April 2005 is Heritage month in Albuquerque’s Tricenntenial celebration and UNM Bookstore is a part of this 18-month city wide event. In conjunction with the "UNM Salutes the Albuquerque Tricentennial" celebration, the UNM Bookstore is hosting a book event Saturday, April 30, at 2 p.m. featuring authors Cheryl J. Foote and Sharon Niederman.
“Women of the New Mexico Frontier, 1846-1912” by Cheryl J. Foote
Women of the New Mexico Frontier, 1846–1912 is a collection of essays that include biographical sketches and writings from women of all walks of life who helped bring about the Americanization of the New Mexico Territory,
from the Mexican War until statehood in 1912. These women were wives of missionaries, soldiers and military officers, and government officials who came from the eastern part of the United States. For this edition, Cheryl Foote has provided a new Introduction, which highlights information uncovered since the book’s original publication in 1990.
Cheryl J. Foote received her doctorate from the University of New Mexico. She teaches at Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute. Publisher - UNM Press
“Return to Abo” by Sharon Niederman
Called home to a funeral in Monte Alto, a small ranching community in New Mexico, journalist Maggie Chilton finds herself face to face with everything she left behind when she graduated from high school. Against the harsh beauty of the landscape and the memories it holds, three generations of women—Maggie, her mother, and her teenage daughter—struggle to make peace with each other and the land they love.
“What a read! Sharon Niederman has a real genius for illuminating the lives of individuals seeking one last shot at redemption in a landscape that demands too much. . . . Niederman has given us a global tale, one of place and displacement, where love and hope somehow persist whenever people dare to call a place home.”—Demetria Martinez, author of Mother Tongue
Sharon Niederman is the author of several books of travel and history, including The Santa Fe and Taos Book and A Quilt of Words. She lives in Albuquerque, and this is her first novel. Publisher - UNM Press
For more information call (505) 277-8752
Posted by scarr at April 28, 2005 05:00 PM