Introducing this Bison Books edition is Marc Simmons, a professional historian, editor, translator, and the author of Witchcraft in the Southwest: Spanish and Indian Supernaturalism in the Rio Grande (1980), also a Bison Book.

"Silverberg's brisk clear style . . . should be appreciated by the reader . . . . He has provided a brief, attention-getting narrative of the history of a region often [overlooked]."—Choice "A very good popular history, excellently written."—Library Review

Introducing this Bison Books edition is Marc Simmons, a professional historian, editor, translator, and the author of Witchcraft in the Southwest: Spanish and Indian Supernaturalism in the Rio Grande (1980), also a Bison Book.

"Silverberg's brisk clear style . . . should be appreciated by the reader . . . . He has provided a brief, attention-getting narrative of the history of a region often [overlooked]."—Choice "A very good popular history, excellently written."—Library Review

Introducing this Bison Books edition is Marc Simmons, a professional historian, editor, translator, and the author of Witchcraft in the Southwest: Spanish and Indian Supernaturalism in the Rio Grande (1980), also a Bison Book.

"Silverberg's brisk clear style . . . should be appreciated by the reader . . . . He has provided a brief, attention-getting narrative of the history of a region often [overlooked]."—Choice "A very good popular history, excellently written."—Library Review