![]() ![]() ![]() He’s also authored a shelf of books capturing the grassroots history of Tennessee and surrounding areas including The Natchez Trace, Celebrate Virginia, A Treasury of Tennessee Tales and Miss Daisy Celebrates Tennessee. This author of more than 40 books has recounted the history of the region in The Santa Fe Trail, Tragedy at Taos: The Revolt of 1847 and It Happened in New Mexico and the Spur Award winning article “Marching with the Army of the West” that ran in Blackpowder Annual. The combined Spanish/Indian/Anglo experience is so fascinating and rich in history that it is difficult sometimes for me to remember that I don’t actually live there,” Jim says. ![]() “I am totally enthralled with the culture of the Southwest, particularly that of New Mexico. “From the time I first experienced New Mexico years ago, my heart has been in the West,” he says in his Tennessee drawl. Crutchfield (Jim to his friends) says he became a Westerner by choice, and when he has the choice, his preferred Western locale is New Mexico. ![]()
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