Star Over Adobe

Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press - A Coyote Book, 1963. Second Printing . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5 1/2" x 8. Kurman, Richard. 208 Pages. The author takes you inside the adobe homes to the people of New Mexico. Mrs. Apodaca who clings to old ways and trades an electric sewing machine for a fot-pedal model, and young Carmencita who masteers square root and identifies jet planes. It is not a Christmas book alone but a charm string of amusing and touching experiences for all seasons. Pilklsbury's respect for the resourceful Spanish-Americans shines through each tale she tells. Contents in 35 Stories: Three-Culture Christmas, Santa Fe Aniversario, Of Sheep and Shepherds, Christmas in the Sky, Little House with Wide Horizons, A Soldier Returns, Excitement along the Deetch, Christmas as Old as Time, Horn of Many Thunders, The New Sewing Machine, Luminarias and Farolitos, The Beeg Beeg Star, Great-Grandmother Wins, Knee-Deep in Padillas, The Ancient Rite of Shalako, Song for a Soldier, The Wilderness at Hand, Cousin Canuto Reverts, Of Gas Meters and Mountains, Light To Sing, Christmas along an Old Trail, Carmencita Has Her Song, Song of a Little House, Blue Spruce Christmas, Etiquette in a Blizzard, The Wire Electrica, Christmas in the Mountains, Mees Emily's Masquerade, Christmas Eve in San Felipe, A Wide House and Hearth, Pinata Party, Christmas Card from Santa Fe, The Approach Diplomatico, Ships of the Desert,and A Caravan of Christmas.