The Adobe Kingdom

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The Adobe KingdomISBN13:9780865346697ISBN10:0865346690Author:Lucero, Donald L. (Author)Description:The Adobe Kingdom Is One Of Those Rare Things: The True Story Of Two Families Across Twelve Generations They Came To New Mexico Seeking A New Homeland, Not To Initiate A New Society But To Transplant An Old One What They Found, As They Lived Their Lives In What They Came To Believe Was One Of The Most Beautiful Places On Earth, Was A Forbidding Land, Both Hostile And Nurturing, And Not Unlike The Land They Had Left Behind Their Daily Contact With Its Remarkable Landscape Assured That They Would Remain A Pastoral People Centered On Their Herds And Flocks And, At Once, One With The Land Culturally Isolated And Little Disturbed By Outside Influences For Over Two And One-Half Centuries, They Retained Their Way Of Life Yearning For His Roots And For A Return To The Land Of His Birth, Donald Lucero Follows Two Families Across Twelve Generations, From Their Entry Into New Mexico At La Toma Del Rio Del Norte, In 1598, To Their Achievement Of Statehood In 1912 And Beyond This Account Of Their Journey, Littered With Both Joys And Sorrows, Invites The Reader To Share In The New Mexico Experience Lucero Is A Former Resident Of Las Vegas, New Mexico, Where He Was Born In His Father's Home, Formerly The Home Of His Paternal Grandfather He Was Educated In The Las Vegas Schools Through College, Where In 1958 He Received His B A In History From New Mexico Highlands University After Service With The U S Army, He Served A Two-Year Commitment With The U S Peace Corps In Colombia, South America He Then Returned To New Mexico On A Peace Corps Preferential Fellowship To Pursue Graduate Work In Counseling At The University Of New Mexico He Received His M A In Counseling From This Institution In 1965 And Returned To Complete His Doctorate In Counseling Psychology In 1970 Since Completion Of A Post-Doctoral Fellowship In Community Psychiatry And A Second Master's Degree In Mental Health Administration At The University Of North Carolina Medical School And School Of Public Health, He Has Held Several Clinical And Administrative Positions In Mental Health Dr Lucero, A Licensed Psychologist, Conducts A Private Practice In Psychology In Raynham, Massachusetts He Is Also The Author Of A Nation Of Shepherds And The Rosas Affair, Both From Sunstone Press Yearning For His Roots And For A Return To The Land Of His Birth, Lucero Follows Two Families Across 12 Generations, From Their Entry Into New Mexico At La Toma Del Rio Del Norte, In 1598, To Their Achievement Of Statehood In 1912 And Beyond Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:SUNSTONE PRPublication Date:2009-04-15Weight:1.24 lbsDimensions:0.85'' H x 9'' L x 6'' WNumber of Pages:384Language:English

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