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SOURCES I’VE CONSULTED
and Other Research Tools I’ve Used

Since deciding to write this series, I have consulted a wide range of sources about both the Mormon colonies and the Mexican Revolution. Besides non-fiction references, journals, and memoirs, I’ve also read a fair number of novels to get the flavor of the culture and times. Recently, it occurred to me that others might like to know what sources I’ve used and which I think are the best ones.

The list published here is by no means exhaustive. It will take me some time to catch up with the sources I’ve gathered over the past twenty years. I typically add one or two new entries per week, depending on my schedule

Please note: There are no links to vendors for these sources. I’m leaving it up to you to locate a copy of anything you’d like to read. Some books may be out. (Thank goodness for inter-library loans.) And don’t overlook the possibility of finding a digitized copy online.

Book Cover of photographs by Agustin Victor Casasola

Mexico: The Revolution and Beyond: photographs by Agustin Victor Casasola, 1900-1940

This book is far more about photographs and the photographers than it is about the Mexican Revolution. What it does do well, is show the human side of life, and the Mexico's transition from the 19th century into the modern world.

1 day ago1 min read

The Church History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

I have found at least half of the historical material for my stories at the Church History Library, both through in-person visits and by accessing digitized materials online.

4 days ago2 min read

Colonia Diaz, Chihuahua, Mexico on a map

Heartbeats of Colonia Diaz

Based on her memories and those she solicited from other former residents, the author compiled a thorough history of the northernmost Mormon colony in Mexico, from when the first colonists arrived in 1885 until the Exodus in 1912.

5 days ago1 min read

Newspapers.com

We’re lucky to have so much digitized information available to us now. Only a few years ago, I had to spend days scanning the microfilmed pages of The El Paso Morning Times for little nuggets of information I needed that were buried among ads for women’s dresses and baseball scores. I nearly went cross-eyed and about died of boredom.

5 days ago1 min read

The Leah Shadow

The Leah Shadow, set in the 1880s, is the tender, engrossing, human story of the shadow cast over the well-established and happy marriage of Catherine and John Glendrake by John’s mid-life plural marriage to young Sheila.

5 days ago2 min read