The Navajos in 1705: Roque Madrid's Campaign Journal

by Rick Hendricks (Editor), John P. Wilson (Editor)

Overview

This book is a significant contribution to Navajo studies providing the earliest eighteenth-century eyewitness account of the Navajo in New Mexico.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826318565
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	07/01/1997
Pages:	187
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.45(d)
Lexile:	1610L (what's this?)

About the Author

Rick Hendricks served as the New Mexico State Historian from 2010 through 2019. His books include The Witches of Abiquiu: The Governor, the Priest, the Genízaro Indians, and the Devil; The Navajos in 1705: Roque Madrid's Campaign Journal; Four Square Leagues: Pueblo Indian Land in New Mexico; and Pueblo Sovereignty: Indian Land and Water in New Mexico and Texas.

John P. Wilson is also the editor of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid as I Knew Them: Reminiscences of John P. Meadow and When the Texans Came: Missing Records from the Civil War in the Southwest, 1861-1862.

Editorial Reviews

a . . . unique and illuminating . . . [the authorsa] introduction, translation, and editorial format are of the highest quality . . . the maps and photographs are a high quality and relevant to the text . . . "The Navajos in 1705" is marvelous . . .a

aThe rich rewards of this very successful example of professional cooperation . . . takes the reader on a present-day journey over the same territory . . . this is an excellent publication.a

"The rich rewards of this very successful example of professional cooperation . . . takes the reader on a present-day journey over the same territory . . . this is an excellent publication."

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