Gringo Lessons: Twenty Years of Terror in Taos

"Gringo Lessons: Twenty Years of Terror in Taos" is a tale of modern adventure about a young man, who experienced the local culture from 1966 to 1987. There he met the community: skiers, La Gente, los vato locos, Chicano activists and their Spanish contemporaries, the artists, drug dealers, fellow soldiers, tempting sirens, the occasional movie star, and a host of con artists. Though they burned him out and tried to break his will, he survived, he said, and was just trying to get it right. Finally the pendejo or fool abandoned Taos and returned to the university. But the gringo returns in a sequel, "Taos Redux: The Horse Fly Years", which is even more dramatic and revealing as the pesky insect analyzes the doings of Los Politicos de Taos.