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Santa Fe
  • Trim Size: 6 1/2 x 9 1/4
  • ISBN-10: 0791093328
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-7910-9332-0
  • Status: In Stock
  • List Price: $35.00
  • Imprint: Chelsea House
  • Published: 04/01/2007
  • Dewey Number: 978
  • Reading Level: Grades 5-8
  • Pages: 120

Summary

In the centuries following the "discovery" of the Americas in 1492, representatives of the great Spanish Empire attempted to establish the thumbprint of European colonialism in the New World. Their exploits would destroy vast Indian civilizations, but with each fall, stories of other native kingdoms of greater wealth and power were told. One story pointed to the lands north of Mexico, a wasteland of scrubby deserts; sandstone mesas; forbidding, snow-capped mountains; and tens of thousands of Indians living in adobe apartments the Spanish would call pueblos. The Spanish search for the mythical cities of gold would, in time, lead to the establishment of a colony known as New Mexico. This book is the story of Santa Fe, New Mexico's colonial capital and the oldest capital city in the U.S., a town whose enthralling physical and cultural landscapes were shaped by its Indian heritage and subsequent Spanish influence.

Specifications

Full-color and black-and-white photographs. Maps. Sidebars. Chronology. Timeline. Footnotes. Bibliography. Further reading. Index.

About the Author(s)

Series editor and author Tim McNeese is an associate professor of history at York College in York, Nebraska, where he has been teaching for more than 15 years. McNeese earned an associate's degree from York College, a B.A. in history and political science from Harding University, and an M.A. in history from Missouri State University. He has published more than 100 books and educational materials over the past 20 years, on everything from Picasso to landmark Supreme Court decisions. His writing has earned him a citation in the library reference work Contemporary Authors. In 2006, McNeese appeared on the History Channel program Risk Takers/History Makers: John Wesley Powell and the Grand Canyon.

Reviews and Awards

“…well-organized…an excellent supplement to classroom curriculum materials.”
VOYA

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