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The Pueblo Revolt: The Secret Rebellion that Drove the Spaniards Out of the Southwest | 
| Author: David Roberts
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0743255178
Dewey Decimal Number: 909
EAN: 9780743255172
ASIN: 0743255178
Publication Date: August 30, 2005
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With the conquest of New Mexico in 1598, Spanish governors, soldiers, and missionaries began their brutal subjugation of the Pueblo Indians in what is today the Southwestern United States. This oppression continued for decades, until, in the summer of 1680, led by a visionary shaman named Pope, the Puebloans revolted. Before then the many different Pueblo villages had never acted in concert (and never would again). Now, in total secrecy they coordinated an attack, killing 401 settlers and soldiers and routing the rulers in Santa Fe. Every Spaniard was driven from the Pueblo homeland, the only time in North American history that conquering Europeans were thoroughly expelled from Indian territory.Yet today, more than three centuries later, crucial questions about the Pueblo Revolt remain unanswered. How did Pope succeed in his brilliant plot? And what happened in the Pueblo world between 1680 and 1692, when a new Spanish force reconquered the Pueblo peoples with relative ease? David Roberts set out to try to answer these questions and to bring this remarkable historical episode to life. He visited Pueblo villages, talked with Native American and Anglo historians, combed through archives, discovered backcountry ruins, sought out the vivid rock art panels carved and painted by Puebloans contemporary with the events, and pondered the existence of centuries-old Spanish documents never seen by Anglos.
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 A Good Read But The Author Is No Expert May 8, 2008
After reading In Search Of The Old Ones (which I thought was a very good read), I saw the newer book by David Roberts "The Pueblo Revolt", I had to pick it up and take it home. Having a small interest in the Anasazi and the Puebloan Indians and having visited many of the sites and Pueblos firsthand, I was interested in knowing a little more about their "modern" history. I enjoyed the earlier In Search Of The Old Ones partially because of the author's personal observations and comments and I was expecting the same here. Like someone else stated earlier, the author repeatedly complains about how the Pueblo Natives would not give him any information on their knowledge of the history concerning the Pueblo Revolt and about their sacred religious beliefs. I guess he thinks because he is an author and that he wrote a book about the Anasazi, that they were supposed to answer all of his questions. The Pueblo Indians 'religous beliefs and practices as well as other Indian Tribes' religous beliefs and ceremonies are secret. In the late 1800'/early 1900's, ethnic researchers were given some of their sacred practices and knowledge was given to the outsiders with the condition that it would not be made public. When those researchers published their findings and included the priviliged information, the Puebloans pretty much refused to share any more information with future researchers/authors and for good reason. The book provided enough "background" information that satisfied my curiosity and the history of some of the Pueblos' history was interesting as I have visited many of them myself which made the information more interesting on a personal level. The author is definitely biased towards the Puebloan's but he pretty much states that in the Prologue. The author has his own "presumptions" which granted, he's the author but it doesn't make it fact. He evidently did some research but it doesn't make him an expert. He made several statements where for anyone who has done even a little bit of reading on Indian religions, that he was mistaken. Maybe one mistake, ok, but after several, well, it makes it hard for me to put a whole lot of weight with his observations and statements. Overall it was a good book but wish the author would leave out some things as they make him appear he thinks of himself as "superior" to his subjects and deserves special treatment.
Interesting but tainted December 26, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Pueblo Revolt is interesting in that it explores a part of history that is not well known to those who are not experts in the field or who live outside of the Southwest. I learned a lot about the infiltration of the Spanish into the Southwest in the sixteenth and seventeenth century.
Unfortunately, Roberts is extremely biased in his recounting of this story. Although I am not familiar enough with the history of this time and period to pick out specific examples, I know from modern history that no conflicts are as black and white as Roberts paints in Pueblo Revolt. This is a major problem in much reporting of the exploitation of the Native American tribes in North America. War is war and there are atrocities committed by both sides. Unfortunately, Robert uses too broad a brush when talking about the noble savage and the evil invader. This decreases the value of this basically good book.
 Excited to get the book - even more excited to get it behind me. November 3, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I spend a lot of time in the Southwest, particularly these days in Northern New Mexico. I am fascinated by the culture and the history. So naturally, when I came across David Roberts's book I snatched it up and headed home to read. It wasn't long, however, before I became disillusioned.
Sure, David Roberts has authored or co-authored a number of books. Okay, maybe he is a note-worthy mountaineer. Neither of those makes him a good writer. The more pages I waded through, the more I got the impression that Roberts's ego is more important than writing concisely and consistently.
While Roberts admits that his book is not meant to be an "objective history" of the Pueblo Revolt, I was particularly offended by his subjective treatment of a visit to Santa Fe. His tone is disparaging and sarcastic. He speaks of Santa Fe's central plaza and writes as if his visit is on the same level as ridding a yard of a month's accumulation of dog waste. He refers to the "appropriately scruffy latter-day hippies" the wrought iron benches where "two or three homeless men slept off their last nights drunks" (by the way, was it two or three? It couldn't be that hard to tell). Jones writes of the "fervid tones of the self educated expert" (a tour guide) and the "so-called cathedral" a block east of the plaza. Jones continues on Old Fort Marcy Park,"...a greensward that ought to be idyllic, but that it seems a bit dingy, strewn as it is with broken glass and dog turds." And finally completing his tirade with a description of the Cross of the Martyrs, "A truly ugly monument....locals, however, must find the monument inspiring..." Maybe so, but he's describing someone's home. One can be simultaneously un-objective and yet un-subjective in the name of good taste. David Jones hasn't managed that here.
At this point, suffice it to say that the book might be informative, but it's certainly not well written and there are probably other books on the subject more worthy of your time and money.
 The lesson of NM history October 31, 2006
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Excellent history. I recommend this book to anyone interested in an accurate history of Northern New Mexico. It is refreshing to read an author who states his bias upfront instead of cloaking it in academic pretentions of "fair and balanced." in "The Pueblo Revolt" Roberts dispels the fantasy of the "bloodless reconquest" of New Mexico.
The Pueblo Revolt was envisioned by the medicineman Pope after he was tortured by the then Govenor of New Mexico. Pope, who was unknown to the Spanish, went to the Taos Pueblo and organized the revolt which resulted in expelling the Spanish from the Pueblos. The Neo-Cons should read this history and learn the true consequences of torturing enemies.
Good with Spanish documents, but otherwise disappointing February 19, 2006
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is an interesting read and Roberts does a good job with presenting the myriad and complex Spanish documents on the topic. Sadly, he's limited by his lack of knowledge of the native cultures of the southwest. There are some hilarious passages where he's bemoaning the fact that modern-day Puebloans won't talk to him...yet his relationship with these people seems to consist entirely of his showing up and asking pointed questions. He also makes some glaring errors, as in his reference to Peyote "mushrooms" and his suggestions about the kiva at Abo.
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