Description: From professional author and historian Simmons comes a collection of fables about New Mexico mavericks. "Here one continually runs into Indians, Hispanos, and fourth or fifth generation Anglos whose lives and outlook are firmly rooted in the years before yesterday. Moreover, their personal histories are enriched by the backdrop of an extraordinary landscape."--Marc Simmons.
Brief description: Marc Simmons is a professional author and historian who has published more than forty books on New Mexico and the American Southwest. His popular "Trail Dust" column was syndicated in several regional newspapers. In 1993, King Juan Carlos of Spain admitted him to the knightly Order of Isabel la Católica for his contributions to Spanish colonial history. His books include "Yesterday in Santa Fe," "Turquoise and Six-Guns: The Story of Cerrillos, New Mexico," "Stalking Billy the Kid: Brief Sketches of a Short Life," "Charles F. Lummis, Author and Adventurer," and, with Frank Turley, "Southwestern Colonial Ironwork: The Spanish Blacksmithing Tradition from Texas to California," all from Sunstone Press.