Behind Adobe Walls

Author : Landt Dennis
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811811644
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Behind Adobe Walls written by Landt Dennis and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last, a beautiful, affordable style book that offers a rare insider's look at the highly personal and innovative aesthetic for which the Southwest is famed. Santa Fe residents Lisl and Landt Dennis have documented eighteen of the most unusual and awe-inspiring homes and gardens of the Santa Fe and Taos area. Meet the owners and designers, tour their homes, and witness the grand vision and loving detail they have devoted to their living spaces. With two hundred gorgeous full-color photographs, Behind Adobe Walls is an essential keepsake for the Southwestern native or visitor, and a visual inspiration for anyone who would like to create their own Santa Fe, wherever they may call home.

Author : Sandra Toro
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781935604488
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secrets Behind Adobe Walls written by Sandra Toro and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sandra Toro brings to life the turbulent history and clash of cultures, religion and politics of colonial New Mexico. Set against the story of New Mexico's hidden Jews, those who outwardly practiced Catholicism and secretly practiced Judaism, Toro's meticulously researched novel is a fast paced and fascinating look into the fears and fires that ignited prejudice in the 18th century. -- Susan Seligman, New Mexico Regional Director, Anti-Defamation League Sandra Toro has crafted a spell binding story that is part medical mystery, part high adventure and part love story that revolves around crypto-Jews in colonial New Mexico. Once you start it, you won't want to put it down. -- Paula Paul, author of Sins of the Empress

Author : T. Lindsay Baker
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781585441761
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adobe Walls written by T. Lindsay Baker and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1986-04-04 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 1874 a handful of men and one women set out for the Texas Panhandle to seek their fortunes in the great buffalo hunt. Moving south to follow the herds, they intended to establish a trading post to serve the hunter, or "hide men." At a place called Adobe Walls they dug blocks from the sod and built their center of operations After operating for only a few months, the post was attacked one sultry June morning by angry members of several Plains Indian tribes, whose physical and cultural survival depending on the great bison herd that were rapidly shrinking before the white men's guns. Initially defeated, that attacking Indians retreated. But the defenders also retreated leaving the deserted post to be burned by Indians intent on erasing all traces of the white man's presence. Nonetheless, tracing did remain, and in the ashes and dirt were buried minute details of the hide men's lives and the battle that so suddenly changed them. A little more than a century later white men again dug into the sod at Adobe Walls. The nineteenth-century men dug for profits, but the modern hunters sere looking for the natural time capsule inadvertently left by those earlier adventurers. The authors of this book, a historian and an archeologists, have dug into the sod and into far-flung archives to sift reality form the long-romanticized story of Adobe Walls, its residents, and the Indians who so fiercely resented their presence. The full story of Adobe Walls now tells us much about the life and work of the hide men, about the dying of the Plains Indian culture, and about the march of white commerce across the frontier.

Author : Agnesa Reeve
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 9781586850654
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Small Adobe House written by Agnesa Reeve and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2001 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is both an introduction to adobe structures and an idea book for those who want to remodel a classic home or build a new one. 80 photos, 75 in full color.

Author : Roy F. Sullivan
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1504954092
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kit Carson at the First Battle of Adobe Walls written by Roy F. Sullivan and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-10-09 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ruins of Adobe Walls, one-time saloon, fort, and trading post with the Plains Indians was the 1864 site of the largest battle between the Indian and the U.S. Army. Some three hundred army troops, mostly cavalry, were led by famous western explorer, Indian agent, fighter and trapper Christopher (Kit) Carson. Not only was it the largest battle between the Indian and U.S. Army, it was the only time the army was forced to withdraw. Why withdraw? Because Carson and his New Mexico and California volunteers were outnumbered ten to one by their combined Kiowa, Comanche, and Arapaho enemy. Had it not been for Carson's command ability, a greater massacre than the Little Big Horn would have occurred.

Author : Dottie Larson
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 1423608224
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Adobe Home written by Dottie Larson and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NEW ADOBE HOME PRESENTS THE SOPHISTICATED, elevated use of adobe through a variety of elegant homes in New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Mexico. These homes comprise a combination of history, furnishings, art, and interior and exterior spaces with adobe construction, adobe style, or detailing. This beautiful volume features examples of luxurious adobe or adobe-style homes, including a centuries-old renovated hacienda, once the home of a past president of Mexico; a mid-century Clifford May masterpiece; a luxurious estate that pairs Southwestern style with Asian influences; a contemporary dwelling that sits like a sculpture in the Sonoran Desert; and many others.

Author : Christine Mather
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780847823888
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Santa Fe Style written by Christine Mather and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback comes an exploration of the origins and current manifestations of style in Santa Fe, from the ancient inspiration of the Canyon de Chelly to the architectural innovations of Frank Lloyd Wright and his contemporaries. 450 illustrations, 220 in color.

Author : Landt Dennis
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811808965
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Santa Fe and Taos written by Landt Dennis and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 1996-04-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spectacular photographs of Lisl Dennis, paired with husband Landt Dennis's vivid prose, bring the wonder and magic of the Southwest alive in this homage to two very different New Mexican towns linked by a shared history. No ordinary photographic memoir, this panoramic paean to Santa Fe and Taos captures the fascinating life of these immensely popular and intriguing destinations, from Christmas street plays to summer art fairs, from a lively, cosmopolitan theater and opera scene to traditional Indian dancing at the pueblos. For residents, thousands of annual visitors, and Southwest enthusiasts alike, Santa Fe and Taos embodies the creative spirit, dramatic landscapes, and unique attraction of the High Country.

Author : Sydney LeBlanc
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780847826810
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secret Gardens of Santa Fe written by Sydney LeBlanc and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Sydney LeBlanc goes behind the walls of 18 of the most beautiful private gardens in New Mexico's capital, and also one of the city's oldest horticultural treasures--the public Bandelier Garden. Seen against the neutral background of earth-colored adobe houses, and reflecting the city's intermingled Native American, Latin, and Anglo culture, Santa Fe's gardens burst with color. 162 color illus.

Author : Alvin R. Lynn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kit Carson and the First Battle of Adobe Walls written by Alvin R. Lynn and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Following two journeys, Kit Carson's 1864 military expedition from Fort Bascom to Adobe Walls and Alvin Lynn's journey to document what happened are told"--