Marc Simmons of New Mexico : Maverick Historian

by Morgan, Phyllis S.

• ISBN13: 9780826335241
• ISBN10: 0826335241
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-04-01
• Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr

Summary

New Mexico's best known and most distinguished historian, Marc Simmons, is also fully deserving of the epithet maverick, a term that originally referred to a calf that had strayed from the herd and that is also used to describe a person who takes an independent path in his life, work, and philosophy. An independent scholar who has published at least 42 books, as well as over 1,400 magazine and newspaper articles, over 50 scholarly articles, and 74 chapters or introductions in books by other authors, Simmons is equally remarkable for his lifestyle. He lives in a house he himself built, writing all his books on a manual typewriter because he has forsworn electricity and other modern conveniences. Simmons is internationally recognised as an authority on Spanish Colonial New Mexico, the Santa Fe Trail, the life and times of Kit Carson, and the Spanish documentary records that are the source for so many of his writings. He is known for his determination to write narrative history for general readers rather than speaking strictly to a scholarly audience.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Foreword by Mark L. Gardner	xi
Preface by Phyllis S. Morgan	xvii
PART I A BIOGRAPHY OF MARC SIMMONS
The Never-ending Search for the Closest Approximation of the Truth	3	(32)
A Simmons Sampler	35	(38)
Addresses and Lectures	73	(6)
Notes	79	(3)
Bibliography of Biographical Sources	82	(13)
PART II A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF MARC SIMMONS
Chronology of Published Books and Monographs	95	(2)
Published Books and Monographs	97	(14)
Spanish Colonial Period	97	(4)
New Mexico History	101	(4)
The Santa Fe Trail	105	(3)
Southwestern Interest	108	(1)
Biographical Works	109	(1)
Children's Literature	110	(1)
Forewords and Afterwords in Books Written or Edited by Others	111	(2)
Prefaces in Books Written or Edited by Others	113	(1)
Introductions to Books Written or Edited by Others	114	(1)
Chapters and Essays in Books Written or Edited by Others	115	(3)
Fiction-Short Story	118	(1)
Articles and Essays Published in Journals, Magazines, and Other Periodicals	119	(16)
Articles in Reference Works	135	(1)
Articles on the Internet	136	(1)
Reviews in Scholarly and Review Journals	136	(3)
Reviews in Periodicals and Magazines	139	(12)
Other Works	151	(2)
Manuscript Collections Containing Letters and Other Materials by Marc Simmons	153	(1)
Syndicated Newspaper Columns in New Mexico Newspapers	153	(169)
"History" Column	153	(10)
"New Mexican Scrapbook" Column and "New Mexico Scrapbook" Column	163	(72)
"Trail Dust" Column	235	(87)
Reviews of Simmons's Books and Monographs	322	(13)
Index	335