Nothing Lasts Forever: A Novel of Old New Mexico

A STORY OF THE 1847 TAOS REVOLT AGAINST THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION OF NEW MEXICO

On Thursday, January 19, 1847, long-simmering tensions erupted in bloodshed in Taos, New Mexico, brought to a head by the recent American takeover during the Mexican American War. Within 24 hours, almost all the Americans in Taos were dead, including Governor Charles Bent.

The insurrection was eventually crushed by American forces in a final battle that destroyed the Taos Pueblo church. The trials that followed are...