Overview
Explore the storytelling traditions of New Mexico set against the backdrop of the region's history, cultural traditions, and architecture. An entertaining reference on regional literature for residents and visitors alike, this guidebook presents familiar landmarks in a new light, revealing the stories of legendary and historical figures who have lived in and written about the Land of Enchantment.
"Harrelson's Walks in Literary Santa Fe is long overdue. . . . [It] is as enchanting in tone, voice, and persona as the place of which she speaks." -Robert Franklin Gish, author of numerous books on the literature, history, and culture of the American Southwest
"Walks in Literary Santa Fe offers an engaging and informative way to explore and understand Old Santa Fe's rich cultural history on foot." -Candelora Versace, Santa Fe writer and founding editor of Southwest BookViews
More than a decade ago, Barbara Harrelson developed Storytellers and the Southwest, a literary walking tour of Santa Fe, which she has been conducting ever since. One of the few literary walking tours in the nation, it is described in Frommer's Santa Fe, Taos & Albuquerque as "a great way to absorb the unique character of Santa Fe." Previously Harrelson was a docent at the Smithsonian's Museum of American History and at Dumbarton Oaks, Harvard University's Center for Byzantine and Pre-Columbian Studies. She is currently an independent writer whose work has appeared in the Bloomsbury Review, the Newark Star-Ledger, the Santa Fe New Mexican, and other publications.
Synopsis
Explore the storytelling traditions of New Mexico set against the backdrop of the region's history, cultural traditions, and architecture. An entertaining reference on regional literature for residents and visitors alike, this guidebook presents familiar landmarks in a new light, revealing the stories of legendary and historical figures who have lived in and written about the Land of Enchantment.
"Harrelson's Walks in Literary Santa Fe is long overdue. . . . [It] is as enchanting in tone, voice, and persona as the place of which she speaks."
-Robert Franklin Gish, author of numerous books on the literature,
history, and culture of the American Southwest
"Walks in Literary Santa Fe offers an engaging and informative way to explore and understand Old Santa Fe's rich cultural history on foot."
-Candelora Versace, Santa Fe writer and founding editor of Southwest BookViews
More than a decade ago, Barbara Harrelson developed Storytellers and the Southwest, a literary walking tour of Santa Fe, which she has been conducting ever since. One of the few literary walking tours in the nation, it is described in Frommer's Santa Fe, Taos & Albuquerque as "a great way to absorb the unique character of Santa Fe." Previously Harrelson was a docent at the Smithsonian's Museum of American History and at Dumbarton Oaks, Harvard University's Center for Byzantine and Pre-Columbian Studies. She is currently an independent writer whose work has appeared in the Bloomsbury Review, the Newark Star-Ledger, the Santa Fe New Mexican, and other publications.
San Francisco Chronicle
In a town known for its visual arts, adobes, landscape and food, Harrelson creates neighborhood walks describing landmarks through the words of and associations with stories and authors.