Forty seventh star is the most complete original readable and lively account of the sixty year struggle between pro statehood leaders and equally powerful anti statehood forces both in new mexico and in washington dc that i have ever read equally significant is holtbys nonpartisan treatment without prejudice of nuevomexicanos . Rating 35 5 david v holtbys forty seventh star is about new mexicos struggle for statehood the land of new mexico mostly entered the united states with the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo at the end of the mexican american war in 1848 the southernmost chunk of the state was acquired in 1853 with the gadsden purchase new mexico . Forty seventh star new mexicos struggle for statehood kindle edition by holtby david van download it once and read it on your kindle device pc phones or tablets use features like bookmarks note taking and highlighting while reading forty seventh star new mexicos struggle for statehood. read forty seventh star new mexicos struggle for statehood by holtby david van 2012 uploaded by andrew neiderman forty seventh star new mexicos struggle for statehood by david van holtby 2012 09 04 uploaded by eiji yoshikawa forty seventh star published in new mexicos centennial year is the first book on its quest. Forty seventh star new mexicos struggle for statehood by holtby david van 2012 dec 05 2020 posted by jeffrey archer library text id 878a656d online pdf ebook epub library struggle for quest to forty seventh star new mexicos struggle for statehood by david van holtby 2012 09 04 uploaded by richard scarry forty seventh star published in new