El gringo (Record no. 3224)
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
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Classification number | 917.89 Dav |
Item number | 48 |
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
Classification number | 917.89 Dav |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Davis, William W. H. |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | El gringo |
Remainder of title | or, New Mexico and her people |
Statement of responsibility, etc | W. W. H. Davis |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Rydal Press |
Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1962 |
Place of publication, distribution, etc | Santa Fe, NM |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 432 p |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc | A veteran of the Mexican War, W. W. H. Davis returned to New Mexico in 1853 to become United States Attorney for the territory. He soon thought of himself as El Gringo, the stranger, who had much to learn about his new home and its people. Equipped with a few changes of clothes, a two-book law library, and a ravenous curiosity, Davis recorded in his diary all that impressed him on his thousand-mile trip to Santa Fé and his thousand-mile court circuit. In 1856 he ransacked the diary to write El Gringo, selecting those features of custom, language, landscape, and history most likely to interest general readers. El Gringo caught on quickly. His duties took him far and wide, to ramshackle jails locked with twine and to the homes of the rich and powerful. His legal training intensified his interest in and understanding of the longstanding quarrels between Indians and whites, between New Mexicans and Texans, between the established Spanish-speaking population and the influx of new settlers and traders from the United States. His description of New Mexico is one of the earliest full-length accounts to appear in English and provides a stunning picture of a newly conquered land. |
590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
Local note | 30349 |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Source of heading or term | Pueblo Indians |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Source of heading or term | Navajo Indians |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Source of heading or term | Description and travel |
Geographic subdivision | New Mexico |
651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
Source of heading or term | New Mexico |
General subdivision | History |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
Koha item type | sw 900 - 999 |
Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date checked out | Public note |
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Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | Book Cart | 12.99 | 7 | 917.89 Dav | 30349 | 2022-08-26 | 2022-07-20 | In Memory of : Frank Stockton |