First published in 1956, this classic of southwestern history comprises portraits of ten generations of Santa Fe people, composite characters drawn from the author's research. Book One, Under Spain; Book Two, Under Book Three, Under the United States; Past and Present.
Paul Horgan was an American author of fiction and nonfiction, most of which was set in the Southwest. He received two Pulitzer Prizes for history.
The New York Times Review of Books said in 1989: "With the exception of Wallace Stegner, no living American has so distinguished himself in both fiction and history."