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| Genre/Form: | Biographies Anecdotes History Oral history Biography Anecdotes |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Alan Boye; Alan Boye |
| Material Type: | Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Alan Boye |
| ISBN: | 0803213581 9780803213586 |
| OCLC Number: | 62493049 |
| Description: | 255 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
| Contents: | 1. Traveling the Camino U.S. 380 -- 2. The wild man -- 3. Elements -- 4. Foundations -- 5. Glyph time -- 6. Artifacts -- 7. Rowena -- 8. The coming of the Ingles -- 9. The Viejo -- 10. The captains of death and the young Missouri bride -- 11. Coffee on the porch of the Bar Cross Ranch -- 12. Valverde -- 13. The life and death of Victorio (on seeing Apache Plume) -- 14. Two writers of the purple sage -- 15. Virtual fences and real neighbors -- 16. Flo Martin puts down her monkey wrench -- 17. The Georgia Green story -- 18. The final walk -- 19. Joe. |
| Responsibility: | Alan Boye. |
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"This unique book doubles as the first impressionistic 'naturalistic' overview, and, at least in part, the first history of the region. The Jornada del Muerto is an awesome piece of land that cries out for lyrical description and Boye's writing is well worthy of the region that it describes."-Ferenc Morton Szasz, author of Larger Than Life: New Mexico in the Twentieth Century -- Ferenc Morton Szasz "This collection of oral histories and archival studies is a refreshing examination of the role that New Mexico has played, and continues to play, in the history of the United States as a multiethnic quest for happiness, opportunity, and at times, greed. The Jornada del Muerto as a place holds a unique image in the mythic vision of New Mexicans and Tales from the Journey of the Dead shows the complexities of the place."-Ricardo L. Garcia, author of Brother Bill's Bait Bites Back and Other Tales from the Raton -- Ricardo L. Garcia "Firsthand accounts are aptly balanced by personal histories and thorough research... With wonderfully accessible and consistently engaging writing, Boye adds a long-overlooked and essential piece to the puzzle of American history."-Booklist -- Janet St. John Booklist "Each of the nineteen chronologically arranged chapters comprising Tales from the Journey of the Dead is a stand-alone narrative, but read one after the other as Boye arranged them and they proffer a well-rounded and yet particular picture of the Jornada and some of the many people who have passed through its water-poor, sun-scorched expanse, settled there, or died trying (hence the name)... Boye effectively conveys the histories and stories of the desert and of the people he intended to reveal. The book is especially recommended for people planning their own trip to the Jornada del Muerto or who want to know about the region."-H-Environment -- H-Environment H-Environment "An entertainingly descriptive read. Boye's interviews with locals who live, work, and play on the Jornada are particularly strong. Their experiences capture the central story of humans dealing with a harsh environment... Tales from the Journey of the Dead can effectively capture the reader's imagination with its impressionistic and descriptive approach to humans eking out an existence on a desert over ten millennia. In other words, when Boye describes life under the burning desert sun, the reader can feel the heat."-New Mexico Historical Review New Mexico Historical Review Read more...
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- Boye, Alan, -- 1950- -- Travel -- New Mexico -- Jornada del Muerto Wilderness.
- Jornada del Muerto Wilderness (N.M.) -- Description and travel.
- Jornada del Muerto Road (N.M.) -- Description and travel.
- Jornada del Muerto Wilderness (N.M.) -- History.
- Natural history -- New Mexico -- Jornada del Muerto Wilderness.
- Jornada del Muerto Wilderness (N.M.) -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
- Oral history.
- Histoire orale.
- Boye, Alan, -- 1950-
- Natural history.
- Travel.
- New Mexico -- Jornada del Muerto Road.
- New Mexico -- Jornada del Muerto Wilderness.
