Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Old One Eye Pete, Stories from Old New Mexico: Old New Mexico
    Valley of the Eagles, Microfiction from Old New Mexico: Old New Mexico
    No Secret Too Small: Old New Mexico, #3
    Ebook series3 titles

    Old New Mexico Series

    By Loretta Miles Tollefson

    ()

    About this series

    Forty-two micro-stories set in Old New Mexico, each less than 500 words long, and many based on actual people or events. Includes:

    Rattled. On the Santa Fe Trail, two men dispute a rifle's origins.

    Trapper in Love. A language barrier comes between a trapper and his woman.

    Edward and Augusta. The future warden of New Mexico's first Territorial Prison takes a wife.

    Decision Point. Word of the Elizabethtown gold strike reaches Denver.

    Thicker n' Snot. Miners from around the globe adjust to the Sangre de Cristo mountain climate.

    The Lost Soul. A young man defies his community's expectations.

    Darker Than a Wolf's Mouth. A settler fails to heed his wife's warnings.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPalo Flechado Press
    Release dateNov 5, 2020
    Old One Eye Pete, Stories from Old New Mexico: Old New Mexico
    Valley of the Eagles, Microfiction from Old New Mexico: Old New Mexico
    No Secret Too Small: Old New Mexico, #3

    Titles in the series (3)

    • 3

      No Secret Too Small: Old New Mexico, #3
      No Secret Too Small: Old New Mexico, #3

      No Secret Too Small: Old New Mexico, #3

      Loretta Miles Tollefson
      0 ratings
      0 ratings

      New Mexico, 1837. As New Mexico teeters on the verge of revolution, eight-year-old Alma's family experiences an upheaval of its own. Ten years ago, her father, Gerald, chose not to tell her mother, Suzanna, that some of his ancestors were born in Africa. Now Alma's mother has learned the truth. Stunned and furious, Suzanna leaves the family's mountain valley and takes Alma and her younger brother, Andrew, with her. Gerald allows the children to go because he believes they'll be safer with their mother than with him in the mountains. However, as Suzanna, Alma, and Andrew reach Santa Fe, revolt breaks out and the children are exposed to sights no child should ever have to experience. This trauma and the prejudice the children experience because of their heritage makes Alma long for home. But even if her mother can forgive past secrets, the way is now blocked by wintery weather and entrenched rebels. Will Alma's family ever be reunited? A heart-breaking yet ultimately triumphant story about secrets, prejudice, love, and the impact of adult conflict on our children.

      New Mexico, 1837. As New Mexico teeters on the verge of revolution, eight-year-old Alma's family experiences an upheaval of its own. Ten years ago, her father, Gerald, chose not to tell her mother, Suzanna, that some of his ancestors were born in Africa. Now Alma's mother has learned the truth. Stunned and furious, Suzanna leaves the family's mountain valley and takes Alma and her younger brother, Andrew, with her. Gerald allows the children to go because he believes they'll be safer with their mother than with him in the mountains. However, as Suzanna, Alma, and Andrew reach Santa Fe, revolt breaks out and the children are exposed to sights no child should ever have to experience. This trauma and the prejudice the children experience because of their heritage makes Alma long for home. But even if her mother can forgive past secrets, the way is now blocked by wintery weather and entrenched rebels. Will Alma's family ever be reunited? A heart-breaking yet ultimately triumphant story about secrets, prejudice, love, and the impact of adult conflict on our children.

    • Old One Eye Pete, Stories from Old New Mexico: Old New Mexico
      Old One Eye Pete, Stories from Old New Mexico: Old New Mexico

      Old One Eye Pete, Stories from Old New Mexico: Old New Mexico

      Loretta Miles Tollefson
      0 ratings
      0 ratings

      Short stories set in Old New Mexico, many based on actual people or events. Includes: That Damn Mule. A green-broke mule balks at the rain-slicked shale on a narrow mountain path. That'll Teach 'Em. A group of trappers encounters Apaches in the Gila wilderness. They Were My Friends. A tale of friendship and betrayal during the Taos uprising against American occupation. Decisions. A young woman must find a way to cross cultural barriers and marry the Pueblo man she loves. Obsessions. An Episcopal Methodist missionary interferes in Maxwell Land Grant Company politics and suffers the consequences.

      Short stories set in Old New Mexico, many based on actual people or events. Includes: That Damn Mule. A green-broke mule balks at the rain-slicked shale on a narrow mountain path. That'll Teach 'Em. A group of trappers encounters Apaches in the Gila wilderness. They Were My Friends. A tale of friendship and betrayal during the Taos uprising against American occupation. Decisions. A young woman must find a way to cross cultural barriers and marry the Pueblo man she loves. Obsessions. An Episcopal Methodist missionary interferes in Maxwell Land Grant Company politics and suffers the consequences.

    • Valley of the Eagles, Microfiction from Old New Mexico: Old New Mexico
      Valley of the Eagles, Microfiction from Old New Mexico: Old New Mexico

      Valley of the Eagles, Microfiction from Old New Mexico: Old New Mexico

      Loretta Miles Tollefson
      0 ratings
      0 ratings

      Forty-two micro-stories set in Old New Mexico, each less than 500 words long, and many based on actual people or events. Includes: Rattled. On the Santa Fe Trail, two men dispute a rifle's origins. Trapper in Love. A language barrier comes between a trapper and his woman. Edward and Augusta. The future warden of New Mexico's first Territorial Prison takes a wife. Decision Point. Word of the Elizabethtown gold strike reaches Denver. Thicker n' Snot. Miners from around the globe adjust to the Sangre de Cristo mountain climate. The Lost Soul. A young man defies his community's expectations. Darker Than a Wolf's Mouth. A settler fails to heed his wife's warnings.

      Forty-two micro-stories set in Old New Mexico, each less than 500 words long, and many based on actual people or events. Includes: Rattled. On the Santa Fe Trail, two men dispute a rifle's origins. Trapper in Love. A language barrier comes between a trapper and his woman. Edward and Augusta. The future warden of New Mexico's first Territorial Prison takes a wife. Decision Point. Word of the Elizabethtown gold strike reaches Denver. Thicker n' Snot. Miners from around the globe adjust to the Sangre de Cristo mountain climate. The Lost Soul. A young man defies his community's expectations. Darker Than a Wolf's Mouth. A settler fails to heed his wife's warnings.

    Author

    Loretta Miles Tollefson

    Loretta Miles Tollefson has been publishing fiction and poetry since 1975. (She’s not old--she started young!) Growing up in foothills of the Olympic Mountains in the log cabin her grandfather built and her father was born in led naturally to an interest in history and historical fiction. When she retired to the mountains of northern New Mexico, writing historical fiction set there was a logical result. The Moreno Valley Sketches books are the first in many planned books set there. Before turning to historical fiction full time, Loretta wrote Crown of Laurel, a novel set in Seattle in the recession of the early 1980's. Loretta holds a B.S. in Bible Education from Multnomah University in Portland, Oregon. This background informs her poetry collections Mary at the Cross: Voices from the New Testament and And Then Moses Was There: Voices from the Old Testament. In the mid-1980's, Loretta and her husband suffered the loss of their first child in the fifth month of pregnancy. Her poetry collection But Still My Child came out of that period and is designed to help others deal with the pain of miscarriage. Loretta holds M.A.'s in Communication and in English Literature from the University of New Mexico. Most days, you'll find her researching New Mexico history in the 1800's and writing furiously. She publishes short historical fiction every week at LorettaMilesTollefson.Wordpress.com.

    Read more from Loretta Miles Tollefson

    Related to Old New Mexico

    Related ebooks

    Historical Fiction For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related categories

    Reviews for Old New Mexico

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words