Valley of the Eagles

<p>Forty-two micro-stories set in Old New Mexico each less than 500 words long and many based on actual people or events. Includes:<br /><strong>Rattled</strong> -- On the Santa Fe Trail two men dispute a rifle's origins.<br /><strong>Trapper in Love</strong> -- A language barrier comes between a trapper and his woman.<br /><strong>Edward and Augusta</strong> -- The future warden of New Mexico's first Territorial Prison takes a wife.<br /><strong>Decision Point</strong> -- Word of the Elizabethtown gold strike reaches Denver.<br /><strong>Thicker n' Snot</strong> -- Miners from around the globe adjust to the Sangre de Cristo mountain climate.<br /><strong>The Lost Soul</strong> -- A young man defies his community's expectations.<br /><strong>Darker Than a Wolf's Mouth</strong> -- A settler fails to heed his wife's warnings.</p>