Valley of the Eagles: Microfiction from Old New Mexico

by Loretta Miles Tollefson

Overview

Forty-two micro-stories set in Old New Mexico, each less than 500 words long, and many based on actual people or events. Includes:
Rattled -- On the Santa Fe Trail, two men dispute a rifle's origins.
Trapper in Love -- A language barrier comes between a trapper and his woman.
Edward and Augusta -- The future warden of New Mexico's first Territorial Prison takes a wife.
Decision Point -- Word of the Elizabethtown gold strike reaches Denver.
Thicker n' Snot -- Miners from around the globe adjust to the Sangre de Cristo mountain climate.
The Lost Soul -- A young man defies his community's expectations.
Darker Than a Wolf's Mouth -- A settler fails to heed his wife's warnings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780998349848
Publisher:	Palo Flechado Press
Publication date:	09/26/2018
Pages:	78
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.16(d)

About the Author

Loretta Miles Tollefson grew up in the American West in a log cabin built by her grandfather. She lives in New Mexico's Sangre de Cristo mountains, where she researches the region's history and imagines what it would have been like to actually experience it.

Table of Contents

A Good Arrangement – 1

The Trapper – 2

Winter Stop, Moreno Valley – 4

Valley of the Eagles – 5

Wild Knowledge – 7

Inevitable as Clouds – 8

Duck Hunting – 10

Rattled – 11

Icy Morning – 13

Bent’s Fort – 14

The Fourth Time – 16

Moreno Valley Trade Fair – 17

Healing – 19

Rotten Quartz – 20

Decision Point – 22

Impatience – 23

Hollow – 25

Miners Gotta Eat – 27

First Divorce – 29

Calling the Jury – 31

Productive Revenge – 33

Misnomer – 35

Inheritance – 36

Edward and Augusta – 37

Snow – 39

The Tired Dog – 41

Thicker ’n Snot – 43

Elegance in Etown – 45

Buzzard Brains – 47

Soft Wood – 49

Attitudes – 52

The Lost Soul – 53

This Horrid Wind – 55

A Half-Broke Chestnut – 57

Harvest – 58

Mountain Valley Cowpunching – 59

Too Silent – 60

Slick – 61

Darker Than a Wolf’s Mouth – 62

An August Morning – 64

Trapper in Love – 65

Fishing – 66

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