Land Of Enchantment, Land Of Conflict. New Mexico In English-Language

DAVID L. CAFFEY

Publication: Texas A & M University Press, 1999, College Station

First edition. 8vo. Signed and dated by the author on the half title page. Cloth, xiv, 235 pp., preface, illustrated, works cited, index. Best book on this subject to date. An exploration of how generations of writers have portrayed New Mexico, its people, history, and distinctive cultural landscape. Drawing upon more than 150 years of literary works, Caffey examines the clashes and interactions among Native American, Hispanic, and Anglo cultures; frontier lawlessness; struggles over land and water; and the tension between individual freedom and social restraint. Several references to Waters and Nichols, but also covers Max Evans, Tony Hillerman, William Eastlake, Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Edward Abbey, Emerson Hough, Harvey Fergusson, Oliver LaFarge, Judith Van Gieson, Paul Horgan, Willa Cather, Conrad Richter, and many other New Mexico authors. Fine bright copy in dust jacket. Highly recommended.