Black Range Tales: Chronicling Sixty Years of Life and Adventure in the Southwest

Originally published in 1936, and long out of print, Black Range Tales gives a glimpse of the rugged adventure that was the old time prospectors and pioneers daily life. From the hilarious tale of Christmas in Kingston to tales of Indian fighting and looking for gold "Uncle Jimmie" is sure to please a whole new generation of readers. McKenna went to the southwest in his youth and his life over a period of nearly sixty years was a varied and adventurous one, with danger and the sudden death of comrades often a part of the day's work. He followed many calling during a half century , but most of the time he was a prospector, lucky and luckless by turns, who's search for gold ranged from old Mexico to the Arctic Circle. Taking place mostly in the rugged corner of New Mexico called the Black Range, Black Range tales combines 16 tales of adventure and humor set forth in the delightful, natural speech of a survivor.