A history of the German presence in the American Southwest, from the mid-nineteenth century through the World War I era.

There are few foreign original voices talking about early twentieth century Northern New Mexico. Father Peter Kuppers who immigrated from Germany to New Mexico is one of those few voices. Father Kuppers was born in 1885, came to New Mexico in 1911 and aside from a few short trips to Colorado and the mid-West, remained in New Mexico all his life. Rather limited in his knowledge of American culture when he arrived on this continent-after all, he once got mad that folks in New York did not speak German-Kuppers grew to love New Mexico. Always biased and fierce in his protection of Northern New...