Marc Simmons of New Mexico: Maverick Historian de Phyllis S. Morgan - May 2005

University of New Mexico Press (2005), Edition: Illustrated, 390 pages, 2005. Hardcover. Marc Simmons of New Mexico: Maverick Historian by Phyllis S. Morgan (2005)

No Place: University of New Mexico Press, no Date ISBN 0-8263-3524-1 Octavo (9.25 in. by 6.25 in.); shrinkwrap; fine hardcover; fine dust jacket; crisp; clean; bright..

Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2005. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 2nd printing. Spine cocked, pulled at cronw; upper edges of boards sunned, light rippling to free endpapers. Jacket handled, edgeworn. xx, 368 pp., illus. With exhaustive bibliography. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper by the author and signed by Simmons. Previous owner's neat gift inscription on same page. Publisher's promotional post card laid in. Size: 8vo

Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.: Univ of New Mexico Pr, 2005. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition.

University of New Mexico Press, 5/15/2005 12:00:01 A. hardcover. Very Good. 1.4016 in x 9.0984 in x 6.0984 in. A clean and tight copy. DJ in protective mylar cover.

Hardback. New. New Mexico's best known and most distinguished historian, Marc Simmons, is also fully deserving of the epithet maverick, a term that originally referred to a calf that had strayed from the herd and that is also used to describe a person who takes an independent path in his life, work, and philosophy. An independent scholar who has published at least 42 books, as well as over 1,400 magazine and newspaper articles, over 50 scholarly articles, and 74 chapters or introductions in books by other authors, Simmons is equally remarkable for his lifestyle. He lives in a house he himself built, writing all his books on a manual typewriter because he has forsworn electricity and other modern conveniences. Simmons is internationally recognized as an authority on Spanish Colonial New Mexico, the Santa Fe Trail, the life and times of Kit Carson, and the Spanish documentary records that are the source for so many of his writings. He is known for his determination to write narrative history for… Leer más

Univ of New Mexico Pr, 2005. Hardcover. New. 390 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.50 inches.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Univ of New Mexico Pr, 2005. Hardcover. New. 390 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.50 inches.

University of New Mexico Press, 2005-05-15. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!