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Informationen zum Autor Carmella Padilla is an award-winning journalist and author of numerous books including The Chile Chronicles: Tales of a New Mexico Harvest, Conexiones: Connections in Spanish Colonial Art, and Low 'n Slow: Lowriding in New Mexico (published by Museum of New Mexico Press). Her articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Albuquerque Journal, Dallas Morning News, and other important publications. Klappentext El Rancho de las Golondrinas (The Ranch of the Swallows), a Spanish Colonial living history museum located in La Cienega, just south of Santa Fe, New Mexico, has enchanted and educated visitors with its natural beauty, annual festivals, and special events since its establishment as a museum in 1972. Drawing from archival materials, contemporary research, and family records, Padilla reconstructs the early history of Las Golondrinas from its beginnings to its purchase by the Curtin family and its establishment by the Curtin-Paloheimo family as a museum dedicated to preserving the history and culture of Spanish Colonial New Mexico. Zusammenfassung Presents an account of the early history of El Rancho de las Golondrinas from the ranch's beginnings to its establishment as a history museum! including biographical sketches! histories! and photographs.
