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ROSWELL HOME PAGE

About Roswell
The Real Roswell
Roswell History

1947 UFO Crash
The Events
The Locations
UFO Museum
UFO Festival
Souvenirs
The Song

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NMMI
Spring River Bike Trail
Hondo River, Chihuahuita
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SE Roswell
SW Roswell
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Roswell with Children
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Books about Roswell, NM
(UFOs, Aliens, Billy the Kid, Marilyn Monroe, and many more!)

Fiction

Grady Lee Bryant
Roswell One. Hervey’s Booklink, 1999. Mescalero Apaches and the UFO Crash—a mystery-adventure.

Don Burleson.
Flute Song (1995), Arroyo (1999). Black Mesa Press. Science fiction that interweaves aliens, Indian legends, and government conspiracies in Southeastern New Mexico

Emma Craig.
Land of Enchantment series: A Gentle Magic . (1998), Enchanted Christmas (1999), and A Gambler's Magic (2000). Dorchester Publishing. A series of historical romance novels set in Rio Hondo, NM, in the early 1870s.
Cooking Up Trouble. Dorchester Publishing, 2001. An historical romance novel set in Roswell in 1895.

Alice Duncan.
Wild Dream. Dell Publishing Corp., 1998. An historical romance set in Roswell in 1895.
Pecos Valley Diamond. New Age Dimensions Publishing, 2005. A mystery set in 1923 Roswell.
Cactus Flower. Five Star Books, 2006. An historical romance set in the fictional town of Rio Peñasco, based on Roswell.

Dewey Johnson.
Summer of Champions. Texas Tech University Press, 2005. A coming-of-age story based on Roswell’s 1956 Little League World Champions.

Glenn Marcel.
Chasing the Roswell Alien. Invisible College Press, 2005. A tabloid journalist discovers frightening secrets when she digs into the mysteries of Roswell.

Melinda Metz.
Roswell High series: The Outsider, The Wild One, The Seeker, The Intruder, The Stowaway, and The Watcher. Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 1998-2000. These and many more are alien teen stories set at fictional Roswell High School.

Mary Moore and Stephen Moore.
Enchanted Lands - The Mission. BookSurge Publishing, 2007. Young friends embark on a secret mission to help crashed aliens return home in this story for older children and early teens. Illustrated by Roswell artist Kim Wiggins.

Rachel Wilson.
Spirit of Love. Berkley Publishing Co., 2000. An historical romance novel set in the fictional town of Pecos Wells, based on Roswell.




Non-Fiction

     About UFOs

Charles Berlitz and William L. Moore.
The Roswell Incident. Grosset and Dunlap, 1980. This first book about the 1947 UFO crash reported information from numerous witnesses.

Thomas J. Carey and Donald R. Schmitt
Witness to Roswell: Unmasking the Government's Biggest Cover-up (Revised and Expanded Edition). New Page Books, 2009. A recent book that covers most of what has been discovered by UFO researchers studying the Rowell crash.

Stanton T. Friedman and Don Berliner.
Crash at Corona: The U.S. Military Retrieval and Cover-Up of a UFO. Marlow & Co., 1992. This third book on the topic focuses on a high-level government cover-up.

Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt.
UFO Crash at Roswell. Avon Books, 1991. This second book on the Crash adds information from additional witnesses.

Toby Smith.
Little Gray Men: Roswell and the Rise of a Popular Culture. University of New Mexico Press, 2000. A fun sociological study of the UFO phenomenon.

Many, many more are available: Type “Roswell” or “UFO” into your online bookseller’s search engine.



     About the Wild West, Ranching, Cowboys, Lawmen, and Outlaws

Bob Alexander.
Fearless Dave Allison: Border Lawman, Border Lawman. High Lonesome Books, 2003. Includes stories from when Allison was Chief of Police in Roswell.

Walter Noble Burns.
The Saga of Billy the Kid (Historians of the Frontier and American West Series). Garden City Publishing Company (reprint) 1926. The book that created Billy’s mythical status and inspired a flurry of movies.

Thelma Crosby and Eve Ball.
Bob Crosby: World Champion Cowboy. Wild Horse Press, 1961, 2006. A biography written by his wife.

Elvis Fleming.
J. B. "Billy" Mathews: Biography of a Lincoln County Deputy. Yucca Tree Press, 1999. He rode in the Lincoln County War, wounded Billy the Kid, then became Postmaster of Roswell.

Mark L. Gardner.
Jack Thorp's Songs of the Cowboys. Museum of New Mexico Press, 2005. The early cowboy songs Jack Thorp collected in Southeastern New Mexico and West Texas and some he wrote including “Who’s Old Cow” about Add Jones and “The Cowboys New Year’s Dance,” set in Roswell. Includes a CD of some of the songs.

Pat F. Garrett.
Pat F. Garrett's The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid. Kessinger Publishing, 2004. Ghost-written by Roswell newspaperman Ash Upton, this book’s style may not appeal to modern tastes, but it certainly gives a flavor of the Old West.

Leon C. Metz.
Pat Garrett: The Story of a Western Lawman. University of Oklahoma Press, 1983. Well researched, entertaining.

Barbara Patterson.
The Rock House Ranch/My Lazy-A-Bar Days. Barbed Wire Publishing, 2002. Ranch life near Roswell during the 1930s and ‘40s.

Sophie Poe.
Buckboard Days. University of New Mexico Press, 1981 (Reprint of 1936 edition). Biography of her husband Sheriff John Poe and the early days of Lincoln and Chaves Counties.

Robert M. Utley.
Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life. University of Nebraska Press, 1991. A scholarly account.

Michael Wallis.
Billy the Kid: The Endless Ride. W.W. Norton, 2007. The most recent, and one of the best, of Billy’s biographies.

Many other books have been written about Billy the Kid, Sheriff Pat Garrett, and the Lincoln County War.




     Other Topics

Stephen Bogener.
Ditches Across the Desert: Irrigation in the Lower Pecos Valley. Texas Tech University Press, 2003. More interesting than it sounds.

Dorothy Cave.
Beyond Courage (Newly Revised) , 1941-1945. Sunstone Press, 1996, 2006. The dramatic story of New Mexico National Guardsmen captured by the Japanese: the Bataan Death March, prison camps, and finally liberation.

David A. Clary.
Rocket Man: Robert H. Goddard and the Birth of the Space Age. Hyperion, 2003. His life and work in Roswell.

Paul Horgan.
Peter Hurd, A Portrait Sketch From Life. University of Texas Press, 1965. Biographical sketches by Hurd’s Pulitzer Prize winning lifelong friend.

John LeMay
Roswell (Images of America: New Mexico). Arcadia Publishing, 2008. Interesting historic photos of Roswell.

Carole Larson.
Forgotten Frontier: The Story of Southeastern New Mexico. Forgotten Frontier: The Story of Southeastern New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press, 1993. Well researched, scholarly but interesting.

Ann McGarrell and Sally Anderson.
The Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program: An Anecdotal History. University of New Mexico Press, 2007. Stories from the artists.

Mother Mary Francis.
A Right to Be Merry. Ignatius Press, 1956, 2001. The Abbess describes the founding and inspirational daily life of Roswell’s Poor Clare Monastery.

Roswell Symphony Guild.
Savoring the Southwest (1994) and Savoring the Southwest Again (1998). Roswell Symphony Guild Publishing. Cookbooks interspersing images from local artists with Southwestern, gourmet, and UFO recipes.

Thomas Streissguth.
Rocket Man: The Story of Robert Goddard (Trailblazer Biographies). Carolhoda Books, 1995. For children grades 5-8.

Many books and DVDs featuring Pecos Bill are available.




Local Publications

Many of these are available at Cobean Stationery Company, 320 North Richardson Avenue (the best source because they have a wide selection and are open regular business hours), at the Historical Museum Gift Shop, 200 North Lea Avenue, (a wide selection but they are only open 1-4 p.m. daily) and at Hastings Books, Music, and Videos, 1705 North Main Street (limited selection but they are open regular business hours, plus evenings). Most of these are also in the Roswell Public Library collection.

Clarence S. Adams.
Little Town West of the Pecos—1909. Pioneer Printing, 1983. Articles from the Roswell newspaper in 1909.

Cecil Bonney.
Looking Over My Shoulder: Seventy-five Years in the Pecos Valley. Hall-Poorbaugh Press, 1971. People and events, written by a Roswell pioneer.

Donald R. Burleson
UFOs and the Murder of Marilyn Monroe. Black mesa Press, 2003. She knew too much about the government's Roswell UFO cover up.

Treasures of History: Historic Buildings in Chaves County, 1870-1935. Chaves County Historical Society, 1985. Photos and descriptions of historic buildings.

Jack Chew.
Cook and Chat with Jack Chew. Private printing, 2001. Memories and recipes of an Army Air Corps veteran and POW who became a Roswell restaurateur.

Elvis E. Fleming.
Captain Joseph C. Lea. Yucca Tree Press, 2002. Biography of “The Father of Roswell.”
Treasures of History, II (with Ernestine C. Williams, 1991), III (with Ernestine C. Williams, 1995), IV (2003). Chaves County Historical Society. Vignettes from the history of Roswell and Chaves County.
Success Starts Here: A History of Eastern New Mexico University—Roswell, 1958-2000. ENMU-R, 2003. A history of the junior college.

William E. Gibbs and Eugene T. Jackman.
New Mexico Military Institute: A Centennial History. NMMI Centennial Commission, 1991. A well researched, detailed history.

A.B. Guinn.
100 Years of Dreams and Realities: A History of the Roswell Parks System. Roswell Printing Company, 1992. Details about Roswell parks.

James F. Hinkle.
Early Days of a Cowboy on the Pecos. Hall-Poorbaugh Press, 1937. Personal reminiscences.

Heidi Huckabee and Valarie Grant, editors.
South Park Cemetery: Exploring Roswell’s Roots. Private printing. 2001. Biographies of some Roswell citizens buried in South Park Cemetery written by Mesa Middle School English students.

Lynn I. Petrigo.
Early Roswell, “Pearl of the Pecos.” Private printing, no date. Stories of the early days.

Edward J.D. Porter.
The Pictorial History of the New Mexico Military Institute 1891-1983. NMMI Alumni Association, 1983. Historical photos (including the Harley-mounted machine gun) and commentary.

Joe Posz.
West Point of the West: A Family Odyssey. Private printing, 2003. A NMMI family over the years.

Linda Stockley Weiler.
Relocated Houses of Roswell (2003), Lost Landmarks of Roswell (2004), Old Places with New Faces (Changing Facades of Roswell) (2005), Historic Outbuildings in and around Roswell (Barns, Carriage Houses, Sheds and Silos) (2007). Wonderful photos and histories of Roswell buildings.



DVDs

Roswell—The Complete First, Second, Third Season. TV series about alien teens.

Unsolved Mysteries: UFOs. TV series in which facts about unsolved mysteries (including the 1947 Roswell UFO Crash) are presented through interviews and reenactments.

History Channel:
Roswell: Final Declassification
Roswell Secrets Unveiled
(and many more)

Sons of New Mexico. A 1948 Gene Autry movie full of rugged action and cowboy songs. Filmed at NMMI.

Chisum. A 1970 John Wayne movie about the Cattle King of the Pecos and the Lincoln County War. Not filmed here.

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. Sam Peckinpah’s classic 1973 movie, with Bob Dylan’s score. Not filmed here.

Lords of Discipline. A 1983 movie of Pat Conroy’s story about racism in a southern military academy. Filmed at NMMI.

Silent Tongue. Sam Shepard’s 1994 ghost story of the Old West, filmed in the Roswell area. River Phoenix’s last released movie.

Six Days in Roswell. A comedy-documentary about the 1997 (50th Anniversary) UFO Festival.

Over 60 movies about Billy the Kid have been filmed. Many are available on DVD.



CDs

Jack Thorp’s Songs of the Cowboys, 2005 (comes with Mark Gardner’s book).

Jon Shannon Webster. Heart and Hat in Hand. 1996. Includes “UFO Breakdown.” Available from www.texasartgallery.com or Feral Word Music, 5212 7th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35212.
 

and, of course . . .

BUY the paperback version (single copies or in bulk) of  Lynn Michelsohn's guidebook
 Roswell, Your Travel Guide to the UFO Capital of the World! 
 also $9.99 on Kindle (readable on Pad, PC, Mac, iPhone, Blackberry, Android, etc.),
 and available from other online booksellers, through your local bookstore, or on NOOK.
 

Also available . . .

Roswell, NM: The Ten Best FREE Things To Do (Plus a Few More)
 Your Brief Travel Guide to Fun in the UFO Capital of the World!
 $2.99 on Kindle, also on NOOK 

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