COVER STORY: How do you reduce the history of a complex territory and its diverse people to a story told in 100 objects? This is the challenge #historian Richard Melzer accepted a few years back when approached with an idea for a book that would be titled "A History of New Mexico in 100 Objects."
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Richard Melzer boils down centuries of New Mexico's history into a single volume of 100 artifacts
The historian faced the daunting task of deciding what would make the cut for his new book, "A History of New Mexico in 100 Objects."
