Marc Simmons is considered New Mexico's Historian Laureate and has published over forty books on New Mexico history. Simmons is a former Woodrow Wilson Fellow, a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and in 1993 the King of Spain granted him membership in the knightly Order of Isabela la Catolica for his contributions to Spanish colonial history. He resides in Cerrillos, New Mexico.
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aA delight to read. . . . chock full of amazing anecdotes, little known facts and carefully crafted portraits. . . . All readers will love the book. The research is superb, and the documentation thorough.a aRich in detail, comprehensive, and handsomely readable. . . . Must reading for all who consider themselves at home in this city.a ""Hispanic Albuquerque" offers an important glimpse into a world that existed under the same sky and beside the same river that cuts through bustling Albuquerque today -- a world that in almost every way is unlike what has replaced it." "Simmons's book is timely and offers a quick, readable history for a popular audience. This book is recommended for anyone interested in the Spanish colonial and Mexican period history of the Greater Southwest." A delight to read. . . . chock full of amazing anecdotes, little known facts and carefully crafted portraits. . . . All readers will love the book. The research is superb, and the documentation thorough. Rich in detail, comprehensive, and handsomely readable. . . . Must reading for all who consider themselves at home in this city. "Rich in detail, comprehensive, and handsomely readable. . . . Must reading for all who consider themselves at home in this city."