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xiv, 946 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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"New Mexico Historical Encyclopedia is an encyclopedia of the history of New Mexico--the 47th State in the Union. It is a cross-section of history and people who have had an influence on life--and sometimes death--in the Land of Enchantment, from the time before the first Europeans arrived around 1540 until today. There are entries for over 500 important people and events in New Mexico's history. Possibly the most important book on New Mexico history...
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158 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"A scientist's recollection of his life as a junior member of the Manhattan Project, Rider of the Pale Horse recounts McAllister Hull's involvement in various nuclear-related enterprises during and after World War II. Fresh from a summer job working with explosives in the chemistry department of an ordnance plant, Hull was drafted in 1943, after his freshman year in college. Unlike other accounts written by scientists and historians of that era, Hull's...
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xviii, 194 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm
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English
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Remembered today as an early cartographer and prolific religious artist, don Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco (1713?1785) engaged during his lifetime in a surprising array of other pursuits: engineer and militia captain on Indian campaigns, district officer, merchant, debt collector, metallurgist, luckless silver miner, presidial soldier, dam builder, and rancher. This long-overdue, richly illustrated biography recounts Miera?s complex life in cinematic...
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