Available books of interest by R. Salas

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	NEW MEXICO: A Brief Multi-History $39.95 Softcover $59.95 Hardcover Available on	Every book has a history of its own and New Mexico: A Brief Multi-History could be considered one of the mini-sagas worthy of inclusion in this comprehensive chronology of people places and events which begins with Pre-contact inhabitants of the Southwest. The more than 400 years of recorded history includes information on all the groups living in New Mexico, the oldest European colony in what is today the USA, and is "the way history should be written." Enriched by many illustrations, this inclusive Multi-History is the most comprehensive single volume available for the New Mexican sagas of "ordinary and extraordinary people, places, and events" from 1598 to the present. The general reader, history buffs, students and scholars alike will be empowered by this"...basic resource for New Mexico and the Southwest" because of its panorama of "cultural and historical events, profile biographies, and penetrating comparative analysis...a timeless triumph."



	The Santa Fe Ring $24.95 Available on	The Santa Fe Ring “The Santa Fe Ring was a logical and sometimes brilliant combination of able men.” --Howard R. Lamar “…Methodist Minister Thomas J. Tolby…murdered…after vigorously attacking the Maxwell Land Grant Company and the Santa Fe Ring.”-- Robert J. Rosenbaum “…prominent members of the Santa Fe Ring were lawyers Thomas B. Catron, Stephen B. Elkins, Henry L. Waldo, and judges Joseph G. Palen, Samuel B. Axtell, L. Bradford Prince, Robert H. Longwill…”-- Malcolm Ebright …a pestilence over the Territory of New Mexico… --George W. Julian, Surveyor General Besides the surveyors general mentioned earlier, nearly every governor of New Mexico from the late 1860s to 1885 was a member of the Santa Fe Ring. -- Briggs and Van Ness




	COSMIC: The La Raza Sketchbook $14.95	COSMIC: The La Raza Sketchbook has been received with enthusiasm(10,000 copies are now in print) and it continues to be the best single volume on Hispanic American contributions to the culture of the USA. It is being used by students and the general reader throughout the Southwest. The information it contains is inspiring for it is about people who"...are our history, our heritage, and our pride." COSMIC received the Blue Feather Press Award for 1975.


	I am Tecumseh! Book Two $24.95 Available on	Letter from Michael Brant, son of Chief Brant, to Louisa St. Clair, daughter of Governor St. Clair, after the battle for the Northwest Territory: "Louisa" When stardust falls and illuminates lost trials of yesterday my moccasin prints will not rejoice beside yours in the white pathways I hope are before you. A beautiful dream dies of sadness in the heart. The spirit of Spring is now hesitation upon syllables of sorrow for our love is a mist of shadows. Teardrops tremble in my eyes and I know it is you moving within my heart. Oh that I might weep with the rain and whirl away with the clouds! No matter how hard I try to forget, you will always return to my thoughts and I know any smoke you see from a wood fire clinging to a November dawn in the Mohawk Valley will ever remind you of me. Farewell, dearest Louisa. May you ever walk in balance in the garden of the house of God.--- Michael"



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	Heartland: Stories of the Southwest $14.95	In these stories of the Heartland, Salaz has given the reader a fascinating selection of stories which a prehistoric and modern, humorous and tragic, heroic and pathetic - but importantly, true. I do not mean that they are true only in the sense that eight out of ten stories are based on factual episodes. Rather, the stories are true in that they capture the universal truth of the human condition while preserving localized plots, settings, lives, and themes.

	Epic of the Greater Southwest $39.95 Available on	EPIC OF THE GREATER SOUTHWEST is written from the viewpoint of a native Southwesterner. It includes much information that is often ignored in other histories, thus making it an invaluable resource. The discussion items at the end of each section are thought provoking or can be used to generate many lively classroom discussions. EPIC is a real adventure in history.
	Pueblo Revolt Massacre $19.99	This short work is the only book ever done from the point of view of the Christians who were slaughtered during the Pueblo Revolt. The short book nevertheless raises many important questions: Why did non-combatants, mostly women and children, have to be killed? How is it that this genocidal uprising got Po'pay into Statuary Hall in Washington D.C.? Why is the massacre being celebrated? Do New Mexicans know their own history?