Mark Gardner's Publications

Specializing in the History of the West in Narrative and Song

Mark has authored and edited numerous books and articles on the history of the American West.

His books include:

Wagons for the Santa Fe Trade: Wheeled Vehicles and Their Makers, 1822-1880 (Albuquerque:

University of New Mexico Press, 2000).

"The first and likely definitive history of the wagons that plied the Santa Fe Trail. Their makers, con-

struction, purpose, and operation all receive meticulous attention in this valuable and thoroughly re-

searched book." -- Robert M. Utley

"The author provides us an astounding amount of rich detail, enough to take the knowledgeable reader's

breath away." -- Marc Simmons

"Mark Gardner, who is one of the foremost trail historians of our day, an eminent researcher, and an

excellent writer, has now entered the ranks of vehicle historians trying to make some sense out of trans-

port history and the vehicles involved therein....This contribution to both historical trail documentation

and the vehicle bibliography as well is superb. No serious scholar involved in either discipline can ig-

nore this book. -- The Carriage Journal

The Mexican War Correspondence of Richard Smith Elliott, co-edited with Marc Simmons

(Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997).

"A magnificent book, highly recommended for both the scholar and the general reader, which one

hopes will secure Richard Smith Elliott his place in history as one of America's earliest war corre-

spondents." -- Roundup Magazine

"...an excellent contribution to the history of America's most ignored war." -- Dallas Morning News

"...the book is attractive for several reasons, not the least of which is the meticulous care the editors

have taken to provide relevant and sober notes....This volume is a fine example of good, old-fashioned,

solid, artisanal work, and all the more refreshing for the candid limits of its pretensions. -- H-Net

Brothers on the Santa Fe and Chihuahua Trails: Edward James Glasgow and William Henry

Glasgow, 1846-1848 (Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 1993).

"In publishing the Glasgow letters, editor Gardner should be applauded. So enlightening are these eye-

witness accounts, one wishes that every event in western history could have been observed by a literate

merchant ready to write letters to the folks back home. -- Rocky Mountain News

"Gardner has done an excellent job of arranging and annotating the Glasgow documents. His volume

provides a rare glimpse at an often overlooked phase of the Mexican War and is a welcome addition

to the literature on the subject." -- Southwestern Historical Quarterly

"This is a book readers will be proud to shelve alongside such classics as Josiah Gregg's Commerce

of the Prairies and Susan Magoffin's Down the Santa Trail and into Mexico. -- True West

"The editor used such solid, disparate sources, and includes such a variety of reasonable information

and comment that historians, ethnologists, and geographers will find substance here for many pro-

jects....This book will have many uses over the years for many reasons, and that should be one of

the definitions of a successful publication. -- Pacific Historical Review

Mark has written introductions and forewords for a number of books, most of these

being scholarly reprints of classic Western Americana. Books containing Mark's

introductions are:

The Southwestern Journals of Zebulon Pike, 1806-1807, edited by Stephen Harding Hart and

Archer Butler Hulbert (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2006).

Marc Simmons of New Mexico, Maverick Historian by Phyllis S. Morgan (Albuquerque: Univer-

sity of New Mexico Press, 2005).

Custer, Black Kettle, and the Fight on the Washita by Charles J. Brill (Norman: University of Ok-

lahoma Press, 2002).

First Mail West: Stagecoach Lines on the Santa Fe Trail by Morris Taylor (Albuquerque: Uni-

versity of New Mexico Press, 2000).

Stagecoach West by Ralph Moody (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998).

Kit Carson: Indian Fighter or Indian Killer, edited by R. C. Gordon-McCutchan (Niwot: Univer-

sity Press of Colorado, 1996).

A Campaign in New Mexico with Colonel Doniphan by Frank S. Edwards (Albuquerque: Uni-

versity of New Mexico Press, 1996).

Adventures in the Santa Fe Trade, 1844-1847 by James Josiah Webb (Lincoln: University of Ne-

braska Press, 1995).

Matt Field on the Santa Fe Trail, edited by John Sunder (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press,

1995).

New Mexico's Royal Road: Trade and Travel on the Chihuahua Trail by Max L. Moorhead

(Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995).

The above books and others may be ordered online at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.

Mark has a limited number of hardbound copies of Brothers on the Santa Fe and Chihuahua Trails

(now out of print) available for sale. These are $35.00 plus $4.00 shipping. Send check or money

order to Mark Gardner, P.O. Box 879, Cascade, Colorado 80809.

National Park Service Publications

Mark has written six interpretive guides for National Park Service historic sites. These are published by Western National Parks

Association, a nonprofit cooperating association of the NPS. Sales of these publications help support park projects throughout

the West. The guides written by Mark are:

Santa Fe Trail National Historic Trail

Fort Bowie National Historic Site

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Washita Battlefield National Historic Site

Fort Union National Monument

The above NPS guides may be ordered online at the fine web site for Western National Parks Association.