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![Best sellers, beach reads, pulp fiction, dime novels, must reads, penny dreadfuls, by whatever sometimes fanciful name we call them, mass-market paperbacks have been around since the 1930s or so. […]](https://hitchhiker.nmstatelibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Virginian-200x110.jpg "Great Books about New Mexico: Summer reading, Western style")
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Great Books about New Mexico: Summer reading, Western style
Posted on July 27, 2015Best sellers, beach reads, pulp fiction, dime novels, must reads, penny dreadfuls, by whatever sometimes fanciful name we call them, mass-market paperbacks have been around since the 1930s or so. […] -
![At the End of the Santa Fe Trail by Sister Blandina Segale (Kessinger Pub 2010) Born in Italy, Rosa Maria Segale immigrated with her parents to Cincinnati, Ohio when she was […]](https://hitchhiker.nmstatelibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SF_Trail-128x110.jpg "Great Books about New Mexico: At the End of the Santa Fe Trail")
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Great Books about New Mexico: At the End of the Santa Fe Trail
Posted on July 7, 2015At the End of the Santa Fe Trail by Sister Blandina Segale (Kessinger Pub 2010) Born in Italy, Rosa Maria Segale immigrated with her parents to Cincinnati, Ohio when she was […] -
![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 […] -
![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 […] -
![SANTA FE, NM – February 17, 2015 – All Trails Lead to Santa Fe, a conference taking place September 17–20, 2015, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, will explore the history […]](https://hitchhiker.nmstatelibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/All-trails-lead-to-Santa-Fe-200x110.jpg "Conference Celebrates Three Historic Trails Leading to Santa Fe")
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Conference Celebrates Three Historic Trails Leading to Santa Fe
Posted on February 17, 2015SANTA FE, NM – February 17, 2015 – All Trails Lead to Santa Fe, a conference taking place September 17–20, 2015, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, will explore the history […] -
![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 […] -
![If you happen to have several hours to spare (maybe it’s snowing and no one is coming to the library?), then get to know the website of the Office of […]](https://hitchhiker.nmstatelibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/OSH-200x110.jpg "Reference Spotlight: Office of the State Historian")
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Reference Spotlight: Office of the State Historian
Posted on December 9, 2013If you happen to have several hours to spare (maybe it’s snowing and no one is coming to the library?), then get to know the website of the Office of […]