New Additions to the Southwest Collection

"Th[e] struggle to defend the long-standing land grants against western expansionism is the story of political assassinations, murder, robbery, hangings, and United States government intervention in early Santa Fe and Las Vegas politics and the creation of the first Hispanic controlled political party in the United States." From the dust jacket back flap
"The author ... is the direct descendant of the alcalde (mayor) who wrote the plan for settling the Las Vegas, New Mexico Land Grant in February of 1832 and who lost their own lands on the land grant through American expansionism and opportunism despite an appeal to the Supreme Court."  From the back cover