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Click here to view the complete record for this item. Many wellknown writers made their homes in northern new mexico in the 20th century. He is the author of the quintessential new mexican work, bless me, ultima, which is always included in lists of the best new mexican books. Some of these books are about mexico the country and not new mexico the state in the usa. This concise history combines more than 200 photographs to create a panoramic view of new mexicos fascinating past. We selected 300 digital images of art objects, then added a history section to provide context for the images and links to resources for further study. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Based on their selections for the top 10 books about new mexico or by new mexico authors, we assembled our own list for the best books about new mexico.