“Fried Chicken Castaneda” by Suzanne Stauffer - Author Event

You’ve heard of the Harvey Girls, but do you know about the “other Harvey women,” the Couriers of the Southwestern Indian Detours? Learn about the Detours and the New Mexico women who led tourists on 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, and 8-day auto tours through the Pueblos, canyons, and ruins of northern New Mexico and Arizona and southeastern Colorado.

Presented by Suzanne Stauffer, who will also be signing copies of her recently released historical mystery, Fried Chicken Castañeda, the first in the Couriers Series featuring Prudence Bates, a trainee Courier. Books can be ordered on Amazon and will be available for purchase at the event. She is Professor Emerita of Library and Information Science at Louisiana State University and now resides in Albuquerque. She is currently working on a collection of biographical sketches of the women who served as Couriers.