<p>Short stories set in Old New Mexico, many based on actual people or events. Includes:<br />
<strong>That Damn Mule</strong> - A green-broke mule balks at the rain-slicked shale on a narrow mountain path.<br />
<strong>That&#39;ll Teach &#39;Em</strong> - A group of trappers encounters Apaches in the Gila wilderness.<br />
<strong>They Were My Friends</strong> - A tale of friendship and betrayal during the Taos uprising against American occupation.<br />
<strong>Decisions</strong> - A young woman must find a way to cross cultural barriers and marry the Pueblo man she loves.<br />
<strong>Obsessions</strong> - An Episcopal Methodist missionary interferes in Maxwell Land Grant Company politics and suffers the consequences.</p>