Nancy Owen Lewis

About The Author

Nancy Owen Lewis (1945–2022) was the director of scholar programs for the School for Advanced Research for thirteen years. She is the coauthor of A Peculiar Alchemy: A Centennial History of the School for American Research, winner of the New Mexico Book Awards’ “Best Book in History,” and Chasing the Cure in New Mexico: Tuberculosis and the Quest for Health.

Books by Nancy Owen Lewis

The Hounds of El Delirio

New Mexico and the Dogs of World War II

The story of the United States Army’s World War II Dogs for Defense program, as told through the tales of the dogs, trainers, and soldiers from New Mexico who served in the Pacific Theater and beyond.
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