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Item #4082
THE SPACIOUS WORD, Cartography, Literature, and Empire in Early Modern Spain
Author: Ricardo Padrón
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Explores the history of Iberian expansion into the Americas as seen through maps and cartographic literature and considers the relationship between early Spanish ideas of the world and the origins of European colonialism. The author shows how maps of the New World, letters from explorers, and poems darmatizing the conquest helped Spain to redefine itself both geographically and imaginatively as an Atlantic and even a global empire. Illustrated with maps and prints. Chicago, 2004 University of Chicago Press 1st Ed., 287 Pgs., 6&1/4 x 9&1/4, HB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2064PB
SPANISH IMPERIALISM AND THE POLITICAL IMAGINATION
Author: Anthony Pagden
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NEW IN PAPERBACK. From the early 16th century to the early 19th century Spain was the most exalted, feared, despised, and discussed nation since the Roman Empire, without a doubt regarded as a unique social and political community. In this important book the author, a scholar of Spanish history at Cambridge University, offers an incisive analysis of the lasting influence of the Spanish Empire in the history of early modern Europe and its place in the European & Spanish-American political imagination. New Haven CT, 1998, Repr., 196 Pgs, HB, (1st, 1990), PB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2012
HERNAN CORTES: Letters from Mexico
Author: Anthony Pagden, Ed.
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Translated and with a new introduction by Pagden. Introductory essay by J.H. Elliott. Hernán Cortés' Cartas de Relacíon were written over a seven-year period to Charles V. They provide an extraordinary narrative account of the conquest of Mexico from the founding of the coastal town of Vera Cruz until Cortés's journey to Honduras in 1525. Pagden's translations are from the earliest surviving manuscript and the first printed editions. Elliot's introductory essay explains Cortés's conflicts with the Crown and with Diego Vealsquez, the governor of Cuba. New Haven, 2001 Yale Nota Bene Ed., 563 Pgs., 5 X 7&3/4, Trade PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6895
TIO COWBOY, Juan Salinas. Rodeo Roper and Horseman
Author: Ricardo D. Palacios
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The hardback version of this book is now out of print. Juan Salinas was one of the best tie-down calf ropers ever to come out of South Texas, growing up on a 15,000 acre ranch near laredo. He roped in Texas rodeos from the 1920s to 1935. From 1936 to 1946 he followed the national rodeo circuit. His nephew, an attorney and rancher living in Encinal, Texas recounts the many tales his uncle told him such as friendships with Gene Autrey and other screen and real cowboys. College Station, TX 2008 Texas A&M University Press Ist PB Ed., 195 Pgs., 6 x 9, PB. | |  HISTORY & CULTURAL STUDIES
Item #12095
EAST OF THE STORM, Outrunning the Holocaust in Russia.
Author: Hanna Davidson Pankowsky
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Occasionally we stray from out area of interest into other topics that merit attention. We have created a new category of books titled "General Interest" to feature these books. In this case we support Ms. Pankowsky, a local author with roots in Poland and later residencies in Mexico and the United States. She was referred to us by our good friend from Corpus Christi, Texas, Edna Garza Brown. Ten-year-old Hanna, with her mother, fled on a long and dangerous journey to the Soviet-occupied zone of Poland to join her father and brother, after the Nazi Invasion on September 27, 1939. Hanna's story should be read by everyone because it more than a memoir of survival. She is relentless in making her account available to the public, especially children, because it is a marvelous and inspiring story of a family whose spirit could not be broken or destroyed by persecution, war, famine, or political oppression. Lubbock, TX, 1999 1st Ed, 218 Pgs., Signed by the author, HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6904
THE REMINISCENSES OF A TEXAS MISSIONARY
Author: Rev. P.F. Parisot, O.M.I.
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Originally published in 1899, this personal memoir of an Oblate priest is an indispensable history of the missionary efforts of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in South Texas and Northern Mexico in the late 19th century. They were called the "Cavalry of Christ," and this facsimile reprint of the original volume makes this fascinating story available to a new audience. San Antonio, 2009 Borderlands Press, 2nd Ed., 227 Pgs., 8&1/2 x 11, PB. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #4091
THE GRAND STRATEGY OF PHILIP II
Author: Geoffrey Parker
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From 1556 until his death in 1598, Philip II ruled the first global empire in history, yet no one so far has analyzed how precisely he accomplished this feat. The author investigates the strengths and weaknesses of Philip's strategic vision, the priorities that underlay his policies, the practices and prejudices that influenced his decision making, and the external factors that affected the achievement of his goals. A fascinating commentary on the nature of empires and the decision-making process practiced by great powers. New Haven, CT, 1998, 1st Ed. 320 Pgs, HB. | |  OTHER EARLY AMERICANA
Item #27990
THE JESUITS IN NORTH AMERICA IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Author: Francis Parkman
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Introduction by Conrad E. Heidenreich and José Brandáo. The book opens with the arrival of French missionaries in Canada in 1632 and the stage is set for the aggravation of old rivalries between the Huron and Iroquois Indians. This is more a story of the Jesuits involved in Indian affairs where they earnestly matriculate among the tribes, undergoing great hardship and occasionally embracing matryrdom. Lincoln, Nebraska, Bison Books Facs. Repr. of 1912 Little, Brown and Co, Ed., 586 Pgs., 5 &1/4 x 8, PB. Published at $ 25.00. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2042
THE SPANISH SEABORNE EMPIRE
Author: J.H. Parry
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The Spanish Empire was the first of the great seaborne empires of Western Europe, for long the richest and most formidable force in the world. It was the focus of envy, fear and hatred. Its beginnings date from 1492 and it ended more than 300 years later in the early 19th century in civil wars between rival generals and “Liberators.” Parry’s classic study relates the impact of Spain in the Americas, presents a broad picture of the conquests of Cortes and Pizarro and of the economic and social consequences in Spain of maintaining this vast empire. He also probes the complex administrative structure, the influence of the Church, the destruction of the Indian cultures and their effect on Spanish policy. Berkeley, CA 1990 1st PB Printing, 416 Pgs. PB. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #28022
MRS. MERRYWEATHER'S LETTER
Author: John Patience
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Illustrated by the author. The unexpected roundabout voyage of a letter posted by Mrs. Merryweather of Poppletown. VG.Owner's name inside cover-child's writing, some words underlined. Ashland,Ohio 1993 1st Ed., Unpaginated, 8&1/4 x 11 & 1/2, Pictoria cover, HB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #887
BUITRON FAMILIES, Laredo, Texas Abt 1910
Author: Yolanda Juarez Patiño
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A book of descendant lists and related information about various members of the Buitron family from laredo, Texas.
Surveys the descendants of Jose Ignacio Buitron, Dionicio Buitron, Eustaquis Buitron, Gerardo Buitron, Hilario Buitron, Jose Buitron, Martin Buitron, Miguel Buitron and Maria Felipa Guajardo, Miguel Buitron and Maria Elegia Lopez, Quirino Buitron, Ramon Garcia Buitron and Trinidad Buitron. With index, illustrated. San Antonio 2005 privately published 1st Ed., 101 Pgs., 8&1/2 x 11, PB | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1052
INDEX TO THE SAN FERNANDO CHURCH BAPTISMAL RECORDS, 1812-1850
Author: Yolanda Patiño
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This is volume two of baptisms from archives of San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, Texas a priceless collection of documents and records, including books from the Franciscan missions of San Antonio, especially from the Alamo and San Jose Mission.San Antonio, 2001 1st Ed., 218 Pgs., PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1000
INDEX TO SAN FERNANDO MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1742-1850
Author: Yolanda Patiño
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Compiled by Yolanda Patiño, Edited by Dennis Moreno. Special credit is noted to John Ogden Leal for his translations of these San Fernando Cathedral Spanish marriage records, and permission to use them. There were no marriage records found for the following years: 1743, 1761-1774, 1781-1797, 1806-1810 and 1833-1840. Lists the Bride and Groom, and their parents, date, book number and entry number, & Groom's father and mother. The listing are shown alphabetically by groom but a separate bride index is included for easy reference. San Antonio, 2003 1st Ed., 104 pgs. PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1051
INDEX TO THE SAN FERNANDO CHURCH BAPTISMAL RECORDS, 1731-1812
Author: Yolanda Patiño
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The archives of San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, Texas contain a priceless collection of documents and records, including record books from the Franciscan missions of San Antonio, especially from the Alamo and San Jose Mission. Alphabetical listings showing father and mother’s name, Baptism date, entry number and book number. With index. San Antonio, 2001 1st Ed.,229 Pgs. PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #902
OUR FAMILY CONNECTION TO TOMAS SANCHEZ THE FOUNDER OF LAREDO
Author: Yolanda Juarez Patiño
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Contains a brief history of Laredo, Texas and a fifteen-generation genealogical presentation of the connection of the author's husband, Gilbert Patiño, to the founder of Laredo, Tomas Sanchez de la Barrera. Begins with Juan Sanchez de Ortega born in Lepe, Huelva, Spain who married Juana Maria Marquez de la Barrera. Contains index and illustrations. San Antonio, 2005 privately published 1st Ed., 166 Pgs., 8 1/2 x 11, PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #893
INDEX TO THE SAN FERNANDO CHURCH BAPTISMAL RECORDS, 1851-1858
Author: Yolanda Juarez Patiño, et al
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With Dennis Moreno. Contains over 1800 baptisms arranged in alphabetical order for the period, with the father and mother's name, date and reference information. Includes some sample pages of the original paleographic documents. San Antonio, 2006 Los Bexarenos Genealogical Society 1st Ed., 139 Pgs., 8 71/2 x 11. PB | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #4045
WITH THE HEART OF A KING, Elizabeth I of England, Philip II of Spain, and the Fight for a Nation's Soul and Crown
Author: Benton Rain Patterson
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Highly readable account of the great sixteenth-century struggle for domination bewteen the two countries. Describes the rivalry, both political and personal, between the two monarchs following Philip's short-lived marriage to Mary Tudor. Explores his desire to return England to Catholicism, and his courting of Eliabeth I, that set in motion the battle between the Spanish Armada and the British Navy. Illustrated. New York, St. Martin's Press 2007 1st Ed., 6 x 9, 340 Pgs., HB. Published at $ 27.95. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1929
THE LAST VOYAGE OF EL NUEVO CONSTANTE, The Wreck and Recovery of an Eighteenth-Century Spanish Ship off the Coast of Louisiana
Author: Charles E. Pearson, et al
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With Paul E. Hoffman. Hoffman is the historian who narrates the story of El Nuevo Constante part of a dangerously delayed convoy from Veracruz to Cádiz by way of Havana, when, in September, 1766, a hurricane drove it aground on the Louisiana coast. The Spanish Government initiated salvage and retrieved much cargo of value. A shrimper rediscovered the wreckage in 1980. Archaelogist Charles E. Pearson tells of the significant wealth of data that scholars, scientists and technicians subsequently found. Illustrated. Baton Rouge, 1995 Louisiana State University 1st printing, 6 X 9&1/4, 245 Pgs., HB. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #24597
KERMIT THE HERMIT
Author: Bill Peet
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The adventures of a hermit crab as told by one of the master storytellers of Children's books, often with wit and gentle humor. VG. Boston, MA 1993 Houghton Mifflin Company, Sandpiper Ed., 8&1/2 x 9&3/4, PB.
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Item #907HB
INHERIT THE DUST FROM THE FOUR WINDS OF REVILLA
Author: José M. Peña
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This is the hardbound edition of the book listed in # 907 and subtitled " A 250-year Perspective With Emphasis on Ancient Guerrero, Its People and Its Land Grants." José M. Peña was born and raised in Laredo and is a graduate of the University of Texas. His parents and many of his forebears were born in either Revilla or Guerrero Viejo. He is a retired Foreign Service Officer with over 30 years of service with the U.S. Agency For International Development assigned to many less-developed countries. In addition he served as Director of a health project in Guatemala and has served as a management and financial consultant to many organizations. Illustrated. Philadelphia, 2006 Xlibis Corporation 1st Ed., 387 Pages 6 x9, HB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1106
LOS LOPEZ de Revilla/Ciudad Guerrero y Ciudad Mier, 1752-1919
Author: Jose F. de la Peña
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Has 54 genealogy entries/56 Lopez women. Some Lopez de Jaen, 110 Lopez of Ciudad Mier/157 Ciudad Mier Lopez Women. Ventura, CA, 1998, 1st Ed., 76 Pgs. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1091
LOS VELA de Revilla/Ciudad Guerrero, 1754-1921
Author: Jose F. de la Peña
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Most recent work on the founding families of Old Guerrero. Contains 133 genealogical marriage entries on Velas/193 Entries on Vela women. Ventura, CA, 1996 1st Ed. SPB 67 Pgs. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1130
LOS PENA DE NUEVO LEON, TAMAULIPAS Y TEXAS , 1754-1919
Author: Jose F. de la Peña
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Includes, The Peña Family-Revilla,(126 entries-119 on Peña Women) Family Photo History and The Peña Family-Ciudad Mier, (237 entries-125 on Peña Women). These are chronological marriage extractions with known children along with an introduction and the de la Peña family history. 2002 5th Ed., Ventura, CA, 182 Pgs., 8 &1/2 x 11, with indexes. SWPB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1002
LOS GARZA DE REVILLA/CIUDAD GUERRERO Y CIUDAD MIER, TAMAULIPAS, 1753-1904
Author: Jose F. de la Peña
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The latest in a series of books by the author detailing another of his family lines from this area. The sections describe the history of the Garza name, marriages in chronological order for the period listed with known children, Garza women of Revilla/Ciudad Guerrero, and Los Garza of Ciudad Mier. Ventura, Ca, 2003 1st Ed. 64 Pgs., SWPB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1124
LOS RAMIREZ de Revilla/ Ciudad Guerrero, 1712-1900
Author: José F. de la Peña
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111 genealogical entries, 133 on Ramirez women, 244 entries on Ciudad Mier families and 221 Ramirez Women from Ciudad Mier.,Ventura, CA, 2007 2nd Ed. SPB, 138 Pgs. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1125
LOS TREVINO de Revilla/Ciudad Guerrero, 1757-1920
Author: José F. de la Peña
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142 genealogical Marriage entries, 140 on Trevino women, Families from Ciudad Mier 98 entries, 94 on Cuidad Mier Women. Ventura, CA, 2007 2nd Ed., SPB,114 Pgs. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1126
LOS VILLARREAL de Revilla/Ciudad Guerrero, 1757-1900
Author: José F. de la Peña
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106 Marriage genealogical entries, 138 on Villarreal women, and Descendants of Captain Diego de Villarreal. Ventura, CA, 2006, 2nd Ed.,63 Pgs., SPB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1045
GRANTS OF LAND BY SPANISH ROYAL DECREE, 1767 AND 1784, Porciones in Zapata County and Revilla/Ciudad Guerrero Jurisdiction
Author: Jose F. de la Peña
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Features transcripts of two Spanish documents allocating the land grants or porciones in Zapata County in 1767 & 1784 and those in Ciudad Guerrero, Tamualipas in 1767, according to the “ General Visita.” survey. The Zapata County transcript is translated from a document found in the Webb County Courthouse in Laredo, filed January 13, 1936. The Guerrero document from the Guerrero archives had been transcribed in Spanish into a typewritten manuscript, which has been edited by the author. Contains index. Ventura, CA 1997, 1st Ed., 101 Pgs, Part SPTXT, SPB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #907
INHERIT THE DUST FROM THE FOUR WINDS OF REVILLA
Author: José M. Peña
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A historical prespective with genealogies of the vibrant Spanish colonial town originally known as " Villa del Señor de San Ignacio de Loyola de Revilla, " later shortened to "Revilla." In Modern times it
was known as "Guerrero Viejo" when in 1953 sadly, and perhaps unnecessarily, it was inundated by the waters of Falcon Dam along with many land grants. The author tells the story of Guerrero Viejo within the context of the broader histories of Mexico and the United States that impacted this once thriving colonial commercial hub. The author shows that the land grant owners and heirs on the Mexican side were victims of the blood-soaked history of Mexico and on the US side they were subjected to mischief and flagrant violations of the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Contains over 50 pages of genealogical charts. illustrated. Philadelphia, 2006 XLibris Corporation 1st Ed., 387 Pgs., 6 x 9 PB.
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Item #1134
Los Cuellar
Author: José F. de la Peña
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Introduction, 91 marriage genealogical entries, 87 on Cuellar women. Ventura, CA, 2006, 3rd Ed.,SPB, 36 Pgs. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1136
LOS MARTINEZ de Revilla(Ciudad Guerrero), 1752-1900
Author: Jose F. de la Peña
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Introduction, 221 genealogical entries, 226 on Martinez women. Ventura, CA 1994 1st Ed., SPB 92 Pgs. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1137
LOS FLORES de Revilla/Ciudad Guerrero, Tamaulipas
Author: José F. de la Peña
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Contains 154 genealogical entries plus 158 on Flores Women. Ventura, CA, 1996. 1st Ed. SPB, 50 Pgs. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1133
LOS VIDAURRI de Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamualipas y Texas, 1740-1920
Author: José F. de la Peña
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History chapter, 55 marriage genealogical entries, 38 on Vidaurri women, Photos, Map. Ventura, CA, 2009, 5th Ed. SPB, 67 Pgs. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1132
LOS URIBE de Laredo, Revilla y San Ignacio, 1667-1919
Author: José F. de la Peña
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Introduction, 36 genealogical entries, 39 on Uribe women, photos, charts. Ventura,CA, 2006 4th Ed. SPB, 49 Pgs. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1131
LOS BENAVIDES de Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas y Texas, 1619-1910
Author: José F. de la Peña
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Introduction, 157 marriage genealogical entries, 161 on Benavides women. Charts. Ventura, CA., 2006,4th Ed., SPB, 72 Pgs. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1127
LOS GUERRA, Coahuila, Tamaulipas y Texas 1602-1900, 3rd Ed.
Author: José F. de la Peña
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Intro on Dionicio Guerra Gutiérrez & Vicente Guerra Cañamar. 78 genealogical entries, 61 on Guerra women, 241 entries on Guerras from Ciudad Mier,169 on Mier women. Ventura., CA 2006, 3rd Ed.,65 Pgs. SPB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1129
LOS ZAPATA de Revilla/Ciudad Guerrero, 1779-1900
Author: José F. de la Peña
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ARticle on Colonel José Antonio Zapata. 52 genealogical marriage entries, 44 on Zapata women. Ventura, CA, 2001, 3rd Ed., SPB,32 Pgs. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1128
LOS GUTIERREZ de Revilla/Ciudad Guerrero, 1730-1912
Author: José F. de la Peña
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Introduction. 173 marriage genealogy entries, 188 on Gutiérrez women. 60 Entries on on Mier families, 37 entries on Ciidad Mier Gutirrez families. Ventura, CA, 1998, 5th Ed., 94 Pgs., SWB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1135
LOS GARCIA De Revilla, 1754-1876
Author: José F. de la Peña
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Introduction. 374 marriage genealogical entries, 110 entries on Garcia women. Ventura, CA. 2006 4th Ed. 91 Pgs., SPB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #803
LOS DE LA FUENTE de Ciudad Guerrero/Revilla, Tamaulipas, Saltillo, Coahuila y Texas 1620-1842
Author: Jose F. Pena. de la
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The latest in a series by the author of early families of South Texas and Northern Mexico.The book is divided into two sections , " De Las Fuentes Family History" and "Familia Fuentes de Saltillo Family History." Contains marriage records with known children and transcribed documents of land transactions involving the family. Some photos. Ventura, CA 2009 1st Ed., 8&1/2 x 11, SWB, 82 Pgs., PB. | |  RARE & ONE OF A KIND
Item #28156
PAGINAS PARA LA HISTORIA DE SINALOA Y SONORA, VOLS 1-3
Author: Andrés Pérez de Ribas
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Subtitled "Triumph of our Blessed Faith among Peoples of the Most Barbarous and Wild in the New World, Prededed by the Shipwrecks of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca." The author was a Jesuit priest and Provincial of New Spain and his volumnious work was first published in 1645 and dedicated to King Philip IV of Spain. Fine Condition. Mexico City, 1944 Editorial Layac, Reprint, SPANISH TEXT, 1,009 Total Pgs., 7 x 9&1/4, PB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #301
MORE MAYA MISSIONS, Exploring Colonial Chiapas
Author: Richard D. Perry
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with Illustrations by the author. Companion volume to the author’s work on Yucatan Maya missions on similar structures in Mexico’s southernmost state. Covers all the principal monuments in region-cathedrals, ornate parish churches and fortress-like monasteries-in addition to rural missions. Santa Barbara, CA, 1994 1st Ed., 127 Pgs., PB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #300
MAYA MISSIONS, Exploring the Spanish Colonial Churches of Yucatan
Author: Richard & Rosalind Perry
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with drawings by Richard Perry. Excellent review of Yucatan Spanish missions for the Mayan Indians, including 16-century monasteries set atop Ancient Mayan pyramids. Includes only Mayan temple constructed since the Spanish conquest. Santa Barbara, CA, 1998, 1st Ed., 249 Pgs. PB, | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7093
SCHOOL BY THE RIVER, Ursuline Academy to Southwest School of Art & Craft, 1851-2001
Author: Maria Watson Pfeiffer
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When seven women of the Order of Saint Ursula and one priest arrived in frontier San Antonio in 1851 to establish a school for girls, none could predict the dramatic future facing the tranquil campus that rose on the banks of the San Antonio River. In 1970 the Ursuline Academy moved to another location, but two other groups of determined women-The San Antonio Conservation Society and the Southwest Craft Center-closed ranks to rescue the beloved landmark buildings from certain destruction. Now operated as the Southwest School of Art and Craft, education, historic preservation and artistic invention merge to continue a tradition of excellence in this unique place. The author is a fourth generation San Antonian with a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning from Trinity University. She has served on the staffs of The San Antonio Conservation Society and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library at the Alamo. San Antonio, 2001 1st Ed, 198 Pgs., HB. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #4102
COMMANDER OF THE ARMADA, The Seventh Duke of Medina Sidonia
Author: Peter Pierson
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A biography of the commander who led to defeat the Armada and the "Enterprise of England." Includes a reinterpretation of the Armada campaign with aid of ten superb maps and diagrams. Goes beyond the campaign to Medina Sidonia's other military role as unsuccessful defender of Cádiz against 1596 Anglo-Dutch attack. New Haven, 1989, 1st Ed., HB, 304 Pgs. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #296
PENAL SERVITUDE IN EARLY MODERN SPAIN
Author: Ruth Pike
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Covers the penal system in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, centered around the galley system, the mines of Almadén, Bourbon reformism, forced labor, the peninsular naval arsenals, public works, and overseas presidios in North Africa and the Caribbean. Madison WI, 1983 1st Ed., 204 Pgs., HB | |  HISTORY & CULTURAL STUDIES
Item #24431
CHILD OF THE HALF MILLENIUM, What it Means and How it Feels to be Mexican American
Author: Fernando Piñón
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An autobiografical journey of cultural awareness and acceptance by a Mexican American from South Texas who,like millions of others, grew up culturally alienated in a society which minimized his heritage. The author forcefully and credibly asserts that Mexican Americans will be empowered socially and politically only if they embrace their ethnicity instead of discarding or minimizing it as we have been taught to do. Contary to popular belief, this identity to culture will strengthen, not weaken U.S. society, and will make it genuinely " American." Mexico City, Mexico, 2001 PLaza y Valdes, S.A. de CV 1st Ed., 234 Pgs., 5&1/4 x 8 Trade PB. | |  MILITARY HISTORY
Item #28106
GREAT BATTLES OF WORLD WAR I IN THE AIR
Author: Frank C. Platt
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Stories of the pioneering Airmen of World War I who would become the greatest individual heroos in the history o modern warfare. Contains five stories including one on Rickenbacker written by General Billy Mitchell. Has ink scribble back flyleaf, Brodat cover. New York, 1976 Weathervane Books Ed., 6 x 9, 206 Pgs, HB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1956
AZTECS & CONQUISTADORES, The Spanish Invasion and the Collapse of the Aztec Empire
Author: John Pohl, et al
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With Charles M. Robinson III. The Spanish Conquest of Mexico had a huge impact on the history of the world. Cortés led a remarkable military expedition inspired by imperial ambitions and the promise of Aztec riches. Although they fought fiercely to the end, The Aztec civilization, following a prophesy, was doomed. This book examines the campaign, and the lives, experience and training of men on both sides. Oxford 2005 Osprey Publishing Co. 2nd Ed., 184 Pgs, 7 &1/2 x 10, HB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #785
SOTOMAYOR, Spanish Family History Collection
Author: Luis Pontes, Ed.
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This is a new series titled, "Magazine of Hispanic Genealogy, Vol.I" by the editor. This magazine is adapted from Father Antonio Carvalho de Costa's 1712 Corografia Portugueza. Contains a Preface, Legendary Origins, Spanish Ancestors and Portuguese Branches. A colorful richly-illustrated graphical display of a 27-generation male line over a thousand years with interesting characters. Brazil, 2009 self-published 1st Ed, 23 Pgs., 8 &1/4 x 11, Top Wirebound, PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6903
SPANISH WATER, ANGLO WATER, Early Development in San Antonio
Author: Charles R. Porter
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Since 1718 Spaniards developed acequias, a system of irrigation canals and ditches to carry abundant water to be shared equitably by all settlers. Texas courts still follow this Spanish legal concept. With the arrival of Anglo-European settlers, things began to change. The author experty chronicalsthe origins and often-contentious development of water rights in San Antonio, Texas. College Station, 2009 Texas A&M University Press 1st Ed., 181 Pgs., 6x9, HB. | |  MISCELLANEOUS
Item #24179
EL SOL COLORADO
Author: Jenny Lind Porter
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(HISTORICAL NOVEL). The pioneers called him the Baron Von Meusebach. The Comanche Indians called him El Sol Colorado, A sun god because of his red hair and beard. The Governor of Texas called him Senator Meusebach and his friends called him just plain John O. Meusebach,a wealthy Berlin lawyer who arrived in Texas as head of the German Immigration Society. In 1845-46 he led almost 7,000 colonists from the Gulf Coast to the interior of Texas and founded the city of Fredericksburg. A great story of early Texas expertly narrated by the author. Austin, TX 2001 Southwest Classics Press 1st Ed., 393 Pgs., 6&1/4 x 9&1/4. HB. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #28115
THE LITTLE RED CABOOSE
Author: Marian Potter
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Pictures by Tibor Gergeley. Colorfully illustrated Golden Book story of a Caboose, a follower who turns up a leader. VG. Racine, Wisconsin, Western Publishing cOmpany, Inc., 1978 13th Pr, unpaginated, 9&1/3 x 12, HB. | |  MILITARY HISTORY
Item #24664
GOD'S SAMURAI, Lead Pilot at Pearl Harbor
Author: Gordon W. Prange, et al
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With Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon. The amazing story of Mitsuo Fuchida who was the lead Japanese pilot in the Pearl Harbor attack, and who participated in most of the fiercest battles in the Pacific War. Fuchida returned home a simple farmer at war's end. After a scandalous love affair came his conversion to Christianity and years of touring the world as an evangelist. Illustrated. Washington, D.C. 2004 Brassey's Inc The Warriors series 1st Ed., 349 Pgs., 5 & 7&3/4, Trade PB. Published at $ 9.95. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1944
HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO AND HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU
Author: William Prescott
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Originally published in 1843 and in 1847, this volume is an unabridged republication of both works in one volume. These are the acknowledged classics of these two conquests in the New World by Hernando Cortés and Francisco Pizarro. Prescott utilized about 8,000 pages of archival material. Battling blindness and dependent on secretaries for transcription and reading, Prescott structured, analyzed, and wrote his accounts entirely in his head. He died never reading his masterpieces. New York, 2000 1st Cooper Square Press Ed., 1,288 Pgs., 5&1/2 x 8&1/2, PB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
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HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO
Author: William Hickling Prescott
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Considered the best work on the subject of the Conquest of Mexico and a scholarly masterpiece. He also wrote histories on the Conquest of Peru, Ferdinand and Isabel, and Philip II, that in its scope comprises a staggering output for any author. Prescott was blind in the left eye from an accident while a student at Harvard. Shortly after he began to lose sight in his right eye. He abandoned his law profession and spent most of the rest of his life in a darkened room where he developed a phenomenal memory and devoted himself to research. New York, Phoenix Press, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 2002 Ed., 713 Pgs., PB. | |  MEXICO & LATIN AMERICA
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CIUDAD BENITO JUAREZ, N.L., Perfil
Author: Presidencia Municipal de B. Juarez
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A review of the city of Benito Juarez by its municipal government. With photos. Garza, Gonzalez and Reina are the frequently found surnames. Benito Juarez, 1993, 1st Ed., PB, SPTXT, 53 Pgs. | |  OTHER EARLY AMERICANA
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LOVE AND HATE IN JAMESTOWN, John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Heart of A New Nation
Author: David A. Price
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A gripping marrative of one of the great stories of American history. Superb work of popular history with the crucial role of Pocahontas in the survival of the colonists and America. New York, N.Y. 2003 Alfred A. Knopf 1st Ed., 305 Pgs. 6&1/2 x 9&1/2., HB. | |  MISCELLANEOUS
Item #28027
LAGUNA
Author: Michael Putegnat
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FICTION. We Continue to support authors who write fiction in our area of interest,this one is set in modern South Texas. A powerful fourth-generation ranching patriarch must transform an environmentally delicate coatal bay, The Laguna Madre, into a gas field or lose everything. Against his overwhelming political power stands a ex-governement worker with an aversion to conflict and five women all on different missions, all converging in a shocking conclusion. The plan reaches deep into Washington, the State and New York Investment banking. Billions are at stake-enough to kill for. Laguna is a mystery set in our times where lies, power and greed are the new religion and love is an accident. Austin, 2006 Synergy Books 1st Ed., 293 Pgs., 5 &1/2 x 8&1/2, PB. | |  MILITARY HISTORY
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HERE IS YOUR WAR
Author: Ernie Pyle
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Pyle, The greatest combat reporter who ever lived, compares the war years of morality and common cause with the later period of a nation torn by moral and political dissent, seeking its salvation in riots, assassinations, new moralities, and drugs. VG-Owner's name on inside cover.New York, N.Y. 1971 Lancer Books, Inc. 1st PB Ed., 272 Pgs., Mass Market PB. | |
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