Raton Chronicle

Denver: World Press Publishing Co.; Imprimatur Edwin V. Byrne, D.D., Archbishop of Santa Fe, 1948. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 146pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Pictorial wraps, with cover art by Joe Apache. Light staining to the front wrap. Previous owner's name on the verso of the front wrap. Stitching visible in the inside margins of the preliminary pages. Raton is located in northeastern New Mexico on the border between New Mexico and Colorado. Father Stanley was a priest who became an author and historian. Originally from Greenwich, New York, Father Stanley Crocchiola became enamored with the Old West as a young boy, and went on to write over 170 books and pamphlets on Texas and New Mexico History.