About the Author

Richard Melzer is a professor of History at the University of New Mexico-Valencia Campus. A specialist in twentieth century New Mexico history, he has written many articles, chapters, and books about the American Southwest. He is a prize-winning author and a popular public speaker. Sunstone Press is also the publisher of Melzer's focused biography, "Ernie Pyle in the American Southwest," as well as "When We Were Young in the West: True Histories of Childhood" and "Buried Treasures: Famous and Unusual Gravesites in New Mexico History."