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Readers will find out about the extraordinary life of Wyatt Earp, a well-known lawman of the Wild West.

Because she does not sew, cook, or dance like a "proper senorita," Frida cannot please her mother until she saves the day at the fiesta with her special talent.

Describes the day-to-day life of the Anasazi Indians.

Presents information on how the Spanish, during their exploration and settlement of Florida and the Southwestern U.S., established missions in an attempt to convert the native Americans to Catholicism, and explains how the missions changed regions where they were established. Includes time line.

This Southwestern version of the familiar Christmas song features such gifts as ten tamales steaming, six pi?atas swaying, and two prickly pears.

Exposes popular myths and misrepresentations to show Billy the Kid as a crook.

Miguel Rivera is the new kid in town, a young Mexican living with his family near the border in Texas. It isn't bad enough that he has to deal with the class bully, Joey Jeter Cort?s, and his mean substitute-teacher mother, he's also struggling with his family to find their place in a new world. One day, in Santa Fe, Miguel is chased by boys and takes refuge in the Palace of the Governors. There, among the old and dusty artifacts of the Kingdom of New Spain, Miguel learns about his homeland and what it means to be a boy full of pride and confidence, in America.

Provides historical information about the founding of the Santa Fe Trail and about the lives and experiences of the people who used this route West.

Chronicles the history of the Spanish settlement of Santa Fe from its founding in 1610 as the capital of Nuevo Mexico, until Mexico gained its independence from Spain in 1821.

A family builds an adobe house in the Southwest desert.