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<div class="plaintext"><p dir="auto">Preston and a friend rode horses from the Mexican border at Rio Pedro to Albuquerque and on to Santa Fe eventually. This is approximately the route that Coronado took in 1540. Some parts of it were in scary-rough mountains. He wrote a book about it:<br>
“Cities of Gold: A Journey Across the American Southwest in Pursuit of Coronado”</p>
<p dir="auto">Abraham Lincoln’s name became well known in 1858 when he and the incumbent senator for Illinois, Senator Douglas, had a series of debates called the “Lincoln - Douglas debates” that most of us in the US read about in school. This comes to mind whenever I think of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child debate plot points in their collaboration.😏</p>
<p dir="auto">—Barry</p>
<p dir="auto">On 22 Apr 2022, at 14:53, Jochen Fromm wrote:</p>
<blockquote><p dir="auto">I've recently read "Diablo Mesa" from Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. It is surprisingly good and combines Roswell, Aliens, FBI and even the SFI :-) As you know Douglas Preston moved to Santa Fe in 1986.<br>
<<a href="https://www.prestonchild.com/books/diablomesa/diablo-mesa-a-nora-kelly-novel;art622,644">https://www.prestonchild.com/books/diablomesa/diablo-mesa-a-nora-kelly-novel;art622,644</a>></p>
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