Dennis Herrick

Dennis Herrick is an American author best known for his historical novel Winter of the Metal People: The Untold Story of America's First Indian War, which gives the Pueblo point of view about the Tiguex War and the Coronado expedition.

Background
For most of his career, Herrick worked in the newspaper industry. He has been reporter, owner and publisher. He is an emeritus member of the journalism faculty at the University of New Mexico. He is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War, where he was awarded the Bronze Star, the Air Medal, the Combat Infantryman Badge, and other awards while serving with the 1st Cavalry Division in 1969. He has been editor of the newsletter for the Vietnam Dog Handler Association since 1999, and is a member of the Western Writers of America.

Short stories

 * Alien Visitors, To Steal What is Sacred, The Indian Who Defied Coronado, The Final Farewell, Woman Without a Name, The Woman with a Rain Pot, The Bullet that Saved Me, The Ancestor, A Missing Tourist in Mexico, It Only Cost Two Teeth, Hunting Season, Spirit Journey, An Unwilling Patient, Un Turista Desaparecido en México, Shadows of a Lost Time

Articles

 * "The Tiguex War in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore"
 * "The Puebloan View of a Lesser-Known War"
 * "Xauían and the Tiguex War"
 * "Perseverance and luck,"