigle & Barbara A. Babcock
Heard Museum 12x9 pb [6/96] out of print/used

more info on the Harvey House Restaurants Page at 'Readers of The Purple Sage'

Tiller's Guide To Indian Country  "Tiller's Guide To Indian Country: Economic Profiles of American Indian Reservations" [1996] Compiled by Veronica E. Velarde Tiller
BowArrow Publng 11x9 hardcover [1/2006] out of print/used
BowArrow Publng 11½x9 hardcover [8/96] out of print/used
author's website
Indians of the Southwest by Karin Luisa Badt  "Indians of The Southwest" [1997]
by Karin Luisa Badt

Discovery Enterprises 7¾x5½ pb [3/97] out of print/used
The Serpent's Tongue / New Mexican Pueblos anthology edited by Nancy Wood  "The Serpent's Tongue: Prose, Poetry, and Art of The New Mexican Pueblos" [1997]
Edited by Nancy Wood

voted best nonfiction book of the year by the Mountains & Plains Booksellers' Assn.; contributors include Willa Cather, Frank Hamilton Cushing, Tony Hillerman, Oliver La Farge, Oliver Littlebird, Barry Lopez, Leslie Marmon Silko, Simon J. Ortiz, Joe S. Sando; 75 unusual illustrations: from a rare drawing by D.H. Lawrence to striking portraits by photographer Edward S. Curtis to colorful paintings by Pablita Velarde and Helen Hardin
Dutton 11½x9¼ hardcover [10/97] for $9.95

Royal Road / El Camino Real by Douglas Preston & José Antonio Esquibel  "The Royal Road: El Camino Real From Mexico City To Santa Fe" [1998]
by Douglas Preston & José Antonio Esquibel, photographs by Christine Preston

Univ NM Press 8¾x10½ pb [6/98] out of print/used
Univ NM Press 9x10¾ hardcover [6/98] out of print/used
100 Years of Filmmaking In New Mexico  "100 Years of Filmmaking In New Mexico" [1998]
from New Mexico Magazine

U.N.M. Press 10¾x9 hardcover [12/98] for $24.95
New Mexico Film Industry Pages at Magic Lantern
Trees & Shrubs of New Mexico by Jack L. Carter  
"Trees and Shrubs of New Mexico" [1998] by Jack L. Carter of Silver City, NM; with illustrations by Beth Dennis, Marjorie C. Leggitt & Wm. J. Underwood
Mimbres Press 9x6½ pb [12/98] for $19.77
Rio Grande book by Peter Lourie  "Rio Grande: From The Rocky Mountains To The Gulf of Mexico" [1999]
by Peter Lourie

Boyds Mills Press 8x10 pb [9/2000] for $9.95
Boyds Mills Press 8¼x10¼ YA hardcover [2/99] for $17.95
New Mexico In English-Language Fiction book by David Caffey  
"Land of Enchantment, Land of Conflict: New Mexico In English-Language Fiction" [1999] by David L. Caffey
Texas A&M Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [8/99] for $26.96
Civilian Conservation Corps in New Mexico book by Richard Melzer  "Coming of Age In The Great Depression: The Civilian Conservation Corps In New Mexico" [2000] by Richard Melzer
Yucca Tree Press 9½x6½ hardcover [4/2000] out of print/used
New Mexico Route 66 on Tour book by Don J. Usner  "New Mexico Route 66 On Tour: Legendary Architecture From Glenrio
To Gallup" [2001] by Don J. Usner, Foreword by Elmo Baca

Museum of New Mexico Press 9x7 pb [7/2001] for $26.09
Museum of New Mexico Press 9x7 pb [7/2001] out of print/used
Pueblos of the Rio Grande book by Daniel Gibson  "Pueblos of The Rio Grande: A Visitor's Guide" [2002]
by Daniel Gibson

Rio Nuevo Publrs 10x7 pb [1/2002] for $10.85
Bound For Santa Fe book by Stephen G. Hyslop  "Bound For Santa Fe: The Road To New Mexico and The American Conquest,
1806-1848" [2002] by Stephen G. Hyslop

Eyewitness accounts along the Santa Fe Trail and behind-the-scenes political history.
Univ Oklahoma Press 8¾x6¼ pb [8/2010] for $10.27
Univ Oklahoma Press 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2002] for $25.95
Santa Fe Trail Yesterday & Today book by William E. Hill  "The Santa Fe Trail: Yesterday and Today" [2002]
by William E. Hill

Caxton Press 9x6 pb [5/2002] for $16.95
New Mexico (Hello USA Series) book by Theresa S. Early  "New Mexico (Hello USA Series)" [ages 9 & up; 2002] by Theresa S. Early
First Avenue Editions 6½x7¾ pb [9/2002] for $6.26
Lerner Publng Group 7x8 library hardcover [9/2002] for $25.26
New Mexico (From Sea to Shining Sea Series) book by Therese De Angelis  "New Mexico (From Sea To Shining Sea Series)" [ages 8 & up; 2002]
by Therese De Angelis

Children's Press 9x9 pb [3/2009] for $7.16
Children's Press 9½x9½ hardcover [9/2002] out of print/used
A More Abundant Life / New Deal Artists in New Mexico book by Jacqueline Hoefer  "A More Abundant Life: New Deal Artists and Public Art In New Mexico" [2003]
by Jacqueline Hoefer

Sunstone Press 11x8¾ pb [7/2003] for $49.50
Sunstone Press 11½x8¾ hardcover [5/2003] for $47.74
Ghost Towns Alive by Linda G. Harris  "Ghost Towns Alive: Trips To New Mexico's Past" [2003]
by Linda G. Harris, photography by Pamela Porter

Univ NM Press 9¾x7¼ pb [8/2003] for $13.96
Univ NM Press 10x7½ hardcover [8/2003] for $39.95
The Pueblo Revolt book by David Roberts  "The Pueblo Revolt: The Secret Rebellion That Drove The Spaniards Out of The Southwest" [2004] by David Roberts
Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [2008 edition] for $11.99
Simon & Schuster 8½x5½ pb [9/2005] for $9.28
Simon & Schuster 9½x6½ hardcover [9/2004] out of print/40+ used
New Mexico Railway Legacy by Marci L. Riskin  "The Train Stops Here: New Mexico's Railway Legacy" [2005]
by Marci L. Riskin

Univ NM Press 10x8 pb [5/2005] for $16.47
Univ NM Press 10¼x8½ hardcover [5/2005] for $26.37

see also G.E. Nordell's New Mexico Travel / Railroads Page

Larger Than Life / New Mexico by Ferenc M. Szasz  "Larger Than Life: New Mexico In The Twentieth Century" [2006]
by Ferenc M. Szasz [1940-2010]

Univ NM Press 9x6¾ pb [4/2006] for $14.92
New Mexico Revised Edition book by Calvin A. & Susan A. Roberts  "New Mexico: Revised Edition" [orig 1988, rev 2006]
by Calvin A. Roberts & Susan A. Roberts

The 2006 revision extends the 1988 book thru the beginning of the XXIst Century.
Univ New Mexico Press 2nd edition 10¼x7¼ pb [4/2006] for $23.79
Univ New Mexico Press 10x7 pb [7/89] out of print/used
Univ New Mexico Press 10x7 hardcover [7/88] out of print/used
Art of New Mexico by Joseph Traugott  "The Art of New Mexico: How The West Is One" [2007]
by Joseph Traugott

Museum of New Mexico Press 11¾x9¾ 4.2 pound hardcover [4/2007] for $39.82
New Mexico Outlaws & Desperados book  "Outlaws & Desperados: A New Mexico Federal Writers' Project Book" [2008]
Compiled & edited by Ann Lacy & Anne Valley-Fox

Sunstone Press 9x6 pb [2/2008] for $26.56
New Mexico Past and Present book by Sandra Forty  "New Mexico Past and Present" [2009] by Sandra Forty
Discover the 47th state in 500 spectacular and fascinating photographs.
Thunder Bay Press 9¾x11¼ hardcover [9/2009] for $15.56
Albuquerque’s Alvarado Hotel book by Deborah C. Slaney  "Jewel of The Railroad Era: Albuquerque’s Alvarado Hotel, 1902-1970" [2009]
by Deborah C. Slaney

Designed & built by the Fred Harvey Company, fabulous interior designed by architect Mary Colter, opened in 1902 and operated until the 1960s, demolished in 1970historic photos
The Albuquerque Museum 11x9 pb [12/2009] for $28.87
New Mexico Frontier Stories book  "Frontier Stories, A New Mexico Federal Writers' Project Book" [2010]
Compiled & edited by Ann Lacy & Anne Valley-Fox

Sunstone Press 9x6 pb [2/2010] for $22.00
Sunshine & Shadows in New Mexico's Past book edited by Richard Melzer  "Sunshine & Shadows In New Mexico's Past: The Spanish Colonial & Mexican Periods, 1540-1848" [2010] Edited with an Introduction by Richard Melzer
Rio Grande Books 9x6 pb [3/2010] for $13.83
Alluring New Mexico book by Marta Weigle  "Alluring New Mexico: Engineered Enchantment, 1821-2001" [2010]
by Marta Weigle

Museum of NM Press 10x7 pb [8/2010] for $22.76
Museum of NM Press 10¼x7½ hardcover [8/2010] for $28.76
Tracing the Santa Fe Trail book by Ronald J. Dulle  "Tracing the Santa Fe Trail: Today's Views, Yesterday's Voices" [2010]
by Ronald J. Dulle, Foreword by Leo E. Oliva

Mountain Press Publng 8½x9 pb [10/2010] out of print/used
Spy's Guide to Santa Fe & Albuquerque book by E.B. Held  "A Spy's Guide To Santa Fe and Albuquerque" [2011]
by former C.I.A. agent E.B. Held

Reveals details of the plot to assassinate Leon Trotsky, Ted Hall's delivery of atom bomb secrets to the K.G.B., the case of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, and the allegations against Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Dr. Wen Ho Lee
Kindle Edition from Univ New Mexico Press [5/2011] for $9.99
Univ New Mexico Press 8½x5½ pb [1/2011] for $18.57
Sunshine & Shadows in New Mexico's Past book edited by Richard Melzer  "Sunshine & Shadows In New Mexico's Past: The U.S. Territorial Period,
1848-1912" [2011] Edited with an Introduction by Richard Melzer

Rio Grande Books 9x6 pb [3/2011] for $14.78
Fire Season Wilderness Lookout book by Philip Connors  "Fire Season: Field Notes From A Wilderness Lookout" [2011]
by Philip Connors

Over a decade's time, former Wall Street Journal reporter Connors spent half of each year in a firewatch tower at 10,000 feet elevation in remote Gila National Forest, in western New Mexico
Ecco Press hardcover [4/2011] for $14.55
The Bronco Bill Gang book by Karen Holliday Tanner & John D. Tanner, Jr.   "The Bronco Bill Gang" [2011]
by Western historians Karen Holliday Tanner & John D. Tanner, Jr.

William E. 'Bronco Bill' Walters [1869-1921] was an outlaw during the closing days of the Old West, best known for the legend of his 'lost treasure', allegedly located in the area of Solomonville, Arizona and for holding up passenger trains on the Santa Fe Railroad in Grants and Belén, New Mexico circa 1898; authors deliver an in-depth reconstruction of a crime spree of dangerous outlaws unknown to most, and seldom touched on, with good maps and many unseen historical photographs
Univ Oklahoma Press pb [9/2022] for $21.95
Univ Oklahoma Press 8½x5½ hardcover [5/2011] for $12.80
Rio Grande, Eagle's View book by by Barbara McIntyre & Adriel Heisey  
"The Rio Grande: An Eagle's View" [2011] Edited by Barbara McIntyre,
Aerial Photography by Adriel Heisey, Foreword by Robert Redford

WildEarth Guardians 11½x10½ hardcover [7/2011] for $47.25
Historic Bars of The Southwest book by Melody & Myke Groves  "Hoist A Cold One!: Historic Bars of The Southwest" [2011]
by Melody & Myke Groves

Descriptions of 25 historic establishments in Arizona, Texas, New Mexico & Colorado, with photos past & present and driving directions
U.N.M. Press 8x10 pb [7/2011] for $18.21
From Mexico City To Santa Fe book by Joseph P. Sanchez & Bruce A. Erickson  
"From Mexico City To Santa Fe: A Historical Guide" [2011]
by Joseph P. Sanchez & Bruce A. Erickson

Rio Grande Books 9x6 pb [7/2011] for $14.78
Reining in the Rio Grande book by Fred Phillips, G. Emlen Hall & Mary Black  "Reining In The Rio Grande: People, Land, and Water" [2011]
by Fred M. Phillips, G. Emlen Hall & Mary E. Black

Univ New Mexico Press 9x6 hardcover [7/2011] for $23.76
New Mexico, Celebrating The Land of Enchantment book by Richard Melzer  "New Mexico: Celebrating The Land of Enchantment" [2011]
by Richard Melzer

winner New Mexico-Arizona Book Award 2012
Gibbs Smith 10x9 hardcover [10/2011] for $29.59
A pictorial celebration of New Mexico’s history and landscape - an official product of the state’s centennial celebration
Orphaned Land / New Mexico's Environment book by V.B. Price & Nell Farrell  "The Orphaned Land: New Mexico's Environment Since The Manhattan Project"
[2011] by V.B. Price, Photographs by Nell Farrell

Journalist Price gathers information from many diverse sources about the most-recent fifty years of environmental degradation from hazardous wastes, munitions testing, radioactive emissions, and other issues that affect the quality of land, water, and air in the Land of Enchantment.
Univ NM Press 8¾x6 pb [11/2011] for $22.30
Sunshine & Shadows in New Mexico's Past book edited by Richard Melzer  "Sunshine & Shadows In New Mexico's Past: The Statehood Period, 1912-Present"
[2012] Edited with an Introduction by Richard Melzer

Rio Grande Books 9x6 pb [2/2012] for $19.95
This New Mountain memoir by A.J. Jackson & Cate Macabe  "This New Mountain" [2012] A memoir of A.J. Jackson as told to Cate Macabe
Author Macabe worked at an Albuquerque law firm and heard many tales from New Mexico private investigator (and grandmother and tow-truck driver and former gun dealer) Jackson, which they decided to compile into a book, a process that took twelve years.
Kindle Edition from Casa de Snapdragon [5/2012] for $4.99
Casa de Snapdragon, LLC 9x6 pb [5/2012] for $13.46
Women of Southern New Mexico book edited by Martha Shipman Andrews  "Out of The Shadows: The Women of Southern New Mexico" [2012]
Edited by Martha Shipman Andrews

The powerful bigger-than-life stories of men neutralize the lives and contributions of New Mexico's women - especially those of Southern New Mexico; visual images here provide a particularly evocative examination of the spaces behind the Western myths so dominated by the concerns and exploits of men.
Rio Grande Books 9x6 pb [5/2012] for $17.95
Public Art & Architecture in New Mexico / New Deal Legacy book by Kathryn A. Flynn  "Public Art and Architecture In New Mexico, 1933-1943: A Guide To The New Deal Legacy" [2012] by Kathryn A. Flynn
Sunstone Press 9¾x7 pb [7/2012] for $26.06
Sunstone Press 10¼x7½ hardcover [7/2012] for $114.00 {sic}
Call the Vet memoir by Carl & Donna Londene  "Call The Vet" [2012] by Carl E. & Donna A. Londene
The first 1/5th or so is a very happy middle-class life in Kansas, then in Albuquerque, New Mexico; but in 1968, Carl/Gene and Donna Londene moved their family of three daughters to live their dream on a run-down 5-acre horse farm in Albuquerque's South Valleyofficial book site
Kindle Edition from Tate Publng [4/2014] for $9.99
Tate Publng 9x6 pb [4/2014] for $22.14
Nuevo Books 9x6 hardcover [8/2012] out of print/used
Red Horse Vineyard B&B [built 1922, purch 1968, open 10/2015] in Albuquerque's South Valley
Forty-Seventh Star, New Mexico's Struggle for Statehood book by David Van Holtby  
"Forty-Seventh Star: New Mexico's Struggle For Statehood" [2012]
by David Van Holtby

Univ Oklahoma Press 9x6 hardcover [9/2012] for $19.77
Barns from the Land of Enchantment book by Jerry R. Davis  "Barns From The Land of Enchantment" [2012]
Drawings & text by Jerry R. Davis

Artemesia Publng 8¼x10¾ pb [12/2012] for $14.03
African American History in New Mexico book edited by Bruce A. Glasrud  "African American History In New Mexico: Portraits From Five Hundred Years" [2013] Edited by Bruce A. Glasrud
Kindle Edition from Univ New Mexico Press [2/2013] for $25.61
Univ New Mexico Press 9¾x6 pb [2/2013] for $28.96
New Mexico Wine Enchanting History book by Donna Blake Birchell  "New Mexico Wine: An Enchanting History" [2013]
by Donna Blake Birchell, Foreword by Gordon White

Kindle Edition from The History Press [3/2013] for $9.99
The History Press 9x6 pb [3/2013] for $15.57
Confederate Invasion of New Mexico book by Robert C. Jones  "The Confederate Invasion of New Mexico" [2013]
by Robert C. Jones

Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [5/2013] for $7.99
CreateSpace 8½x5½ pb [4/2013] for $13.46
Old Highway Forty-Four book by Dirk Van Hart  "Old Forty-Four: A Historical and Geological Excursion Over New Mexico's Old Route 44" [2013] by Dirk Van Hart
New Mexico's State Highway 44 ran from Bernalillo (near Albuquerque) on the Rio Grande River north and west for 152 miles (244 km) to Bloomfield, New Mexico on the San Juan River and another 9 miles (15 km) to Aztec, New Mexico on the tributary Animas River; the road was upgraded to four-lane U.S. Highway 550 in 1999. The author's description of the geology of the two river valleys explains a lot about the human stories of the area.
Sunstone Press 10¾x8½ pb [5/2013] for $34.77

200 New Mexico Poems anthology for the New Mexico State Centennial  "200 New Mexico Poems" anthology [2013?]
100 poems celebrating New Mexico's past, 100 poems celebrating its future - as a function of the New Mexico State Centennial in 2012
not yet available on Amazon or elsewhere (8/2013) • official booksite/weblog

New Mexico An Enchanted Land book by John P. McWilliams  
"New Mexico: A Glimpse Into An Enchanted Land" [2013]
by John P. McWilliams

Inkwell Prodns pb [10/2013] for $15.11
The Storyteller’s Anthology: Presented by SouthWest Writers book edited by Peggy Herrington  "The Storyteller’s Anthology: Presented by SouthWest Writers" [2013]
Edited by Peggy Herrington, Introduction by Anne Hillerman

"Eleven stunning short stories, five book excerpts, three memoirs, eight essay/nonfiction offerings, and nine fine poems"
CreateSpace 9x6 pb [12/2013] for $14.19
Inside the New Mexico Senate book by Dede Feldman  "Inside The New Mexico Senate: Boots, Suits, and Citizens" [2014]
by Dede Feldman
• author served in the NM Senate from 1997 to 2012,
and has since become a political consultant based in Albuquerque; book won 2015
NM Press Women Book Award for Nonfiction
Kindle Edition from Univ New Mexico Press [1/2014] for $9.99
Univ New Mexico Press 9¼x6¼ pb [1/2014] for $17.54
Chasing the Santa Fe Ring book by David L. Caffey  "Chasing The Santa Fe Ring: Power and Privilege In Territorial New Mexico"
[2014] by David L. Caffey

Kindle Edition from Univ NM Press [1/2014] for $30.16
Univ NM Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [3/2014] for $31.75
Wicked Women of New Mexico book by Donna Blake Birchell  "Wicked Women of New Mexico" [2014] by Donna Blake Birchell
historical figures described include Paula Angel, Bronco Sue, gambler Lottie Deno, Dora Dwenger, Ada Hulmes, Belle La Marr, Beulah M'Rose, Madam Millie, Valentina Madrid & Alma Lyons, Lizzie McGrath, Sadie Orchard, Belle Siddons, and Doña Tules
Kindle Edition from The History Press [2/2014] for $9.99
The History Press 9x6 pb [3/2014] for $15.00
New Mexico Beer History book by Jon C. Stott  "New Mexico Beer: A History of Brewing In The Land of Enchantment" [2014]
by Jon C. Stott

The History Press 9x6 pb [4/2014] for $15.72

more info on G.E. Nordell's New Mexico Beer Industry Links Page

Pueblo Indian Land in New Mexico book by Ebright, Hendricks & Hughes  "Four Square Leagues: Pueblo Indian Land In New Mexico" [2014]
by Malcolm Ebright, Rick Hendricks & Richard W. Hughes

"This long-awaited book is the most detailed and up-to-date account of the
complex history of Pueblo Indian land in New Mexico"

Univ New Mexico Press 9x6 hardcover [7/2014] for $58.50

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