IT HAPPENED IN NEW MEXICO
Want to quickly learn more about New Mexico’s history–or review some things you might already know–without tacklingthick textbooks or encyclopedias? Well, hombre, this entertaining 118-page book could be for you–that is, as long as you arenot looking to read about women doing things in New Mexico history. The first of the 30 short, self-contained chapters iscalled “The Life and Times of Folsom Man–9,000 B.C.” and some of the big names considered after Se?or Folsom areZebulon Pike, William Becknell, Stephen Watts Kearny, Billy the Kid, Elfego Baca, Black Jack Ketchum, Pat Garrett andPancho Villa. The real Smokey the Bear and some other “modern” male characters also crop up, but 23 of the “happenings”are B.V. (before Villa, the Mexican revolutionary/bandit who raided Columbus, N.M., one March day in 1916). Lots ofimportant historical stuff, involving American Indians, Hispanics and Anglos, happened in New Mexico, and this enjoyable littlebook gives you a brief but poignant taste–sort of like munching on some green chile.
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