The Other State

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Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-08-01
Publisher(s): Sunstone Pr
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Summary

The party in the cemetery. The amputation of the bronze foot. The reincarnation of Billy the Kid. The only book ever to make The New York Times best-seller list in both fiction AND non-fiction. The female gentlemen. The cave that waited 40 years. The murderous "squaw man."Where will you find these strange stories, and more? Only in "The Other State: New Mexico, USA." Anyone who lives in or travels to New Mexico understands that it is a place unlike anywhere else. Extremely unlike anywhere else.These true tales, brief and fast-moving, paint a unique portrait of a unique land. They are told by a multiple-award-winning writer, who found his home in New Mexico decades ago and has been telling its story ever since. If you too feel New Mexico's spell, then welcome to . . . "The Other State.""Author and journalist Richard McCord is a natural storyteller. These sketches of his, lovingly stitched together, portray quirky, unpredictable New Mexicans, and especially their unconventional capital of Santa Fe. The characters who briefly walk through these pages each cast a r

Table of Contents

Part I: The Storyteller
9(16)
The First Time
11(4)
The Fires of Summer
15(5)
The Years That Flowed
20(5)
Part II: The Other State
25(91)
The Squaw Man
27(4)
The Graveyard Fiesta
31(3)
The Dead Ringer
34(4)
The Desert Trail
38(4)
The Apostrophe
42(3)
The Ordinary House
45(3)
The Maestro
48(4)
The Compound Caper
52(3)
The Hermitage
55(4)
The Code Talkers
59(3)
The Lady Jocks
62(3)
The False Book
65(4)
The Little World
69(2)
The Wolves
71(3)
The Snowfall
74(3)
The Silver Birds
77(4)
The Severed Foot
81(4)
The Movies
85(3)
The War Correspondent
88(4)
The Lonesome Place
92(3)
The Cave
95(3)
The Sweatlodge
98(4)
The Magdalena Playhouse
102(4)
The Henchman
106(4)
The Homeboy
110(3)
The Low and the Mighty
113(3)
The Christmas Confession
116

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