Adios Nuevo Mexico: The Santa Fe Journal of John Watts in 1859: Modern Jewish Literature and Culture
Editat de David Remleyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 feb 2015
A teenager’s fresh look on pre-Civil War life in territorial Santa Fe
Teenage John Watts came to territorial Santa Fe in 1858 from Bloomington, Indiana. His father believed the clear air of northern New Mexico would be beneficial to John's health. In Santa Fe, they joined John's older brother, J. Howe Watts.
John and Howe are left on their own in Santa Fe much of the time, and John decides to improve his penmanship and foster orderly habits by keeping a daily journal. In a mixture of worldliness and naiveté, maturity and boyish enthusiasm, insightful observations of others, and critical comments on his own behavior, John captures aspects of daily life in Santa Fe that are not of a kind generally found in public documents. Public officials help in educating the Anglo children living in the capital: Governor Rencher teaches French in his office at the Palace of the Governors, Reverend Gorman of the Baptist Church teaches Spanish. Francis Bauer, the army band director, gives music lessons. John voraciously reads the contemporary literary classics and the major American historians of his day
In a Who’s Who of territorial New Mexico, Adios Nuevo Mexico opens a window into what an American boy in his late teens is reading, thinking, doing, and seeing in 1859 in Santa Fe.
Teenage John Watts came to territorial Santa Fe in 1858 from Bloomington, Indiana. His father believed the clear air of northern New Mexico would be beneficial to John's health. In Santa Fe, they joined John's older brother, J. Howe Watts.
John and Howe are left on their own in Santa Fe much of the time, and John decides to improve his penmanship and foster orderly habits by keeping a daily journal. In a mixture of worldliness and naiveté, maturity and boyish enthusiasm, insightful observations of others, and critical comments on his own behavior, John captures aspects of daily life in Santa Fe that are not of a kind generally found in public documents. Public officials help in educating the Anglo children living in the capital: Governor Rencher teaches French in his office at the Palace of the Governors, Reverend Gorman of the Baptist Church teaches Spanish. Francis Bauer, the army band director, gives music lessons. John voraciously reads the contemporary literary classics and the major American historians of his day
In a Who’s Who of territorial New Mexico, Adios Nuevo Mexico opens a window into what an American boy in his late teens is reading, thinking, doing, and seeing in 1859 in Santa Fe.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780896729063
ISBN-10: 0896729060
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Texas Tech University Press
Colecția Texas Tech University Press
Seria Modern Jewish Literature and Culture
ISBN-10: 0896729060
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Texas Tech University Press
Colecția Texas Tech University Press
Seria Modern Jewish Literature and Culture
Recenzii
John's entries are often unintentionally humorous and more revealing than one is used to seeing in diaries and journals. Adios New Mexico is fascinating reading and reassures us that teenagers have not changed. Our youth could not spend more time playing video games or surfing the net than John Watts did playing billiards.
—Amarillo Globe News
—Amarillo Globe News
Notă biografică
David Remley is the author of three other books, the most recent of which is Kit Carson: The Life of an American Border Man. He lives near Silver City, New Mexico.