by Melfi McLain | Sep 5, 2013 | Where They Bury You
A nice synopsis, review: http://ushistoryfiles.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/book-review-where-they-bury-you/
by Melfi McLain | Sep 3, 2013 | Where They Bury You
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,...
by Melfi McLain | Aug 24, 2013 | Where They Bury You
I just discovered a review of “Where They Bury You” on the following blog: http://unabridged-expression.blogspot.com/2013/08/where-they-bury-you-by-steven-w.html . I even agree with her quibble (could kick...
by Melfi McLain | Aug 20, 2013 | Where They Bury You
There is a hole in the creative universe with the passing today of Elmore Leonard. He will be sorely missed. Our future reading is deprived of his writing genius. I learned of his passing this morning as Johnny Cash’s “(Ghost) ‘Writers’ In the...
by Melfi McLain | Aug 18, 2013 | Where They Bury You
U.S. Marshal—and U.S. Army Major—Joseph Cummings is found shot dead 150 years ago today in an arroyo during Kit Carson’s roundup of the Navajos. There were $700,000 to $1,000,000 of today’s dollars in his saddlebags. Carson reports,...
by Melfi McLain | Aug 3, 2013 | Where They Bury You
August 3, 1863 Kit Carson, frustrated by his inability to actually find any Navajos in his war to round up the Navajo, ordered Major Joseph Cummings, also Santa Fe’s U.S. Marshal, to implement a scorched earth policy. All Navajo homes, crops, and their beloved...
