“Our Time” means the years since WWII. After a brief survey of Albuquerque’s earlier history, Debra Hughes turns the book over to 30 prominent citizens who recall their years growing up as their city came of age. Most of the contributors will be unknown to non-New Mexicans, except novelist Tony Hillerman (see Looking for Joe Leaphorn) and, perhaps, politician Pete Dominici. Hillerman and Hughes are the only professional writers here, but the others, edited and polished by Hughe

July/August 2006
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
- Rock Art Along the Way
- Albuquerque in Our Time
- Albuquerque Remembered
- Wanted: Undead or Alive
- Desperadoes
- Redemption
- Curse of the Sacred Mountain
- “What Fresh Hell is This?”
- Sanctuary Ranch (Fiction)
- Nickel-Plated Dream (Fiction)
- Military Chronicler
- An Untraditional, Quirky Western
- Cherokee Rose (Fiction)
- The Adventures of Johnny Vermillion (Fiction)
- The Desert Southwest (Nonfiction)
- The Doctor Wore Petticoats (Nonfiction)
- The Oatman Massacre (Nonfiction)
- God’s Country, Uncle Sam’s Land: Faith and Conflict in the American West (Nonfiction)
More In This Issue
- I read somewhere that Wyatt Earp married a Jewish woman. Did he ever convert to Judaism?
- Can you tell me the name of the movie starring Clint Walker as Killer Caine? He played an old-time gunman who went to prison for killing a man; when he was released, he was much changed.
- Can you describe a typical day in the life of a person traveling via covered wagon to Oregon or California from Missouri?
- Was a complete version of George W. Parsons’ diary of his time in Tombstone ever published? I think it would make a great read.
- Lonesome Dove Guest Ranch
- Dudes and Dudettes Inspire!
- The Underdogs
- Silver City, New Mexico
- From Homesteaders to Wolfers
- Dude! Where’s My Ranch?
- The Best Bad Things
- Moonlight and Skies
- Living With the Land
- The Turquoise Trail
- Hardin’s Hardware
- Saturday Matinee
- Eleven Stories
- Between The Two
- Is there any truth to the story about cowboys who dug up a corpse and poured whiskey down his throat?
- Who was Arizona’s first famous show biz personality?
- Passin’ Through Louis L’Amour Land