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"A unique glimpse at a special region known to some as borderlands, this anthology of persona poems gives articulate voice to the many peoples and periods that have made their mark on this scarred and sacred land of deserts and rivers, Indian petroglyphs and fifty-foot marionettes, haciendas and Air Force bases, this ground so varied in climate and culture but so unified in spirit. The spirit of this terra incognita fits its original definition as...
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"This is the first guide to dragonflies and damselflies of the south-central United States. The book covers 263 species, representing more than half of the North American fauna. The area of coverage significantly overlaps with other regions of the country making this book a useful aid in identifying the dragonflies and damselflies in any part of the United States, Canada, or northeastern Mexico." "More photographs of damselflies in North America appear...
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The sheep industry of the Southwest has involved as much color and picturesque lore as the cattle industry ever did, and over a longer period. By bringing together the discoverable facts into a chronicle at once systematic and lively, Mrs. Kupper has made a real contribution to American history. Her chronicle goes back to the sheepwalks of medieval Spain. An early chapter records the massacre of Coronado's men by Indians who carefully saved the Spanish...
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"A collection of bilingual oral stories (Spanish/English) of witchcraft and the supernatural (including tales of sorcerers; witches; La Llorona, the vanishing hitchhiker; and apparitions) from old-timers and young people whose ages range from ninety-eight to seventeen and who live in Latin America and the American Southwest"--The publisher.
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Over 80 accurate drawings of New Mexican colonial embroidery, Hispanic weaving designs, and plans for two looms, a spinning wheel, a warp roller, and a wool winder. Formulas for vegetable dyes are also included. the renderings were made by Carmen Espinosa, Nellie Dunton, Gisella Lacher, and others during the 1930s from authentic pieces of Spanish colonial embroidery and blankets in museums, private collections, and still in use in homes. The drawings...
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Newly revised and updated, The Deserts of the Southwest is a comprehensive field companion to the plants, animals, geology, topography, climate, and ecology of the American Southwest. A perennial classic, it describes the four deserts -- the Great Basin, Mohave, Chihuahuan, and Sonoran -- which together stretch into nine southwestern states and Mexico. The topography, geology, and climatic conditions of these arid lands set the stage for one of the...
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In one of his most famous remarks, George Washington Plunkitt dismissed municipal reformers as "morning glories" who "looked lovely in the mornin' and withered up in a short time, while the regular machines went on flourishin' forever, like fine old oaks." Although this remark rings true for the Northeast in the days when Tammany Hall ruled New York City, municipal reformers have governed the big cities of the Southwest for most of this century. Obscuring...
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Is the Southwest a place different from other places? Are there traditions, haunts, and longings that make Southwesterners part of older things, yet set them apart? Are the boundaries geographical, or cultural, or both? Is there, after all, a Southwest, or is it simply an extension of the Old and New South, or of the West? Such questions, which have puzzled historians, students, and pundits for generations, provide the framework for Frank. E. Vandiver's...
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