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Author Benavides, Alonso de, active 1630.

Uniform Title Memorial. English
Title A harvest of reluctant souls : Fray Alonso de Benavides's history of New Mexico, 1630 / translated with a revised introduction and notes by Baker H. Morrow.

Imprint Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2012.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections Whitehead  978.901 B431h 2012    ---  Lib Use Only
Edition 1st UNM Press pbk. ed.
Description xxviii, 111 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note Originally published: Niwot, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, 1996, which is a translation of Benavides' Memorial, written in 1630.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-104) and index.
Summary "The most thorough account ever written of southwestern life in the early seventeenth century, this engaging book was first published in 1630 as an official report to the king of Spain by Fray Alonso de Benavides, a Portuguese Franciscan who was the third head of the mission churches of New Mexico. In 1625, Father Benavides and his party traveled north from Mexico City to New Mexico, a strange land of frozen rivers, Indian citadels, and mines full of silver and garnets. Benavides and his Franciscan brothers built schools, erected churches, engineered peace treaties, and were said to perform miracles. Benavides's riveting exploration narrative provides portraits of the Pueblo Indians, the Apaches, and the Navajos at a time of fundamental change. It also gives us the first full picture of European colonial life in the southern Rockies, the southwestern deserts, and the Great Plains, along with an account of mission architecture and mission life and a unique evocation of faith in the wilderness." --Publisher Marketing.
Subject New Mexico -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Indians of North America -- New Mexico -- Early works to 1800.
Franciscans -- Missions -- New Mexico -- Early works to 1800.
Franciscans. (OCoLC)fst00530004
Indians of North America. (OCoLC)fst00969633
Missions. (OCoLC)fst01023771
Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
New Mexico. (OCoLC)fst01204269
Genre/Form Early works. (OCoLC)fst01411636
Early works to 1800.
Added Author Morrow, Baker H., 1946-
ISBN 9780826351579 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0826351573 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780826351586 (electronic)
0826351581 (electronic)

 
    
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