New Mexico Books

A great history of these two artists known for their "Thematic" belts and outstanding one of a kind jewelry. Many pieces of their jewelry are pictured throughout the book and it is very well written.

I have many books on Native American jewelry and art and this is now at the top of my list. Beautifully written and photographed, with much attention to detail, the authors have done a magnificent job taking us on a tour of the lives and careers of well known Native American jewelry designer/artists Yazzie Johnson and Gail Bird. In my opinion their jewelry is among the best and most innovative that exists today. This book is a must have for the collector or artist.

Although better known for his poetry, Percy Shelley is a thought provoking author of prose, as well. The book contains over 35 essays reflecting Shelley's views on such topics as religion, life, capital punishment,love, and freedom. His views on God and religion are particularly astute and would interest anyone who has wrestled with his/her own faith.

General Sibley was in charge of the Confederate Army that invaded New Mexico in 1862. This book is very informative and is very good reading from the same author of Sibley's biography. General Sibley drank a bit! On the field he actually won the battle, but being pre-occupied he stretched his forces too thin and got his supplies severed. He eventually lost the campaign. If he had been sober he had a good chance of real victory. The battle, which took place between Confederate and Union forces at Glorietta Pass, has the distinction of the Civil War battle fought at the highest altitude. This bit of Civil War history never makes it into the books. In "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" directed by Sergio Leone and featuring Clint Eastwood this is the Civil War campaign that the film is based around. General Sibley's name is mentioned in the film.

Benedict draws from countless sources and personal experience in this book to assemble the most complete handheld book on the Southern Rockies. If you live in Colorado and consider yourself a naturalist, this should already be on your shelf, and in your backpack as you trek around. I use mine so much I had to tape the cover to protect it. The writing is crisp and factual, yet engrossing. Coverage is complete: from geology to ornithology, botany to meteorology, it's all here in ample detail for the interested lay person. Highly recommended... one of the best in class.

I bought this book for a CHICANO/A studies course that I had and it really sank inside of me. It shows pictures of the beautiful murals that can be found in CALIFORNIA by some well known chicano/a muralists and others by popularly known organizations such as SPARC. Coincidentally SPARC which stands for SOCIAL PUBLIC ART RESOURCE CENTER are also the community artists that pained a 2, 435 foot long "GREAT WALL OF LOS ANGELES" which can be viewed at Coldwater Cyn and Oxnard St near Los Angeles Valley College. Very inspirational as well. These murals are also depicted in the book, but I recommend breathing in the life of the murals on your very own. It creates a sort of "ZEN" between you and history. Very powerful images!

It includes inspirational and pride-filling pictures from "CHICANO PARK" in San Diego, East Los Angeles Ramona Gardens MURALS, murals from BERKELEY, murals from freeway underpasses, and San Francisco. These of course are only a couple of localities, there are more. It is an empowering book that really lets you see what struggles the Latino people have had to overcome. It depicts scenes from earlier pre-colonial struggles to recent political views. It is a book that you will pick up and want to add to your collection. This is a 2nd copy that I own and thought that I would share the knowledge with others. It really makes you want to go out and see for yourself what beautiful pieces of art lay within the urban chaos that we live in.

This excellent biography portrays the life of a courageous woman, still alive, who moved from a privileged background in America and Europe to a far more challenging environment in the desert Southwest. Using interviews with Jenny Vincent (and other fresh material), Craig Smith brings vividly to life her long journey from Vassar College, marriage to Harry K. Wells, and a year-long bicycle tour of Europe, to her arrival in New Mexico. There, freshly centered, she undertook to live the simple life and to evolve, over the years, into a confident, jubilant proponent of folk music, education, and activism. Even today, the Jenny Vincent Trio still performs, with Jenny's accordian a distinctive and soulful sound. I highly recommend this rich, carefully researched biography. - Michael Squires

Bridges the gap between medieval Hispanic poetry and Twentieth Century Chicano ideals. Resonates with passion. A must for serious collectors, but accessible to the general reader. Includes lavish illustrations by the author. I will recommend it to all my students.

I have not received the item from Amazon yet but I already read the Spanish version, in fact I bought this English version to give it as a present to my colleges astronomers from UMass.
I personally know Elena Poniatowska the author since she was married to Guillermo Haro My former boss at the INAOE (national institute for astrophysics...) in Mexico and the main character (as Lorenzo de Tena) in the novel.
I enjoyed very much the novel because it was based upon this great Mexican astronomer Whom I was lucky to know and learn from him.

Cesar Arteaga.

Very well reserched and written. Also very readable and not too technical. I just love the detailed maps

"Gustave Baumann may be best known for his images of the Southwest, because he lived in New Mexico for more than 50 years and worked so prolifically there. But before Baumann went west in 1918, he had already won a gold medal from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco and had spent some years recording the soft landscapes of the Midwest, New York, and New England. This calendar's twelve images are evenly divided between Baumann's western woodcuts and prints he made east of the Mississippi. They include In the Hills of Brown, Green Gate Orchard, and Mountain Gold. ¶ 13 x 12" wall calendar (opens to 13 x 24") with twelve full-color reproductions. Published with the Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico. ISBN: 0-7649-3074-5. Click on the small picture to see the back cover. Related items available in Gustave Baumann Gallery."--© Pomegranate