The Broken Circle [Rodney Barker]

[Native] [True Crime] [Southwest]

The Broken Circle

Rodney Barker

Ballantine, NY. 1993. First Ballantine paperback edition. Nearly perfect; an excellent copy.

From the publisher:

Broken Circle recounts “The Chokecherry Massacre,” in which three New Mexico high-school students were charged with the murder of two Navajo Indian men, causing a violent, racial street riot that prompted the governor to call out the National Guard."

A harrowing part of New Mexico's history that is often overlooked. Highly recommended. Locals take note.