Richard W. Etulain

About The Author

Richard W. Etulain is a professor emeritus of history at the University of New Mexico, where he also edited the New Mexico Historical Review (1979-1985 and 1991) and directed the Center for the American West (1989-2001). Etulain served as president at both the Western Literature and Western History associations. He is the author or editor of more than sixty books on the history and cultures of the American West.

Books by Richard W. Etulain

Death Comes for the Archbishop

A Classic Novel of New Mexico

By Willa Cather
Introduction by Richard W. Etulain
A towering work of twentieth-century American literature, Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop tells the story of the French Catholic priest Jean Marie Latour, the first bishop of the diocese of New Mexico, which was created after the Mexican-American War. With his friend and vicar Josep...
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Charlie Siringo's West

An Interpretive Biography

By Howard R. Lamar
Foreword by Richard W. Etulain
Charlie Siringo (1855–1928) lived the quintessential life of adventure on the American frontier as a cowboy, Pinkerton detective, writer, and later as a consultant for early western films. Siringo was one of the most attractive, bold, and original characters to live and flourish in the final deca...
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