NEW MEXICO'S TROUBLED YEARS: The Story Of The Early Territorial Governors. With A Foreword By President John F. Kennedy

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blue full cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. mint cond. like new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. price clipped dustwrapper in fine cond., half inch tear front flap edge. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition so stated. first printing (NAP). illustrated endpapers. b&w frontis. portrait. 239p.+ author's statement. bibliography. index. american history. mexican history. ~ . "The author wishes to thank President John F. Kennedy for preparing the Foreword to New Mexico's Troubled Years ". THE PEOPLE of New Mexico were almost totally unprepared for U.S. citizenship on March 3, 1851, the day the first territorial governor took office. In New Mexico, the dramatic changes which began that day brought conflict, murder and bloodshed in the struggle to bring representative government to citizens unaccustomed to democracy. This is the story of the years 1851 to 1881, as revealed in the administrations of ten territorial governors. The first of these, James S. Calhoun, served his nation well and gave his life to the job. Lew Wallace, last of the pioneering governors, arrived by buckboard, and along with the problems of his office, finished writing Ben~Hur, and departed by Pullman car. The 30~year period covered in New Mexico's Troubled Years records the taming of the state by the westward expansion of the U. S., by the efforts of pioneering government officials, and by the coming of the railroad. "Calvin Horn has produced a fascinating closeup of New Mexico's rugged citizens and leaders during its territorial years. Combining scholarly research with his personal interest and experience in government, Mr. Horn gives life and understanding to this important period of political and economic struggle in the Land of Enchantment. The reader can feel the frustration of those who tried to govern a land whose people were often divided by language, conflicting ways of livelihood and centuries~old antagonisms. I believe this book not only will make a valuable contribution to the history of New Mexico but to the overall story of the West and the nation. I hope it will find many readers. I am sure they will derive as much pleasure from reading this dramatic account as I have." ~JACK M. CAMPBELL Governor of New Mexico. N° de ref. del artículo 2112203

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Título: NEW MEXICO'S TROUBLED YEARS: The Story Of ...
Editorial: Albuquerque NM. 1963. Horn & Wallace Publishers
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Edición: 1ª Edición