Always North

ISBN: 0741448777

Author: Romero, Herb

Condition: New

Review Five Stars: From the anticipation of sails over the sea to seeing the golden cities, this book is gripping.  As you move forward through the years, the trials and tribulations and the ever movement North, you are caught up in lives of these souls. More than worth the read.Jackie KoonFive Stars: I commend Mr. Romero for this literary achievement and recommend it for the educational system because if would certainly be an asset to the true history of New Mexico.  It brings back fond memories, like detail of daily lives and the use of archaic Spanish language unique only to our area.Boni ChavezFive Stars: Inspiring, this book speaks to the heart!  Herb Romero's writing is rich in detail...I enjoyed it very much and would recommend it be placed in libraries along with other southwestern histories.L. SmithFive Stars: I have just taken a ride through history on the backs of Herb Romero's ancestors.  It was a rather condensed ride, but I witnessed the movement of Spanish settlers into our own southwest in general, and gained a new understanding of pioneering hardships and difficulties.  Sam Pool Product Description Always North is an educational awakening for all generations based on factual happenings.  It recreates a four-century family tree and depicts daily lives of early Spaniard colonists who were instrumental in the development of southwest USA territory. From the Author The role of the 16th Century Spaniard in America was never taught in school, and the little that stuck in my mind was stories from family members.   Later as an adult, I would ask myself why this information was denied, and after retiring from the military decided to research my family history.  This was before computers and there was no easy access to information. I learned how my own ancestors helped form the very first permanent European settlement in present day southwest USA, a historic event taking place twenty two years before the ship Mayflower arrived. The feedback on Always North has been an inspiration to me. The many letters I received were mostly from American readers whose Spanish ancestors helped form the American southwest.  They strongly recommended the book be made available in public and school libraries in order to inform others of this very important part of American history. From the Back Cover Always North is a sequel of The Adventurers. It is a saga of a family intertwined historically with southwest USA beginnings in the 16th century.  At that time, King Phillip II directed resettlement of Spanish families from New Spain to a remote northern region that in three centuries would become the American southwest.  This book provides the reader with insight into the lives of early Spaniard settlers who after a six months long trek to their new home, lived under extremely harsh conditions; young and old dying from some unknown disease, while others are killed by marauders.  For the first two hundred years in their new kingdom, Spaniards follow royal laws of New Spain until that dominion is overthrown by a Creole peasantry. Because of their antiquated communications system, it takes many months before Spanish settlers find they are under Mexican rule that would last for twenty five years.  After the American-Mexican war in 1848, the United States takes over the vast western territory.  Then for the next thirty years, American congressional leaders debate on what to do with these large numbers of Spanish speakers.  Meanwhile, parents beg for their archaic Spanish speaking children to be educated in the English language but are totally ignored. About the Author Herb Romero is a military retiree who spent much of his career overseas in cold and hot war operations.  He presently lives in South Florida with his family.