by Loretta Miles Tollefson (Author)
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.
Author Biography
Loretta Miles Tollefson grew up in the American West in a log cabin built by her grandfather. She lives in New Mexico's Sangre de Cristo mountains, where she researches the region's history and imagines what it would have been like to actually experience it.