Pasó por Aquí and The Desire of the Moth: Two Classic Novels of New Mexico

Eugene Manlove Rhodes, who coined New Mexico's official state nickname "the Land of Enchantment," was a superlative writer of fiction in the Southwest during the early twentieth century. This new annotated edition of two of his best novels provides the ideal introduction to this unjustly neglected writer.

A real-life cowboy, rancher, miner, and army scout for twenty-five years before launching his literary career, Eugene Manlove Rhodes depicted the times and terrain of southern New Mexico in...