About the Author

RICHARD MELZER is a professor of history at the University of New Mexico/Valencia Campus. A prize-winning teacher and a popular public speaker, he is the author of many books and articles about the American Southwest. His other books include "Ernie Pyle in the American Southwest," "Breakdown: How the Secret of the Atomic Bomb Was Stolen During World War II," and "Buried Treasures: Famous and Unusual Gravesites in New Mexico History," all from Sunstone Press.