A biography and a complete bibliography of New Mexico's leading independent historian.

In this family centered biography, independent scholar Simmons describes the lives of the three women who were married to frontiersman Kit Carson. They include Arapaho woman Waa-Nibe, who died three years after their marriage; Cheyenne woman Making Out Road, who divorced Carson after 14 months; and Josefa Jaramillo, the fourteen year old daughter of a prominent Taos family and mother of Carson's seven children.

A survey of the full range of ornamental and utilitarian ironwork used and made by Spanish colonial people in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

A textbook discussing the state's history, government, economy, geography, and culture.

The author uses marriage to examine the social history of New Mexico between 1500 and 1846

A professional historian, author, editor, and translator, Marc Simmons has published numerous books and monographs on the Southwest as well as articles in more than twenty scholarly and popular journals.