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Dennis Herrick is the author of Winter of the Metal People: The untold story of America’s first Indian war. It is a historical novel about the Coronado expedition to the Albuquerque area in 1540 and the Tiguex War fought against the Puebloans. A former newspaper reporter, editor, and publisher, he is an emeritus member of the journalism faculty at the University of New Mexico.
The Puebloan view of a lesser-known war
A Chinese restaurant’s fortune cookie proclaimed that “You have a charming way with words and should write a book.” Inspired, I taped that little slip of paper to the front of my desktop computer where I was writing.
The result is a historical novel, Winter of the Metal People, which took ten years to research, write, and rewrite.
Winter of the Metal People is about the Coronado expedition and the Tiguex War he fought in 1540-41 against Pueblo tribes — but it’s told for the first time from the Indian point of view...
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05. September 2013
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