Author: Beatriz Garza, de la

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Part of the Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture. This is the eagerly-awaited latest work from attorney and author de la Garza from Austin, Texas. The Republic of the Rio Grande had a brief and tenuous existence (1838-1840) before most of it was absorbed by Mexico and the remainder annexed to the United States. This covered portions of South Texas and the Mexican states of Nuevo León, Coahuila and Tamaulipas. Yet this region has retained its distinctive cultural identity to the present day. The author hails from the border and her birthplace and its people are the subject of the work fusing family memoirs and borderlands history. Drawing from family papers, original sources, local chronicles, and scholarly works, the author has fashioned a transnational perspective of individuals involved in the events recounted. The book has nine sections spanning 200 years beginning in the mid-1700s. Illustrated. Austin, TX 2013 University of Texas Press 1st Ed., 6 x 9, 225 Pgs, HB.

Author: Lee James Nichols

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Over 1,200 Baptismal entries for the period. Camargo is one of the early settlements on the Texas-Mexico border formally founded under the auspices of José de Escandon on March 5, 1749 by Captain Blas María de la Garza Falcón. Records the date, the name of the child, parents, and witnesses. Sometimes has additional info such as birth at a ranch. Includes a handy age name index. Immokalee, FL, 2013 self-published 1st Ed, SPANISH TEXT, 8 & 1/2 x 11, 123 Pgs., PB.

Author: George Farias

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This is a synthesis of two presentations made to San Antonio College students in 2008 during Hispanic Heritage Month. Charles Gibson, an eminent Latin American Scholar, once noted that "Spain in America is a substantial subject...in space and time it is a more substantial subject than England in America." Charles Lummis, another historian, said, " If Spain had not existed 400 years ago, the United States would not exist today." Without Spain's substantial aid George Washington could not have won the American Revolution. This essay contrasts the Spanish and English influence in the Americas and proves through emerging documentation that many prominent Hispanics made lasting contributions to the birth and development of our modern democracy. This essay can be very helpful for students to better understand the true history of America. San Antonio, TX 2012 Borderlands Press 1st Ed. 8&1/2 x 11, 23 Pgs, PB.

Author: Lee James Nichols

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This revised 2nd. edition contains the entry in the marriage book in narrative form,name of groom and bride, and both sets of parents, place of origin, etc. Over 325 entries. All names in this index are spelled exactly as they were entered in the original church register. One of the few genealogical works available on Tamaulipas records. Includes index by bride and groom. Immokalee, Fl Privately published 1st ed., 8 &1/2 x 11. 25 Pgs. PB.

Author: Lee James Nichols

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The author charts his descendancy from Xtobal Ramírez married February 17, 1733 to Antonia de Arredondo in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. Cristobal Ramírez Sánchez was the son of Antonio Ramírez Marquina and Theresa Juana Sánchez de las Casas. Antonia was the daughter of Patrisio de Arredondo and Phelipa Briseño. Cristobal was the grantee of porciones 17 and 18 in South Texas. Immokalee, FL, 2011 Privately Puiblished 1st Ed., 8 &1/2 x 11, 73 Pgs., PB.

Author: Ernest A. Montemayor

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Col. Ernest A. Montemayor USAF-Ret., (1928-2009) was a pioneer in America in Hispanic genealogical research, having engaged himself in this specialty for over 60 years. He became interested in this field when virtually no one was aware of the history of the Hispanic pioneer families who colonized Mexico and areas now part of the southwestern United States. Col. Montemayor built what is perhaps the most extensive and comprehensive private library in Hispanic genealogy-in the United States and possibly the world-of the United States borderlands, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Latin America and the Philippines. It is estimated that the collection contains over 15, 000 volumes including books, journals,quarterlies, newsletters, compact discs, and other related materials. The collection is not catalogued and the value of the entire collection, including files, is estimated to be at least $ 1,000,000. It would be virtually impossible to duplicate this library for this amount of money, as many of the books are rare and out of print. Col. Montemayor traveled extensively in Spain, Mexico, and South America where he personally acquired some of the rare items. He estimated that he had over a billion items of information on Hispanic surnames. The asking price for the library is $ 750,000. San Antonio, Texas

Author: Alan Duaine

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Far more interesting than the science fiction of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. While the books are freestanding in their narratives, the full set is necessary to understand this fascinating journey through life and the great love of flying that marks a true pilot. To make the set affordable we are offering the full trilogy at a 15% discount. Ordered separately the set amounts to $ 90.00. Details of the books are provided in the individual listings numered, 28283, 28284 and 28285. There are limited copies available and the series will not be reprinted. Order your full set now.

Author: Alan Duaine

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Alan Duaine is the son of Carl L. Duaine who wrote With all Arms, A Study of a Kindred Group, the classic genealogical and historical work about the early families of Northern New Spain before it was Mexico. This book is listed as our # 971 in the " Hispanic Genealogy" section. Another of his works in print is The Dead Men Wore Boots, listed as # 6872 in our "Texana and The American Borderlands" section, but his Caverns of Oblivion, is out of print.The author inherited his father's skill for interesting narrative. This is volume I of a trilogy, as Alan states, a memoir about young military people, life in a salty flying suit, and how hard they try to do what is asked. It's about the fighter pilot's code and the pride of bearing military arms, and the love of one's fellows, and the questions that come, sitting on alert with a nuke strapped to your airplane. It's about America after Hiroshima, Korea, and Vietnam, and the sobriety with which one remembers what might have been, had he ever had to drop the big one. Finally, Alan says, it is about growing up. Illustrated with photos. San Antonio, TX 2010 Las Animas Press 1st Ed., 6 x9, 284 Pgs., PB.

Author: Alan Duaine

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This is the second volume of this highly interesting memoir. Duaine explains that after 50 years in a cockpit, this natural freethinker wends his sunny way from all tailwinds, through heavy turbulence, and back to rainbows. This is a life savored, reflected upon, and very much appreciated. Here's the middle part-The Braniff years. Illustrated with color and b&w photos. San Antonio, TX 2009 Las Animas Press 1st Ed., 6 x 9, 283 Pgs., PB.

Author: Alan Duaine

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"Hambone, Hambone, where you been? 'Round the world 'n back again." so begins the author's final volume in this facinating personal trilogy memoir. Duane explains that "in the great depression of the '30s, the cultural fallout included the phenomenon of the railroad drifter, commonly referred to as a 'hobo.' Back in his day this peripatetic wanderer, like the shark, had to keep moving to stay alive. Beyond the latter day collapse of the airline industry after Deregulation, there came to be another social misfit without any particluar affiliation-the itinerant pilot. In my ten years of such experience, I often felt great kinship with those earlier "Knights of the Road," and so the tiltle for this memoir wrote itself.Here is a road story all right-just change boxcar to derelict airplane, clotheswad-on-a-pole to battered Samson suitcase, and Civilian Conservation Corps identification card to FAA Airline Transport certificate and you'e got the picture. In life there are no new stories, only new variations, Some, Like this one, could have happened only as a result of great misfortune, or should one say rather, opportunity by chance? See what you think." This is memoir writing at its best with great series titles. San Antonio, TX 2010 Las Animas Press 1st Ed., 6 x 9, 307 Pgs., PB.

Author: Albert L. Hurtado

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This is a welcome book about a giant and largely unrecognized historian who founded the Borderlands School of History emphasizing Spain's critical role in America's early years. The biography offers a new critical assessment of the life, works, and ideas of Herbert Eugene Bolton (1870-1953) He became a leading historian of the American West, Mexico, and latin America. Bolton was a pupil of Frederick Jackson Turner and his research took him not only to the archives and libraries of Mexico but out onto the trails blazed by Spanish soldiers amd missionaries during the colonial period. Interest in this era waned after his death and Hurtado examines his life against the backdrop of the cultural and political controversies of his day. Hopefully, another scholar and a university will carry on his work in a field that is seeing significant emerging new evidence of how important Spain and its people were to the development of the New World. Berkeley, 2012 University of California Press 1st Ed., 6 x 9, 370 Pgs., HB.

Author: Carlos Cisneros

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NOVEL. Spanish land grant heirs are pitted against the powerful Catholic Church in this legal thriller along the Texas-Mexico border. A Brownsville attorney is asked to be the prosecutor in the case of a Spanish Land Grant known as La Minita and billions are at stake in oil and gas royalties. His fiancé and partner is against it. The defendant is the Agnus Dei Foundation headed by a powerful bishop who will stop at nothing to keep ownership and control of the grant. The lawyer finds out that previous lawyers involved in the case have been found dead or institutionalized. Interesting and timely subject. Houston, TX 2012 Arte Publico Press 1st Ed., 5&1/2 x 8&1/2, 349 Pgs., PB.

Author: Malcolm Ebright

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The stories of land loss and displacement resulting from the U.S. invasion of the Southwest need to be told over and over again whether or not the U.S. Government or the state government ever provides any redress or even admits responsibility for the injustice of land grant adjudication. Stanley Crawford said "essential for anyone wishing to understand the historical and legal strata underlying land and water disputes still raging across the landscape of Northern New Mexico. This book is scholarship at its best, which is to say that justice is served at last." Illustrated. Santa Fe, NM, 2008 Center for Land Grant Studies Press, 3rd Ed., 6 x 9, 401 Pgs., PB.