Valley of the Eagles, Microfiction from Old New Mexico - Old New Mexico - E-book - ePub

Forty-two micro-stories set in Old New Mexico, each less than 500 words long, and many based on actual people or events. Includes:Rattled. On the Santa Fe Trail, two men dispute a rifle's origins. Trapper in Love. A language barrier comes between a trapper and his woman. Edward and Augusta. The future warden of New Mexico's first Territorial Prison takes a wife. Decision Point. Word of the Elizabethtown gold strike reaches Denver.
Thicker n' Snot. Miners from around the globe adjust to the Sangre de Cristo mountain climate. The Lost Soul. A young man defies his community's expectations. Darker Than a Wolf's Mouth. A settler fails to heed his wife's warnings.