Book Reviews Archive
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![New Mexico: an interpretive history by Marc Simmons (UNM Press) Originally written as part of a Bicentennial project which produced books on all 50 states, New Mexico: an interpretive history […]](https://hitchhiker.nmstatelibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/NMinterpretive-200x110.jpg "Great Books about New Mexico: New Mexico, an interpretive history")
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Great Books about New Mexico: New Mexico, an interpretive history
Posted on June 1, 2015New Mexico: an interpretive history by Marc Simmons (UNM Press) Originally written as part of a Bicentennial project which produced books on all 50 states, New Mexico: an interpretive history […] -
![Every now and then, we get a small box of books delivered to use from Random House. They are usually a, well, rather random collection of children’s and young adult […]](https://hitchhiker.nmstatelibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/download-188x110.jpg "OMG! It’s Shakespeare for Generation Text")
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OMG! It’s Shakespeare for Generation Text
Posted on May 12, 2015Every now and then, we get a small box of books delivered to use from Random House. They are usually a, well, rather random collection of children’s and young adult […] -
![The House at Otowi Bridge: The Story of Edith Warner and Los Alamos by Peggy Pond Church (UNM) New Mexico and its residents played a vital role in World War […]](https://hitchhiker.nmstatelibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Edith_Warner_on_porch_of_house_at_Otowi_New_Mexico-200x110.jpg "Great Books About New Mexico: The House at Otowi Bridge")
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Great Books About New Mexico: The House at Otowi Bridge
Posted on April 17, 2015The House at Otowi Bridge: The Story of Edith Warner and Los Alamos by Peggy Pond Church (UNM) New Mexico and its residents played a vital role in World War […] -
![The one hundredth meridian, the longitudinal line which divides the green, moist, eastern U.S. from the drier plains and the western desert, might also be the demarcation of attitudes, styles […]](https://hitchhiker.nmstatelibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Edward_Abbey-200x110.jpg "Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner and the rise of modern Western nature writing")
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Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner and the rise of modern Western nature writing
Posted on March 17, 2015The one hundredth meridian, the longitudinal line which divides the green, moist, eastern U.S. from the drier plains and the western desert, might also be the demarcation of attitudes, styles […] -
![Mountain Villages, by Alice Bullock “Amateur” historians and history buffs have long made substantial contributions to our understanding and preservation of local history. Whether as community advocates, genealogists or volunteers […]](https://hitchhiker.nmstatelibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/MountainVillages-200x110.jpg "Great Books About New Mexico: Mountain Villages")
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Great Books About New Mexico: Mountain Villages
Posted on February 11, 2015Mountain Villages, by Alice Bullock “Amateur” historians and history buffs have long made substantial contributions to our understanding and preservation of local history. Whether as community advocates, genealogists or volunteers […] -
![The Missions of New Mexico, 1776: a description by Fray Francisco Atanasio Domínguez; translated by Eleanor B. Adams and Fray Angélico Chávez, 1956. (reprinted Sunstone Press, 2012) 1776, a year […]](https://hitchhiker.nmstatelibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Missions-of-NM-200x110.jpg "Great Books About New Mexico: The Missions of New Mexico")
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Great Books About New Mexico: The Missions of New Mexico
Posted on January 13, 2015The Missions of New Mexico, 1776: a description by Fray Francisco Atanasio Domínguez; translated by Eleanor B. Adams and Fray Angélico Chávez, 1956. (reprinted Sunstone Press, 2012) 1776, a year […] -
![Romance of a Little Village Girl (UNM Press, 2000) by Cleofas M. Jaramillo Founder of La Sociedad Folklórica de Santa Fe, Cleofas M. Jaramillo was passionate about preserving and passing on […]](https://hitchhiker.nmstatelibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Romance-of-Village-Girl-200x110.jpg "Great Books About New Mexico: Romance of a Little Village Girl")
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Great Books About New Mexico: Romance of a Little Village Girl
Posted on December 15, 2014Romance of a Little Village Girl (UNM Press, 2000) by Cleofas M. Jaramillo Founder of La Sociedad Folklórica de Santa Fe, Cleofas M. Jaramillo was passionate about preserving and passing on […] -
![Ceremony (Penguin Classics, 2006, anniversary edition) by Leslie Marmon Silko Angst, alienation, despair, feeling like a stranger in a strange land, the search for independence, the desire for acceptance — […]](https://hitchhiker.nmstatelibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Ceremony-Leslie-Marmon-Silko-m1-200x110.jpg "Great Books about New Mexico: Ceremony")
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Great Books about New Mexico: Ceremony
Posted on November 10, 2014Ceremony (Penguin Classics, 2006, anniversary edition) by Leslie Marmon Silko Angst, alienation, despair, feeling like a stranger in a strange land, the search for independence, the desire for acceptance — […] -
![By Patricia Hewitt Jack Thorp’s Songs of the Cowboys (Museum of New Mexico Press 2008 Centennial edition, with CD) Cowboys and vaqueros (a term which likely gave rise to the […]](https://hitchhiker.nmstatelibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/thorpsongslgz-200x110.jpg "Great Books about New Mexico: Songs of the Cowboys")
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Great Books about New Mexico: Songs of the Cowboys
Posted on October 20, 2014By Patricia Hewitt Jack Thorp’s Songs of the Cowboys (Museum of New Mexico Press 2008 Centennial edition, with CD) Cowboys and vaqueros (a term which likely gave rise to the […]