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Item #2102
SPANISH TEXAS PILGRIMAGE, The Old Franciscan Missions and Other Spanish Settlements of Texas, 1632-1821
Author: Fr. Marion Habig, O.F.M
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Last book by prolific author. Explains how many "Old Missions" and other Spanish settlements were founded in Texas. Information on 63 sites, a diary and historical notebook on visits. Chicago, 1990, 1st Ed. HB, 304 Pgs. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6095
THE ALAMO CHAIN OF MISSIONS, A History of San Antonio's Five Old Missions
Author: Marion O. Habig. O.F.M.
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BACK IN PRINT. A reprint of a great classic by the prolific Franciscan writer/historian. The missions were San Antonio de Valero, San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion, San Juan Capistrano, and San Francisco de la Espada. Also information on a short-lived mission, San Francisco Xavier de Najera, and on San Fernando Cathedral, burial of the Alamo heroes, the Claretian Fathers, the Villa of San Fernando de Bexar, and the Archdiocese of San Antonio. Livingston, Tx, 3rd Pr., PB, 308 Pgs. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2086
THE PRESIDIO AND MILITIA ON THE NORTHERN FRONTIER OF NEW SPAIN, A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY,Volume Two, Part Two, The Central Corrider and the Texas Corrider, 1700-1765
Author: Diana Hadley, et al Eds.
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With Thomas H. Naylor and Mardith K. Schueutz-Miller. Excellent work with assistants Dale S. Brenneman, Philip E.Coyle, and Osvaldo Barreneche. Contains three sections, The Central Corrider: Its Heartland; Nuevo Mexico: The Northern Limits of the Central Corrider; and The Texas Corrider.
Has ten chapters covering Defense, Reports,The Private Army,The Missions, Reform and the Apache Threat. Many of the documents contains rosters of soldiers in the various presidios. Tucson, The Univerity of Arizona Press 1997 1st Ed., 556 Pgs., 7 x 10, HB. Published at $ 70.00. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6931
PASSIONATE NATION, The Epic History of Texas
Author: James L. Haley
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The author offers a comprehensive and definitive history that explains how Texas became Texas, even before it became a central national symbol for America. Haley peers through the lens of the extraordinary "ordinary" men and women who have streamed to Texas from its beginnings, and created it in their own contradictory,uncontrollable image. These are great stories presenting the passion of the people who lived and worried and suffered and laughed. Illustrated. Has remainder mark. New York, 2006 Free Press 1st Ed., 636 Pgs., 6 X 9, HB. Published at $ 35.00. | |  MEXICO & LATIN AMERICA
Item #5100
CAUDILLOS, Dictators in Spanish America
Author: Hugh M. Hamill
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Contains 22 chronologically arranged essays on individual dictators, Diaz, Somoza, Trujillo, Peron, Stroessner, Castro , Etc. Perspectives by apologists & enemies. Norman, OK, 1992 1st Ed. PB, 373 Pgs. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2031
THE SPANISH STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE IN THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA
Author: Lewis Hanke
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Noted borderlands historian David Weber describes this as a “ A classic work with a broad reach; It would be no stretch to say that The Spanish Struggle for Justice is one of the best known titles in Latin American history in English.” Hanke’s seminal work is the first significant English-language discussion of the legitimacy of conquest, first published in 1949. It remains a landmark in the historiography of the America’s and the implications of early Native-European encounters. Many heroes and villains are introduced and this edition contains a previously unpublished personal and professional reminiscence by the author along with an introduction by legal scholar Susan Scafidi and historian Peter Bakewell., Dallas, 2002, 1st SMU Ed., 246 Pgs., PB. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #4063
THE CONFIDENT HOPE OF A MIRACLE, The True History of the Spanish Armada
Author: Neil Hanson
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The defeat of the Spanish Armada was the defining international event of the Elizabethan age. in 1588 Spanish King Philip II, determined to reclaim England for the Catholic Church, launched a fleet of huge castle-crowned galleons that stretched for miles across the ocean. A battle-hardened Spanish army waited in Holland, ready to crush England's barely trained conscripts, many armed only with scythes, stakes or longbows. All that stood between Spain and victory was the English navy. English ships, tactics, weapons, and crews proved superior and Philip's "confident hope of a miracle' to give him victory was not fulfilled. The author also depicts the terrible fate that befell the seamen of both sides. Illustrated. New York, N.Y. 2003 Alfred A. Knopf 1st American Ed., 489 Pgs., 6&1/4 x 9&1/2, HB. | |  OTHER EARLY AMERICANA
Item #24297
THE WEST, A Collection from Harper's Magazine
Author: Harper's Magazine
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A collection of 48 articles reprinted in facsimile form to create the mood of an era now gone. Boom towns such as San Francisco and Sacramento; the cowpunchers in the Sierra Madre; bear chasing and elk hunting in the rocky mountains, the grandeur of the Grand Canyon; the painted desert and California's redwood forests are among the scenes brough vividly to life. Contains over 300 exquisite turn-of-the-century line drawings,illustrations, and photographs. F/FDJ. New York.N.Y., 1990 Gallery Books, an imprint of W.H. Smith Publishers,Inc. 1st Ed., 530 Pgs., 6 X 9, HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7003
THE TEXAS RANGERS AND THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION
Author: Charles H. Harris III, et al
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With Louis R. Sadler. The Decade 1910-1920 , the period of the Mexican Revolution, was the bloodiest along the Texas/New Mexico border in the controversial history of the Texas Rangers. Explores the clandestine role of Mexican President Venustiano Carranza and the "Plan of San Diego" Thought to be a plot hatched in South Texas but actually spawned by Carranza in Mexico. This plan called for the execution of all Anglo males sixteen and older and the establihsment of an Hispanic republic, designed to cause a race war with the main intent to end the US support of Pancho Villa. The Texas governor responded by ordering the Rangers to wipe out the insurgency that resulted in over 300 persons killed by Texas Rangers without judge or jury. Albuquerque, NM 2004 University of New Mexico Press 1st Ed., 671 Pgs., 7&1/2 x 10&1/2, HB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1987
THE SOUTHWESTERN JOURNALS OF ZEBULON PIKE, 1806-1807
Author: Stephen Harding Hart, Ed, et al
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Edited with Archer Butler Hulbert, New introduction by Mark L. Gardner. in 1806 U.S. Army General James L. Wilkinson assigned Lieutenant Zebulon Montgomery Pike to explore the headwaters of the Arkansas and Red Rivers. The party traveled across the Great Plains to thne Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.Throughout the journey Pike maintained a journal, describing terrain, Indians, hardships, and the group's daily activities. In present-day Southern Colrado's San Luis Valley Pike and his men were captured by the Spaniards and taken to Santa Fe, where many of his papers were confiscated, not to be uncovered until the early twentieth century. Pike was then taken south to Chihuahua, Mexico. Along the route Pike was a keen observer of Spanish settlemnets, military strength, commerce, natural resources, Indian tribes and more. Finally the Spanish governor escorted Pike and his party to Natchitoches, Louisiana where they arrived on July 1, 1807. Albuquerque, 2006 University of New Mexico Press 1st Ed., 280 Pgs., 6 x 9. HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #10089
TEXAS CEMETERIES
Author: Bill Harvey
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From the simplest slab of weathered stone to the most imposing mausoleum, every marker in a Texas cemetery bears witness to a life that-in small ways or large-helped shape the history and culture of the state. In these pages, for example, you will meet great heroes of the Texas Revolution, one of the great African-American cowboys of the trail driving era (Bose Ikard) and the first Texas woman elected to statewide office (Annie Webb Blanton). The author visited many cemeteries to recount the history of the famous, infamous, or just plain interesting Texans who lie in Texas Cemeteries. The book is organized alphabetically by city for easy reference. For each city Harvey lists one or more cemeteries, giving the location and history, when significant. At the heart of the book are the profiles of noteworthy people buried in each cemetery. Austin, Texas, 2003, 1st Ed., 284 pgs., PB. | |  MILITARY HISTORY
Item #97237
THE LEGION OF THE DAMNED
Author: Sven Hassel
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DOCUMENTARY NOVEL. Translated from the Danish by Maurice Michael. The author wished to portray his work in America in this novelistic fashion which he states is 90% fact, but he has taken a few episodes from the experiences of others. It was originally published in Denmark in autobiographical form. VG-Owner's name in ink on inside cover. Concerns Hitler's most savage institution, The Slave Battalion. New York, N.Y., 1958 Fawcett World Library Crest Books 1st Ed. 224 Pgs., Mass market Paperback. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #24748
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT TOADS
Author: Judy Hawes
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Illustrated by James and Ruth McCrea. A Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Book. An informative book on the importance of toads in our ecological system. Fine. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #24670
A CUP OF CHRISTMAS TEA
Author: Tom Hegg
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Illustrated by Warren Hanson. A delightful tale of memories of Christmas past, the joys of Christmas present, and the promise of Christmas yet-to-come. Very Fine-as new. Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1982 Waldman House Press, Inc., 14th Pr., unpaginated, 7&1/4 x 10&1/4, Pictorial Cover, HB. | |  MEXICO & LATIN AMERICA
Item #5098
RED GOLD, The Conquest of the Brazilian Indians
Author: John Hemming
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Antonio Viera the great Portuguese Jesuit in 1656 said about his countrymen in Brazil that “ The main and true purpose was to capture Indians: to draw from their veins the red gold which has always been the mine of the province.” The Yorkshire post said “ The Portuguese conquest of Brazil is not a tale for the squeamish.” Perhaps the best work on the subject describing the graphic events that followed the landing of Cabral on April 22, 1500. London, 1987, 1st PB Ed. 527 Pgs. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7109
LORENZO DE ZAVALA, The Pragmatic Idealist
Author: Margaret Swett Henson
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Seen by many Mexican-Americans as a traitor, De Zavala has been praised by some for his efforts to improve the lower classes and create a republic in Mexico. A signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, he was a native of Yucatan, became governor of the state of Mexico and first prime minister to France. In protest against Santa Anna he moved his family to Texas. he became the first vice president of the new Republic of Texas. This work fills a long standing biographical void. Fort Worth, 1996, 1st Ed., HB, 134 Pgs. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #781
LA MISSION DE SAN ANDRES LOCATED AT ROSSVILLE, TEXAS 1896-1930
Author: Gregory and Gloria Hernandez
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Rossville was the first Scottish Community in South Texas founded in 1873 on land owned originally by José Antonio Navarro. John Ross married María Antonia Navarro and with his brother founded the town. The chapel of Sn Andres was in existance from 1896 to 1931 before it was moved to Poteet and renamed. Includes Baptisms 1896 to 1930, Marriages 1896 to 1915, Confirmations, 1897 and 1905, Deaths 1896 to 1908 and cemetery listings. Contains index. San Antonio, TX 2009 Los Bexareños Genealogical Society 1st Ed., 136 Pgs. 8&1/2 x 11, PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #905
BAPTISMS 1854 TO 1885 OF THE GRAYTOWN CHURCH
Author: Gregory H. Hernandez, et al
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With Gloria Martinez Hernandez, Sylvia L. Valero and Robert Garcia, Jr. Contains extracts from La Capilla de Santiago (1854-1877), Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (1877-1885), located at Graytown and Cañada Verde, (Wilson County , Texas). Over 1800 baptisms recorded for many families who moved to San Antonio making this a genealogical gem. San Antonio, Los Bexareños Genealogical Society 2006 1st Ed., 259 Pgs., 8. &1/2 x 11, PB. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #28119
SPAIN, An Illustrated Histroy
Author: Fred James Hill
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A concise but handy book on the remarkable history of Spain-a thriving center of Islamic civilization for many centuries before its conquest by Spanish Kings. Before long this country expanded to become of the world's great empires, with traces of its culture, language, and religion all over the world. Contains contemporary history also. New York, 2001 Hippocrene Books 1st Ed., 5 x 7, 175 Pgs., PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #870
DICCIONARIO BIOGRAFICO DEL OCCIDENTE NOVOHISPANO, SIGLO XVI D-G
Author: Thomas Hillerkuss
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A superb biographical dictionary of persons appearing in the 16th century and early 17th century in the western part of New Spain and Nueva Galicia. Covers the states of Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit,Sinaloa,Aguascalientes, Zacatecas, Durango, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Western Michoacan, San Luis Potosí and Nuevo León. Second volume of four planned. Volume I is out of print. Contains 3,168 individuals listed. Zacatecas, 2001 Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas and Ediciones Cuellar 1st Ed., 8 x 10&3/4, Spanish Text, 424 Pgs., PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #869
DICCIONARIO BIOGRAFICO DEL OCCIDENTE NOVOHISPANO, SIGLO XVI H-I
Author: Thomas Hillerkuss
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The third volume of this unique biographical dictionary featuring persons appearing in the 16th century and early 17th century in Western New Spain and Nueva Galicia. States covered are Colima, Jalisco,Nayarit, Sinaloa, Aguascalientes, Zacatecas, Durango,Chihuahua, Coahuila, Western Michoacán, San Luis Potosí, and Nuevo León. Has 3,022 individuals listed. There are four planned volumes. Volume I is out of print. Zacatecas, 2006 Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas 1st Ed., Spanish Text, 8 x 10&3/4, 496 Pgs., PB.
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Item #28166
25,000 TOPONIMOS DE ESPANA Y PORTUGAL, SIGLOS XV A XVIII (Abraham Ortelius, Joan Blaeu, y Tomás González)
Author: Thomas Hillerkuss, et al
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With Gerardo Ruvalcaba Arredondo and Milagros del Carmen Sánchez Flores. Hillerkuss is the author of the Diccionario Biográfico del Occidente Novohispano. He and his assistants have compiled these toponyms (place names or districts) based on the Iberian maps published in 1570 by Abraham Ortelius, and those of Joan BLaeu in 1665, in addition to the recompilation of censuses edited in 1829 by Tomás González. It is essential for historians to know the jurisdictions, both civil and ecclesiastical, in their areas of interest. While current geographical institutions are helpful for districts in the last 100-150 years the older one are harder to locate. This work organized by areas alphabetically should facilite research. Zacatecas, 2007 Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas 1st Ed., COMPACT DISK. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1035
LIBROS PARROQUIALES DE LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO, Num 4
Author: Maria de la Luz Montejano Hilton
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The fourth published work by the author of Sagrada Mitra de Guadalajara, Antiguo Osispado de la Nueva Galicia, Expedientes de la Serie de Matrimonios, Extractos Siglos XVII-XVIII. These are extracts of Mexico City Church records and each volume stands alone representing only part of a series of investigations. Book # 1 is out-of-print. The contents are as follows:
(a)Libro Segundo de Matrimonios de la Sagrada Mitra, (1887-1909.) (b) Libro de Matrimonies de Españoles de la Parroquia del Senor San José y Nuestra Señora del Sagrado Corazón de Jesus, (1814). Mexico City, 1994 1st Ed., 86 Pgs., SPTXT, PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1034
LIBROS PARROQUIALES DE LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO, Num 3
Author: Maria de la Luz Montejano Hilton
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The third published work by the author of Sagrada Mitra de Guadalajara, Antiguo Osispado de la Nueva Galicia, Expedientes de la Serie de Matrimonios, Extractos Siglos XVII-XVIII. These are extracts of Mexico City Church records and each volume stands alone representing only part of a series of investigations. Book # 1 is out-of-print . The contents are as follows:
(a) Libro Primero de Matrimonios de la Sagrada Mitra. (incluye bautismos) (1873-1890).
(b) Libro 15 de Matrimonies de Españoles de la Parroquia del Señor San José y Nuestra Señora del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, (1811-1813). Mexico City, 1994 1st Ed., 89 Pgs. SPTXT, PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1086
THE ENCOMENDEROS OF NEW SPAIN 1521-1555
Author: Robert Himmerich y Valencia
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FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK. Many New World first-comers realized that great wealth lay in its native populations whose labor could be harnessed to build a new Spain. They sought encomiendas or grants of Indians to provide tribute in the form of commodities and services in return for protection and religious instruction. Profiles 506 known encomenderos in New Spain from 1521-1555, using their life histories to chart the rise and fall of the system. Fabulous source of genealogical data. Austin, 1996, 1st PB, Ed, 364 Pgs. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #8120
A BORDERLANDS TOWN IN TRANSITION, Laredo, 1755-1870
Author: Gilberto Miguel Hinojosa
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Unlike many other South Texas and Border communities, Laredo has maintained a prominent Mexican-American political and economic elite. Hinojosa shows how large events such as war, economic depression and changes of sovereignty affected the lives of the people of this unique and colorful border town. College Station, TX, 1983, 1st Ed., PB, 148 Pgs. | |  MEXICO & LATIN AMERICA
Item #58
DOCTOR COSS. Ensayo Historico
Author: Prof. José Guadalupe Hinojosa Cantu
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A brief study of another unique Nuevo Leon Town. Good work. Most common surnames in the area are Reina, Hinojosa, &Chapa. Monterrey,1993, 1st Ed. PB, SPTXT, 89 Pgs. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #927
GENERAL TREVINO, NUEVO LEON, MEXICO, EXTRACTS-BIRTH RECORDS-CIVIL REGISTRY, 1869-1883, Volume I
Author: Eduardo J. Hinojosa González
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Over 2,800 entries. General Treviño is located between Agualeguas and Cerralvo. Many of the families of those two towns are linked to the families of General Treviño. The author beagn this work with 1600 family groups he had previusly compiled, then took additional data from the civil records, an unpublished mnuscript by don Ernesto Hinojosa Galindo-twice mayor of General Treviño who also worked in the civil registry- and from the records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. San Antonio, TX, 2005 privately published 1st Ed., 143 Pgs., 8 & 1/2 x 11, PB | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #897
AGUALEGUAS CHURCH MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1821-1833
Author: Eduardo Javier Hinojosa González
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Contains marriage records for the period extracted from microfilm of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and compared to the books published by SAGA, The Corpus Christi Texas Spanish American Genealogical Society. Each entry (over 800)is detailed with sources listed. Contains index. San Antonio, 2006 Privately published 1st Ed., 135 Pgs., 8 &1/2 x 11, PB. | |  MILITARY HISTORY
Item #97173
MEDAL OF HONOR
Author: Phil Hirsch, ed.
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A collection of twelve stories of fighting men who did the impossible in battle and won the nation's highest award. Good-slight curl on lower corner, top tearing at the spine. Text good. New York, N.Y, 1967 Pyramid Books 1st Ed., 192 Pgs., Mass Market Paperback. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7047
THE ART OF TOM LEA, A Memorial Edition
Author: Kathleen G. HJerter
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Introduction by William Weber Johnson, Afterword by Becky Duval Reese. Lea died in 2001 after a career as a muralist, painter, book illustrator, World War II artist-correspondent, historian, novelist, and humanist. This volume makes available the full range of his vigorous work: The well-known and the previously unseen. Old Admirers will delight in the presentation and a whole new generation will be awed by his unique contributions. College Station, Texas, 2003 Texas A&M University Press Memorial Ed., 257 Pgs., 12&1/4 x 9&1/2, HB. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #24279
THE MOLE FAMILY'S CHRISTMAS
Author: Russell Hoban
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Pictures by Lillian Hoban. A weekly Reader Book. All hardcover books in this series selected by a distinguished Selection Board. Very Good, very slight wear top and bottom spine. New York, N.Y.,1969 Parents' Magazine Press 1st Ed., unpaginated, 7&1/4 x 9&1/4, Pictorial cover, HB. | |  MEXICO & LATIN AMERICA
Item #499
CITIES AND SOCIETIES IN COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA
Author: Louisa Schell Hoberman, et al
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Edtd. by Louisa Schell Hoberman and Susan Migden Socolaw, Essay collection about cities in the Spanish and Portuguese New World. As early as 1580, 222 Towns existed between these two nascent world powers. Essays cover Large Landowners, Merchants, Bureaucrats, Churchmen, Female Religious, Military, Artisans, other underclass. Albuquerque, 1993, 5th Pr., 350 Pgs., PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7090
FLORIDA’S FRONTIERS
Author: Paul E. Hoffman
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The author is the acknowledged expert on the Spanish presence in Southeast North America during the colonial period. Hoffman tells the story of the patterns of Native American occupation and the waves of colonization that defined the borders of Florida. In addition to many secondary sources Hoffman has done extensive research in Spanish archival sources of the 16th and 17th centuries and this work is notable in that it expands the knowledge of the Spanish presence in Florida. Perhaps the best and most comprehensive work to come along in recent times covering the Sunshine State. Imagination, greed, missionary zeal, disease, war, & diplomacy shaped its historical boundaries. Bloomington IN, 2002 1st Ed, 470 PGs. HB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2161
A NEW ANDALUCIA AND A WAY TO THE ORIENT, The American Southeast During the Sixteenth Century
Author: Paul E. Hoffman
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Broadly researched book focusing on neglected part of Spanish colonial history - Southeastern North America during the sixteenth century. Early voyages, later explorations and colonial settlements. Baton Rouge, 1990, 1st Ed., HB, 353 Pgs. | | OTHER EARLY AMERICANA
Item #28209
IN LINCOLN'S HAND, The Original Manuscripts
Author: Harold Holzer, Ed,
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Edited with Joshua Wolf Shenk, and with commentary by distinguished Americans. Celebrates the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth with a unique collectible volume of his writings, faithfully reproducing 40-some of the great Emancipator's handwritten letters and speeches with commentary by the likes of John Updike, Toni Morrison and Bill Clinton, among others. Alongside the letters is a printed copy. This is an intimate look at one of the finest presidents our country has ever known. Illustrated. New York, NY, 2009 Bantam Books 1st Ed., 196 Pgs., 8 &/12 x 11, HB. Published at$ 35.00. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #4055
THE SPANISH INQUISITION, 1478-1614, An Anthology of Sources.
Author: Lu Ann Homza, Ed.
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The Spanish Inquisition was one of the most infamous institutions in Western European history and a symbol of intolerence for its pursuit of religious orthodoxy through fear secrecy, and torture. This book is a collection of previuosly untranslated court documents, practical manuals, and letters that depict the Inquisition in vivid detail, and offer fresh perspective on various topics such as the persecution of converted Jews and Muslims, women in Spanish religious life and the relationship with the Spanish monarchy. Indianapolis, 2006 Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 1st Ed., 272 Pgs., 5&1/2 x 8&1/2, HB. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #24695
LARRY AND THE DINOSAURS
Author: Ann Hope
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Illustrated by Virgilio Manahan. A Storytime Book. A young boy dreams of living with Dinosaurs. VG-price label-front cover. New York, N.Y. 1978 Prestige Books,Inc., 1st Ed., unpaginated, 5&1/4 x 6&1/4, HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7097
REMEMBER GOLIAD, Their Silent Tents
Author: Clifford Hopewell
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Palm Sunday, March 27, 1836 was one of the most dreadful days in the war for independence between Mexico and Texas. On that fateful day on direct orders of Santa Anna, James Walker Fannin and his men were executed at Presido la Bahia, near the town of Goliad. The author describes the start of hostilities in October, 1835, the two Mexican armies who threatened to overrun Texas, the fall of the Alamo and the attack on Presdio la Bahia which Fannin had named Fort Defiance. Describes garrison life and the battle at Coleto Plains where Fannin's army, without water supply and defenses, surrendered to General Urrea. Austin, 1998, 1st Ed., HB, 192 Pgs. | |  OTHER EARLY AMERICANA
Item #24163
THE HERMITAGE: Home of Old Hickory
Author: Stanley F. Horn
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A comprehensive, detailed and authoritative book about the home and home life of General Andrew Jackson. Illustrated w/photos and prints. Very Good-as new , VGDJ, Brodart cover. Nashville, TN, Ladies'Hermitage Association 1976 3rd Printing. 219 Pgs., 6&1/4 x 9&1/4. HB. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #24635
REPTIILES DO THE STRANGEST THINGS
Author: Leonora and Arthur Hornblow
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Illustrations by Micahel F. Frith. A step-up book of dinosaurs, serpeants, turtles, tortoises, gila monsters, horned toads, lizards and cameleons. VG. New York, N.Y., 1970 Random House 1st Ed., 60 Pgs., 6&1/2 x 8&1/2, Pictorial cover, HB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1906
A VOYAGE LONG AND STRANGE, Rediscovering the New World
Author: Tony Horowitz
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The author made an unsettling discovery on a visit to Plymouth Rock. A history major, he found out at middle age that his grasp of America's history was that of a third-grader. After Columbus dicovered America in 1492 and the English Colonists arrived in 1609, he wondered what happened in between. This book uncovers the neglected history, most of which concerns the conquest and settlement of America by Spain. Illustrated. Published at 27.50. New York, N.Y. Henry Holt and Company, 2008 1st Ed. 445 Pgs., 6 x 9, HB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1064
SPAIN’S ARIZONA PATRIOTS IN ITS 1779-1783 WAR WITH ENGLAND DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Author: Granville W. & N.C. Hough
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Third in a series by the authors to study how the Spanish Army and Navy had worked during the American Revolutionary period to defeat the English and thereby support the fledgling English colonies in their War for Independence. This effort was motivated by the recognition that some descendants of Spanish citizens in the borderlands states who had contributed money to the war and/or who had served as soldiers were not being recognized by the National Society for the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) or the National Society for the Sons of the American Revolution (NSSAR). Some were already accepted such as the men who served under Bernardo de Galvez along with descendants of Texans who drove cattle to Louisiana for Galvez’ campaigns. This work makes the case (with extensive research) why patriotic organizations should accept descendants of Spanish/Mexican soldiers who served in the Spanish borderlands during the American Revolution. Includes “The Arizona/Sonora Time Line and Activities,” “Yuma Participants,” “Arizona Contributions to the War Fund,” “ Settlers and Land Owners,” “Primeria Alta” Many lists of persons drawn from various sources. San Antonio, TX 2003 Borderlands Press 2nd Pr. 166 Pgs., 8½ by 11 size, PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1016
SPANISH, FRENCH, DUTCH AND AMERICAN PATRIOTS OF THE WEST INDIES DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Author: Granville W. & N.C. Hough
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This is part 7 of the Spanish Borderlands Patriot Series. These books study how the Spanish Army and Navy worked during the American Revolutionary Period and aided the cause of U.S. freedom. Many descendants of Spanish citizens in the borderlands who contributed money or served as soldiers and sailors have previously not been recognized by the National Revolutionary War hereditary societies and these books make a good case why they should be included. Contains detailed information on West Indies activities and individuals involved. San Antonio, TX, 2nd special edition, 178 Pgs., PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1061
SPAIN’S LOUISIANA PATRIOTS IN ITS 1779-1783 WAR WITH ENGLAND DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Author: Granville W. & N.C. Hough
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Part Six of the borderlands series by the authors, this on Louisiana, studying how the Spanish Army and Navy had worked during the American Revolutionary period to defeat the English and thereby support the fledgling English colonies in their War for Independence. Includes “Louisiana Time Line,” “Participating Groups in the War Activities,” “Louisiana Patriots and Near Patriots,” "Kentucky Patriots – Captives to Canada.” Much more information is included such as a listing of the ships known to have participated in Mobile & Pensacola campaigns. San Antonio, TX 2003 Borderlands Press 2nd Pr., 198 Pgs., 8 & ½ by 11 size, PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1063
SPAIN’S NEW MEXICO PATRIOTS IN ITS 1779-1783 WAR WITH ENGLAND DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Author: Granville W. & N.C. Hough
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Part four of the borderlands series by the authors this on New Mexico, studying how the Spanish Army and Navy had worked during the American Revolutionary period to defeat the English and thereby support the fledgling English colonies in their War for Independence. Includes “New Mexico 1777-1785 Time Line and Activities,” “Governor Anza’s New Mexico Indian Campaign,” “New Mexico Donations to the War Fund and other Contributions,” “New Mexico Settlers and Militia,” and “New Mexico Patriots.” Includes also list of useful references. San Antonio, 2003 Borderlands Press, 2nd pr., 182 Pgs., 8½ by 11 size , PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #2041
SPAIN’S PATRIOTS OF NORTHWESTERN NEW SPAIN, From South of the U.S. Border in its 1779-1783 War with England During the American Revolution
Author: Granville W. and N.C. Hough
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This eighth in a series covers the patriots of Northwestern new Spain-South of the border-the two states of Baja California, Sinaloa, Sonora, Nueva Vizcaya (Chihuahua and Durango), Nueva Estremadura (Coahuila, Nuevo León and Nuevo Santander (Tamualipas). Also included are naval units and other supporting units and institutions from other parts of New Spain. The purpose is to identify four groups of 1779-1783 patriots: Soldiers and sailors in Spanish service; members of militia called up for service; citizens who contributed funds to defray expenses; and priests who led public prayers for Spain’s military success. Midway City, CA 2001 1st Ed., 180 Pgs. PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #2040
SPAIN’S CALIFORNIA PATRIOTS In Its 1779-1783 War With England During the American Revolution, Parts I & II
Author: Granville W. and N.C. Hough
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This two-volume work was the first study in the series and now back in print. The purpose of these books is to study how the Spanish army and navy had worked during the American Revolutionary period to defeat the English and thereby support the fledgling English colonies in their fight for independence. Spain officially entered the war in 1779 although aid had been extended to the colonies and the continental army before that through private sources. Many descendants of Spanish citizens in the borderlands who had contributed money and/or served as soldiers and sailors were not recognized by the National Revolutionary War hereditary societies, these works make the case (with extensive research) why patriotic organizations should accept descendants of these Spanish participants as members. Midway City, CA, 1998 1st Ed., 2nd Pr., 344 Total Pgs. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1062
SPAIN’S TEXAS PATRIOTS IN ITS 1779-1783 WAR WITH ENGLAND DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Author: Granville W. & N.C. Hough
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Part Five of the borderlands series by the authors, this on Texas, studying how the Spanish Army and Navy had worked during the American Revolutionary period to defeat the English and thereby support the fledgling English colonies in their War for Independence. Includes “Texas Time Line and Activities,” “Missions, Priests, Land and Prayers for Victory in Texas,” “Beef For Spanish Armies from Texas Ranches During the 1779-1783 War With England,” “Military Service in Texas During Spain’s 1779-1783 War with England,” “Texas Donations to the War Fund to Defeat England,” “Texas Patriots and Near Patriots,” Much more. San Antonio, TX, CA 2003 Borderlands Press, 2nd Pr., 176 Pgs, 8½ by 11 size, PB. | |  MILITARY HISTORY
Item #97258
RAIDER WOLF, The Voyage of Captain Nerger, 1916-1918
Author: Edwin P. Hoyt
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An epic story of A German raider who glided quietly out of Kiel Harbor on November 30, 1916 with concealed vicious guns and tons of mines. For the next 15 months she ran the British blockade, laid mines off the coast of Scotland and moved to the North Atlantic. She also prowled the Indian Ocean, The South Pacific and skirted the Antartic Ocean. later she terrorized Australia, and attacked Singapore and Ceylon. Thorugh all this she suffered food and fuel shortages, nearly foundered in a gale and was once covered with ice. She survived to return home triumphant her hold now full of prisoners. VG. Owner's name in Inside cover. New York, N.Y. 1977 Pinnacle Books, Inc. 1st Ed., 208 Pgs., Mass Market Paperback. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #280
KNIGHTS OF SPAIN, WARRIORS OF THE SUN, Hernando de Soto and the South’s Ancient Chiefdoms
Author: Charles Hudson
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One of history’s most intriguing mysteries has been the route of de Soto in 1539-1540 across the Southeastern United States. The author blends archaeology, history and geography to put the route on a map for the first time. A definitive work. Athens, Ga., 1998 Repr., 561 Pgs., PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
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THE LAST BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR, Palmetto Ranch
Author: Jeffrey Wm. Hunt
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The only comprehensive study of this unique event. More than two months after Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, 1865, The New York Times reported a surprising bit of news. A battle had been fought on May 12-13 near Brownsville, Texas at Palmetto Ranch between Union and Confederate forces resulting in a Confederate victory. It has become one of the most forgotten and mythologized battles of the Civil War. New archival information including letters and the entire transcript of the court martial of a federal officer, have shed new light on this interesting chapter in Texas history. Contrary to prior belief the Confederates were aware of Lee’s surrender, but in this arena the confederates were not ready to lay down arms. The author also expertly explains why the Rio Grande region was such an important military arena to both armies. The battle did nothing to change the war’s income but it represented a final irony to a conflict replete with ironies, unexpected successes, and lost opportunities. Austin, 2002 1st Ed., 217 Pgs., PB. | |  MILITARY HISTORY
Item #28121
BILLY MITCHELL, Crusader for Air Power
Author: Alfred F. Hurley
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Revered by many Americans as a martyr for his cause, Brigadier General William " Billy" Mitchell has been one of the least understood figures of modern military history. He was a dominant figure in aviation from 1919 until his court-martial in 1925. Hurely sets the record straight on the controversial Mitchell as he emerges as a man with a mission and a true pioneer of modern avaition, the legendary founder of today's United States Air Force. Indianapolis, nd Indiana University Press Ed., 6 x 9, 189 Pgs., PB. Published at $ 19.95. | |
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