My Life On The Frontier 1864-1882 is a memoir written by Miguel Antonio Otero, a prominent figure in the history of the American Southwest. The book recounts Otero's experiences as a young man living on the frontier during a tumultuous period in American history. Otero was born in 1859 in New Mexico, which was then a territory of the United States. His father was a wealthy merchant who had emigrated from Spain, and Otero grew up in a comfortable household...