![]() When Alma flees with her young lover to Texas to escape an arranged marriage with a much older man, she sets in motion a drama that will put the sisters and their legacy at risk. The war is the backdrop for the Sandoval sisters’ individual coming-of-age stories in which they cope with racism, sexism, political intrigue and the power of superstition in that time and place. ![]() An unbelievable influx of men occurred, but nary a word has been written about how that affected the New Mexican women. ![]() This is the story of Anglo encroachment on New Mexico as they made real their vision of Manifest Destiny. The Mexican-American War was fought to gain more land, but it was also about controlling trade, and that meant controlling Santa Fe: it was the first foreign capital captured by the U.S. ![]()
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