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purejuiceAn email from the New Mexico Archaeological Society:
The New Mexico Book Co-op Announces the 100 BEST NEW MEXICO BOOKS
After a year of voting, the 100 Best New Mexico Books were announced in time for the New Mexico Centennial in 2012. Leading the list is “Bless Me, Ultima” by Rudolfo Anaya as the #1 Best New Mexico Book.
100 BEST BOOKS IN NEW MEXICO
TOP TEN
Bless Me, Ultima — Rudolfo Anaya
A Thief of Time — Tony Hillerman
Ben Hur — Lew Wallace
Death Comes for the Archbishop — Willa Cather
First Blood — David Morrell
House Made of Dawn — N. Scott Momaday
Lamy of Santa Fe — Paul Horgan
Milagro Beanfield War — John Nichols
Red Sky at Morning — Richard Bradford
The Rounders — Max Evans
Alburquerque — Rudolfo Anaya
All the Pretty Horses — Cormac McCarthy
The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid — Pat Garrett
Black Mesa Poems — Jimmy Santiago Baca
Black Range Tales — James A. McKenna
The Blessing Way — Tony Hillerman
Blood and Thunder — Hampton Sides
Bloodville — Don Bullis
Bluefeather Fellini — Max Evans
Brothers of Light, Brothers of Blood — Marta Weigle
But Time and Chance — Fray Angelico Chávez
The Centuries of Santa Fe — Paul Horgan
Ceremony — Leslie Marmon Silko
Chaco Banyon: Sheriff of Lordsburg — Fred Schmidt
Chaco Canyon — Robert Hill Lister
Charlie Carrillio: Tradition & Soul — Barbe Awalt and Paul Rhetts
Coronado, Knight of Pueblos and Plains — Eugene Bolton
Cuentos — Rudolfo Anaya
Curse of the ChupaCabra — Rudolfo Anaya
Dance Hall of the Dead — Tony Hillerman
The Day It Snowed Tortillas — Joe Hayes
Delight Makers — Aldolph Bandelier
Ditch Rider — Judith Van Gieson
The Education of Little Tree — Forrest Carter
Eight Rattles and a Button — Merle Blinn Brown
El Gringo: New Mexico & Her People — Josiah Gregg
Face of an Angel — Denise Chavez
Fire on the Mountain — Edward Abbey
Forgotten People — George I. Sánchez
Great River — Paul Horgan
Hatchet — Gary Paulsen
Homesteading on Grasshopper Flats — Etta Rose Knox
The House at Otowi Bridge — Peggy Pond Church
I Fought with Geronimo — Jason Betzinez & Wilbur Sturtevant
An Illustrated History of New Mexico — Thomas Chavez
In the Days of Victorio — Eve Ball
Jemez Spring — Rudolfo Anaya
John Gaw Meem — Bainbridge Bunting
Journeys of Faith — Lee Priestley
Kiva, Cross, & Crown — John Kessell
History of La Mesilla & Her Mesilleros — Lionel Cajen Frietze
Land of Poco Tiempo — Charles Lummis
Las Cruces — Linda G. Harris
The Last Conquistador — Marc Simmons
The Leading Facts of New Mexican History — Ralph Emerson Twitchell
The Legend of La Llorona — Rudolfo Anaya
Lottie Deno — J. Marvin Hunter
Maria — Alice Marriott
Mayordomo — Stanley Crawford
Mimbres Painted Pottery — J.J. Brody
The Missions of New Mexico, 1776 — Fray Francisco Dominguez, edited by Adams & Chávez
My Penitente Land — Fray Angelico Chavez
New Mexico: A Pageant of Three Peoples — Erna Fergusson
New Mexico Biographical Dictionary, 1540-2000 — Don Bullis
New Mexico Style — Nancy Hunter Warren
New Mexico Tinwork — Lane Coulter
No Life for a Lady — Agnes Morley Cleaveland
Nobody’s Horses — Don Hoglund
Origins of New Mexico Families — Fray Angelico Chavez
People of the Valley — Frank Waters
The Place Names of New Mexico — Robert Julyan
Popular Arts of Spanish New Mexico — E Boyd
Pueblo Nations — Joe Sando
Riders to Cibola — Norman Zollinger
Rio Grande Fall — Rudolfo Anaya
River of Traps — William duBoys & Alex Harris
Roadside Geology of New Mexico — Halka Chronic
Sabino’s Map — Donald Usner
Saints of the Pueblos — Charles M. Carrillo
Santa Fe Design — Elmo Baca
Santa Fe on Foot — Elaine Pinkerton Coleman
Santa Fe Style — Christine Mather
Santos & Saints — Thomas J. Steele, S.J
Scavengers — Steven Havill
Shaman Winter — Rudolfo Anaya
Slash Ranch Hounds — Dub Evans
Stolen Gods — Jake Page
Tularosa — Michael McGarrity
Villages of Hispanic New Mexico — Nancy Hunter Warren
Visions Underground — Lois Manno
When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away — Ramon Gutierrez
The Whole Damned World — Martha Shipman Andrews
Wind Leaves No Shadow — Ruth Laughlin
Winter in Taos — Mabel Dodge Luhan
The Wolf Path — Judith Van Gieson
The Woman at Otowi Crossing — Frank Waters
Works on Paper — Georgia O’Keeffe & Barbara Haskell
Zia Summer — Rudolfo Anaya
Zuni Pottery — Marian Rodee
©2011 LPD Press | 925 Salamanca NW | Los Ranchos, NM | 87107-5647 | 505.344-9382 or 505.345-5129 fax
This reminds me of that Onion headline in the parody of the smalltown newspaper, oh, let's call it The Macondo Manana [TILDE!!!]:
Two Macondo Women Injured
Air-Lifted to Hospital in Guam
Tourists Visiting Tokyo In 'Satisfactory' Condition
Tsunami Decimates Japan, 300,000 Japanese Dead
The New Mexico Book Co-op Announces the 100 BEST NEW MEXICO BOOKS
After a year of voting, the 100 Best New Mexico Books were announced in time for the New Mexico Centennial in 2012. Leading the list is “Bless Me, Ultima” by Rudolfo Anaya as the #1 Best New Mexico Book.
100 BEST BOOKS IN NEW MEXICO
TOP TEN
Bless Me, Ultima — Rudolfo Anaya
A Thief of Time — Tony Hillerman
Ben Hur — Lew Wallace
Death Comes for the Archbishop — Willa Cather
First Blood — David Morrell
House Made of Dawn — N. Scott Momaday
Lamy of Santa Fe — Paul Horgan
Milagro Beanfield War — John Nichols
Red Sky at Morning — Richard Bradford
The Rounders — Max Evans
Alburquerque — Rudolfo Anaya
All the Pretty Horses — Cormac McCarthy
The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid — Pat Garrett
Black Mesa Poems — Jimmy Santiago Baca
Black Range Tales — James A. McKenna
The Blessing Way — Tony Hillerman
Blood and Thunder — Hampton Sides
Bloodville — Don Bullis
Bluefeather Fellini — Max Evans
Brothers of Light, Brothers of Blood — Marta Weigle
But Time and Chance — Fray Angelico Chávez
The Centuries of Santa Fe — Paul Horgan
Ceremony — Leslie Marmon Silko
Chaco Banyon: Sheriff of Lordsburg — Fred Schmidt
Chaco Canyon — Robert Hill Lister
Charlie Carrillio: Tradition & Soul — Barbe Awalt and Paul Rhetts
Coronado, Knight of Pueblos and Plains — Eugene Bolton
Cuentos — Rudolfo Anaya
Curse of the ChupaCabra — Rudolfo Anaya
Dance Hall of the Dead — Tony Hillerman
The Day It Snowed Tortillas — Joe Hayes
Delight Makers — Aldolph Bandelier
Ditch Rider — Judith Van Gieson
The Education of Little Tree — Forrest Carter
Eight Rattles and a Button — Merle Blinn Brown
El Gringo: New Mexico & Her People — Josiah Gregg
Face of an Angel — Denise Chavez
Fire on the Mountain — Edward Abbey
Forgotten People — George I. Sánchez
Great River — Paul Horgan
Hatchet — Gary Paulsen
Homesteading on Grasshopper Flats — Etta Rose Knox
The House at Otowi Bridge — Peggy Pond Church
I Fought with Geronimo — Jason Betzinez & Wilbur Sturtevant
An Illustrated History of New Mexico — Thomas Chavez
In the Days of Victorio — Eve Ball
Jemez Spring — Rudolfo Anaya
John Gaw Meem — Bainbridge Bunting
Journeys of Faith — Lee Priestley
Kiva, Cross, & Crown — John Kessell
History of La Mesilla & Her Mesilleros — Lionel Cajen Frietze
Land of Poco Tiempo — Charles Lummis
Las Cruces — Linda G. Harris
The Last Conquistador — Marc Simmons
The Leading Facts of New Mexican History — Ralph Emerson Twitchell
The Legend of La Llorona — Rudolfo Anaya
Lottie Deno — J. Marvin Hunter
Maria — Alice Marriott
Mayordomo — Stanley Crawford
Mimbres Painted Pottery — J.J. Brody
The Missions of New Mexico, 1776 — Fray Francisco Dominguez, edited by Adams & Chávez
My Penitente Land — Fray Angelico Chavez
New Mexico: A Pageant of Three Peoples — Erna Fergusson
New Mexico Biographical Dictionary, 1540-2000 — Don Bullis
New Mexico Style — Nancy Hunter Warren
New Mexico Tinwork — Lane Coulter
No Life for a Lady — Agnes Morley Cleaveland
Nobody’s Horses — Don Hoglund
Origins of New Mexico Families — Fray Angelico Chavez
People of the Valley — Frank Waters
The Place Names of New Mexico — Robert Julyan
Popular Arts of Spanish New Mexico — E Boyd
Pueblo Nations — Joe Sando
Riders to Cibola — Norman Zollinger
Rio Grande Fall — Rudolfo Anaya
River of Traps — William duBoys & Alex Harris
Roadside Geology of New Mexico — Halka Chronic
Sabino’s Map — Donald Usner
Saints of the Pueblos — Charles M. Carrillo
Santa Fe Design — Elmo Baca
Santa Fe on Foot — Elaine Pinkerton Coleman
Santa Fe Style — Christine Mather
Santos & Saints — Thomas J. Steele, S.J
Scavengers — Steven Havill
Shaman Winter — Rudolfo Anaya
Slash Ranch Hounds — Dub Evans
Stolen Gods — Jake Page
Tularosa — Michael McGarrity
Villages of Hispanic New Mexico — Nancy Hunter Warren
Visions Underground — Lois Manno
When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away — Ramon Gutierrez
The Whole Damned World — Martha Shipman Andrews
Wind Leaves No Shadow — Ruth Laughlin
Winter in Taos — Mabel Dodge Luhan
The Wolf Path — Judith Van Gieson
The Woman at Otowi Crossing — Frank Waters
Works on Paper — Georgia O’Keeffe & Barbara Haskell
Zia Summer — Rudolfo Anaya
Zuni Pottery — Marian Rodee
©2011 LPD Press | 925 Salamanca NW | Los Ranchos, NM | 87107-5647 | 505.344-9382 or 505.345-5129 fax
This reminds me of that Onion headline in the parody of the smalltown newspaper, oh, let's call it The Macondo Manana [TILDE!!!]:
Air-Lifted to Hospital in Guam
Tourists Visiting Tokyo In 'Satisfactory' Condition
Tsunami Decimates Japan, 300,000 Japanese Dead
