Santa Fe : the autobiography of a southwestern town
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Author
Contributors
Morgan, Arthur N., 1888-1963, compiler.
Status
General Shelving - 3rd Floor
F804.S2 L27
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F804.S2 L27
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
xviii, 436 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Selection of articles from the Santa Fe New Mexican from 1849-1953.
General Note
Includes index.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
The author who gave America a great book on Indian life, Laughing Boy, and a splendid succession of books of fiction and nonfiction based in the Southwest, as at last chosen Santa Fe, his own place of residence, for one of the most absorbing of his accounts. For 110 years, The New Mexican has been the mirror of Santa Fe life. It reflects the story of a peculiar community, at once raw frontier and older than any other surviving capital or any other settlement, with the possible exception of St. Augustine. From its pages, Mr. La Farge has extracted the narrative of the city, from its occupation by Americans after the Mexican War to the present. We see Santa Fe emerge from a remote Mexican provincial capital, newly annexed, besieged by hostile Indians. Then, as Indian troubles fade away, the era of the bad man, highway robbers, casual gunfights, and lynch law appears, to be followed by a modicum of law and order, gold rushers (mostly for no gold), a fake diamond find, the beginning of coal mining, and the appearance of tourists. How "modern" Santa Fe made its appearance is the story of how brick dwellings almost triumphed over the ancient adobe of other centuries. It is also the story of how the Indian returned to Santa Fe, from which his art and handicrafts have been diffused to the larger world. It is the story of great writers and artists: among the former, Alice Corbin, Carl Sandburg, Witter Bynner, and Mary Austin; and among the latter, Randall Davey and John Sloan. But the story of Santa Fe must be allowed to tell itself, as Oliver La Farge has wisely chosen to do in this interesting book -- Book jacket
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SACFinal081324
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
La Farge, O., & Morgan, A. N. (1959). Santa Fe: the autobiography of a southwestern town (First edition.). University of Oklahoma Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)La Farge, Oliver, 1901-1963 and Arthur N. Morgan. 1959. Santa Fe: The Autobiography of a Southwestern Town. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)La Farge, Oliver, 1901-1963 and Arthur N. Morgan. Santa Fe: The Autobiography of a Southwestern Town Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1959.
Harvard Citation (style guide)La Farge, O. and Morgan, A. N. (1959). Santa fe: the autobiography of a southwestern town. First edn. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)La Farge, Oliver, and Arthur N. Morgan. Santa Fe: The Autobiography of a Southwestern Town First edition., University of Oklahoma Press, 1959.
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