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Item Details
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TALES FROM THE JOURNEY OF THE DEAD
TEN THOUSAND YEARS ON AN AMERICAN DESERT |
| By: |
Alan Boye |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£21.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0803213581 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780803213586 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 2006 |
| Edition: |
annotated edition |
| Pages: |
255 |
| Description: |
Takes us on a journey of the mind through the past of south-central New Mexico. This work introduces us to travelers who have tested the desert - mysterious ancient people who built cliff-top fortresses, Spanish conquistadors, old time cowboys yodeling classical poetry to their cattle, and modern range managers tracking livestock by satellite. |
| Synopsis: |
One hundred miles south of Albuquerque, two parallel chains of mountains isolate a 120-mile jumble of black rock, dry lake beds, flesh-colored sand, and desolation. This is the Jornada del Muerto, the Journey of the Dead. So named because of a particular death centuries ago, this desert has witnessed many tales of loss and destruction. Alan Boye takes us on a trek through the beauty and violence of this forbidding land. Traveling the wasteland by foot, Boye visits battle sites from the Mexican-American War, to the Civil War, from the lonely canyon where the Apaches fought to keep their homeland, to the isolated site of the world's first atomic explosion. In the sand and dust and the ruins of war, Boye discovers stories of sadistic killers, directionless rebels, and gun-toting gauchos - but also tales of poets and dreamers, of ordinary men and women who lived their lives and continue to live under this wide and ruthless desert sky.He introduces us to many travelers who have tested the desert - mysterious ancient people who built cliff-top fortresses, Spanish conquistadors, Mexican farmers, old time cowboys yodeling classical poetry to their cattle, and modern range managers tracking livestock by satellite. This is the story of an American desert told through the eyes of those who knew it best and brought to life through Boye's own travels across the Journey of the Dead. Alan Boye is a professor of English at Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, Vermont. His many books include "Holding Stone Hands: On the Trail of the Cheyenne Exodus" (available in a Bison Books edition) and "Just Walking the Hills of Vermont." |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations, map |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Nebraska Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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