Loretta Miles Tollefson

There Will Be Consequences

A Biographical Novel of Old New Mexico

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Produktbeschreibung

Short listed for the Goethe Historical Fiction Award Five Stars and "Highly Recommended" Award of Excellence from The Historical Fiction Company A 2023 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards Finalist. It's August 3, 1837, and rebellion has broken out in northern New Mexico. By the end of the week, Governor Albino Pérez and key members of his administration will be dead, and a governor with indigenous ancestry will be installed in Santa Fe. It's August 3, 1837, and rebellion has broken out in northern New Mexico. By the end of the week, Governor Albino Pérez and key members of his administration will be dead, and a governor with indigenous ancestry will be installed in Santa Fe. Trouble's been brewing for over a year, fed by new laws restricting the right to vote, the threat of taxes, and a governor who's quicker to borrow money than distribute it. On top of that, he's jailed the Santa Cruz de la Cañada alcalde for making a decision he didn't like. The locals free the mayor and go to war, campesinos and Pueblo warriors against the ricos. But the rich aren't about to give up their privileges so easily. More people will die before the violence ends. A deeply-researched biographical novel with implications for today, There Will be Consequences explores the events before, during, and after August 1837 through the eyes of people who were there. Twelve linked stories propel the narrative forward from the perspective of individuals as diverse as Albino Pérez, rebel governor José Angel Gonzales, Santa Fe gambler Gertrudes "Doña Tules" Barceló, Taos priest Antonio José Martinez, and that most wily of New Mexico's politicians, Manuel Armijo.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Loretta M. Tollefson
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 452g
• ISBN-13: 9781952026058
• ISBN-10: 1952026059
• Artikelnr.: 63332462

Autorenporträt

The history of the American West is in Loretta Miles Tollefson's blood. Her grandfather Roscoe Miles was born in Oklahoma Territory and spent his childhood steadily following his parents moving west. They ended up in the mountains outside Port Angeles, Washington, just about as far as you could go before reaching the ocean. When he died, Loretta inherited a collection of first-hand accounts of the 19th century Pacific Northwest. When she moved to New Mexico as an adult, the books and her love of history went with her. That interest expanded to include every small town and land grant she encountered during a 20+ career as a public servant. Wherever she went in the State, she was exposed to its unique tri-cultural (Native, Hispanic, and Anglo) experience in the 1800's and the on-going impact of those events.When she retired, Loretta began to explore New Mexico's history more deeply, using the research skills she'd developed while obtaining two Master's of Arts (Communications and English Literature). The result is her Old New Mexico fiction-deeply researched, firmly set in the past, and brimming with historical characters.