Richard Melzer

About The Author

Richard Melzer is a Regents’ Professor emeritus of history at the University of New Mexico’s Valencia campus. A former president of the Historical Society of New Mexico, Melzer is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including Ernie Pyle in the American Southwest, Captain Maximiliano Luna: A New Mexico Rough Rider, and A History of New Mexico Since Statehood (UNM Press).

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Books by Richard Melzer

A History of New Mexico in 100 Objects

By Richard Melzer

Foreword by Alicia Romero

A unique history of New Mexico told through the fascinating stories of one hundred representative artifacts from around the state—from the ancient fossilized footprints recently discovered at White Sands to J. Robert Oppenheimer’s revolutionary “gadget” that ushered the world into the Atomic A...

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