The small community of Mogollon, New Mexico, is in the spotlight with a new book titled Hypnotizing Chickens and Other Stories: My Memories of Mogollon, by Jan Sherman.
Sherman will have a book-signing event on Tuesday, August 2 at 4:30 p.m. at the Alumni Garden on the Western New Mexico University campus. The book is the first for the 94-year-old, Silver City-based author.
“I’ve been storytelling with all my friends about growing up in Mogollon,” said Sherman who attended WNMU in the early 1940s. “They all told me I should put together a book with these stories.”
The self-published book was a nine-month project with friends and family. Most of the images in the book feature Jan as a young woman with her brother Bud, to whom the book is dedicated.
Through 18 different stories, the adventures and Sherman and her brother Bud are illustrated with the author’s personal words and family photos.
Mogollon is a small town located east of Glenwood in Catron County. Founded in the 1880s, the town’s primary source of income was through a mine company known as Little Fannie. Today, the town has no inhabitants.
Copies of Hypnotizing Chickens will be available for sale at the event. The Alumni Garden is located adjacent to Hunter Hall on 10th street.