For readers interested in the history behind the book, I have compiled a Bibliography by Topics below:
Bibliography of Selected Topics of Interest
General History
Beck, Warren A, New Mexico: A History of Four Centuries. Norman: The University of Oklahoma Press, 1962.
Bryan, Howard. Santa Fe Tales & More. Santa Fe: Clear Light Publishers, 2010.
Chavez, Thomas E. An Illustrated History of New Mexico. Albuquerque: University of New
Mexico Press, 1992.
Cummings, Joseph. Joseph Cummings Papers 1861 -1863. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington.
Damours, Augustyn P. Augustyn P. Damours Papers 1861 – 1863. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington.
Hollister, Ovando J. Colorado Volunteers in New Mexico in 1862. Chicago: The Lakeside Press: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1962.
Horgan, Paul. Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History. Austin: Texas Monthly Press, 1984.
Keleher, William A. Turmoil in New Mexico 1846-1868. Santa Fe: The Royal Press, 1952.
Kieta, Emily E. “The New Mexico Fandango”. Best of Wagon Tracks: Santa Fe Trail Association. http://www.santafetrail.org/the-trail/history/best-of-wagon-tracks/
McChristian, Douglas. Fort Bowie, Arizona: Combat Post Of The Southwest, 1858-1894. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2005.
Meketa, Jacqueline Dorgan. Legacy of Honor:The Life of Rachel Chacon, A Nineteenth-Century
New Mexican. Las Cruces: Yuca Tree Press, 2000.
Monahan, Sherry. The Wicked West: Boozers, Cruisers, Gamblers, and more. Tucson: Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2005.
Morris, Peter. But Didn’t We Have Fun?: An Informal History of Baseball’s Pioneer Era, 1843-1870. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2008.
Mumey, Nolie. Bloody Trails Along The Rio Grande: A day by day Diary of Alonzo Ferdinand Ickis. Denver: The Old West Publishing Company, 1958.
Rutter, Michael. Upstairs Girls: Prostitution in the American West. Helena: Farcountry
Press, 2005.
Sides, Hampton. Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West. New York: Doubleday,
2006.
Simmons, Marc. New Mexico: An Interpretive History. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1988.
Stanley, F. The Civil War in New Mexico. Santa Fe: Sunstone Press, 2011.
Sturtevant, William C. edit., Alfonso Ortiz. Handbook of North American Indians. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1983.
Sze, Corinne P., Beverly Spears, Boyd Pratt and Linda Tigges. Santa Fe Historic Neighborhood Study. City of Santa Fe, 1988.
Tobias, Henry J. A History of the Jews in New Mexico. Albuquerque: University of
New Mexico Press, 1990.
Twitchell, Ralph Emerson. Old Santa Fe: The Story of New Mexico’s Ancient Capital. Santa Fe: Sunstone Press, 2007.
Wallace, William S. comp. A Journey Through New Mexico’s First Judicial District in 1884. Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, 1956.
Wilson, John P. When The Texans Came. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2001.
Kit Carson
Dunlay, Tom. Kit Carson and the Indians. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2000.
Kelly, Lawerence. Navajo Roundup: Selected Correspondence of Kit Carson’s Expedition Against The Navajo, 1863 – 1865. Boulder, Colorado: The Pruett Publishing Company, 1970.
Kit Carson. DVD. Directed by Stephen Ives. New York: PBS Home Video, 2008.
Quaife, Milo Milton, edit. Kit Carson’s Autobiography. Lincoln/London: University of Nebraska Press, 1966.
Apaches
Aleshire, Peter. Reaping The Whirlwind: The Apache Wars. New York: Facts on File Inc., 1998.
Arnold, Elliott. Blood Brother. London/Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1979.
Basso, Keith H., edit, E.W. Jernigan and W.B. Kessel. Western Apache Raiding & Warfare: From The Notes Of Greenville Goodwin. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1971.
Cremony, John C. Life Among the Apaches: Classics of The Old West. San Francisco: A Roman & Company, Publishers, 1868.
Debo, Angie. Geronimo: The Man, His Time, His Place. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1976.
Kraft, Louis, edit. Lt Charles Gatewood & His Apache War Memoir: Charles B. Gatewood. Lincoln/London: University of Nebraska Press, 2005.
Opler, Morris Edward. Myths and Tales of the Jicorilla Apache Indians. Lincoln/London: University of Nebraska Press, 1994.
Roberts, David. Once They Moved Like The Wind: Cochise, Geronimo, and the Apache Wars. New York: Touchstone, 1994.
Sweeney, Edwin R. Cochise: Chiricahua Apache Chief. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995.
Navajos
Johnson, Broderick H., edit. Navajo Stories of the Long Walk Period. Tsaile, Navajo Nation, Arizona: Navajo Community College Press, 1973.
Kelly, Lawerence. Navajo Roundup: Selected Correspondence of Kit Carson’s Expedition Against The Navajo, 1863 – 1865. Boulder, Colorado: The Pruett Publishing Company, 1970.
Lipps, Oscar H. The Navajos. Cedar Rapids: The Torch Press, 1909.
Utes
Simmons, Virginia McConnell. The Ute Indians of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2000.
Wroth, William, edit. Ute Indian Arts & Culture: From Prehistory To The New Millennium. Colorado Springs: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 2000.