About the Author

Richard Melzer is a regents professor emeritus of history at the University of New Mexico's Valencia Campus. A former president of the Historical Society of New Mexico, Melzer is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including Ernie Pyle in the American Southwest, Captain Maximiliano Luna: A New Mexico Rough Rider, and A History of New Mexico Since Statehood (UNM Press).

Reviews

Richard Melzer does a thorough in-depth story on the great Don Perkins, a former football star from UNM and then in the NFL, that any Lobo football fan--and especially Dallas Cowboys fans--will enjoy reading." — Gary Herron, author of Fifty Years at the Pit: The University of New Mexico's Legendary Venue