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Item #2019
THE DIARY OF JUAN DOMINGUEZ DE MENDOZA'S EXPEDITION INTO TEXAS (1683-1684), A Critical Edition of the Spanish Text with Facsimile Reproductions
Author: Brian Imhoff, Ed.
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One of the earliest explorations of west-central Texas, generally overlooked in part because El Paso and the La Junta regions, where it began, were associated historically with New Mexico rather than Texas. The route that Mendoza took along the Rio Grande was the same one taken by Cabeza de Vacva in 1535, Rodríguez and Chamuscado in 1581, and Antonio de E.espejo in 1582, though these explorers did not go east to the Concho and Colorado rivers.One of the earliest descriptions of Spanish contact with Native Americans, including the Caddoan peoples in East Texas, the Big Bend region, and the Rio Conchos valley. Does not contain an English translation but has an introduction and notes in English. Has transcribed Spanish text with facsimile reproductions alongside of paleographic copy. Dallas, Texas 2002 William P.Clements Center for Soutwest Studies, Southern Methodist University 1st Ed., 259 Pgs., 8 &1/2 x 11, PB. | |  MILITARY HISTORY
Item #97232
THE DIVINE WIND
Author: Captain Rikihei Inoguchi, et al
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The tragic story of the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps., first used against the U.S. Escort Carrier St.Lo. on October 25,1944 and named after the "divine wind" that had saved Japan from a Mongol invasion centuries before. In the next few month 1,228 Japanese pilots plunged their bomb-laden planes onto the decks of U.S. warships sinking 34 and damaging 288. Fine. New York, N.Y. 1978 Bantam Books Ed., 262 Pgs., Mass Market Paperback. | |  OTHER EARLY AMERICANA
Item #28162
GEORGE WASHINGTON, A Biography
Author: Washington Irving
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Edited and abridged with an introductiuon by Charles Heider. This biogarphy was first published in five volumes from 1856-1859. Irving came to know many of the prominent figures of the Revolution and in these pages describes them from firsthand knowledge. The book is fascinating not only for its subject (The American Revolution) but for how it reveals in illuminating detail the personality and humanity of a now remote towering icon. New York, 1994 1st Da Capo Edition, 740 Pgs., 5&1/2 x 8&1/4, PB. Published at $ 24.00. | |  MILITARY HISTORY
Item #97301
THE DESTRUCTION OF CONVOY PQ-17
Author: David Irving
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Banned worldwide for nearly twenty years this is the controversial truth about one of World War II's worst disasters. In June 1942 Allied ships set out for Russia, carrying vital material for the Eastern front. Two week later 24 of those freighters-and their cargooes of tanks, bombers,guns and explosives-lay at the bottom of the sea. The author exposes high-level blundering that doomed the convoy and the cowardice and heroism of the unfortunate merchantmen. Documented with 8 pages of dramatic photos. VG. Remainder hole in upper cover corner. New York, N.Y., 1989 St. Martin's Press 1st Mass Market Ed.,(2nd) 367 Pgs., MMPB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #24161
ROADSIDE FLOWERS OF TEXAS
Author: Howard S. Irwin
Price: $25.00
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Paintings by Mary Motz Wills,of Abilene , Texas. the 257 painting are in color in a nice survey of the most common species. Good with minor spotting on DJ/brodart cover. Austin, TX, 1969 University of Texas Press, 3rd Printing, # 1 in the Elma Dill Russell Spencer Foundation Series. 295 Pgs., 5&3/4 x 8&3/4. HB. | |
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