Amados Compatriotas
And Other Stories from New Mexico's Mexican Period, 1821-1846
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
14 July 2026
Summary
Former New Mexico State Historian Robert J. Tórrez draws from the marvelous treasure trove of primary documentation in New Mexico’s Mexican-era archives to bring to light this little-known but crucial period in the state’s history.
In a broadside dated August 27, 1821, addressed to “Amados Compatriotas” (his “Beloved Compatriots”), Alejo García Conde, the Commanding General of the Internal Provinces of the West, advised New Mexicans that Mexico’s long and difficult struggle for indepe…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780826369598 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0826369596 |
| Author: | Robert J. Tórrez |
| Publisher: | University of New Mexico Press |
| Imprint: | University of New Mexico Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 14 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 157g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 140mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
“Based on his vast knowledge of the Mexican Archives of New Mexico, Robert J. Torrez’s Amados Compatriotas offers a fresh look at the Mexican period in New Mexico history. Using seldom-used primary sources, topics from education and epidemics to warfare and crime are described in a book that is bound to be a favorite among academic and general readers in New Mexico and beyond.” – Richard Melzer, author of Captain Maximiliano Luna: A New Mexico Rough Rider
Robert J. Tórrez
Robert J. Tórrez is an independent historian who served as the New Mexico state historian from 1987 until his retirement in December 2000. He has published six books on a broad spectrum of New Mexico history topics and contributed to nearly two dozen anthologies, including a recent New Mexico history textbook for use in New Mexico schools. His books include UFOs Over Galisteo and Other Stories of New Mexico’s History and Myth of the Hanging Tree: Stories of Crime and Punishment in Territorial New Mexico (both from UNM Press) as well as Rio Arriba: A New Mexico County and New Mexico’s Wicked City and Other True Stories of New Mexico History.
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