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Item #28231
REVOLUTIONARIES, A New History of the Invention of America
Author: Jack Racove
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The author is a Pulitzer Prize Winner who tells the story of how a group iof lawyers, planters, lnd speculators and Merchants beacme American Revolutionaries. Living quiet lives the events in Boston transformed them into protesters first and then to warriors. THis books examines the unique transformations that took place in the process. New York, N.Y 2010 Houghton MIfflin Book Club Ed., 6 x 9, 487 Pgs.,Published at $ 19.99, HB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1111
FOUR GENERATIONS OF VELAS
Author: Alfonso R. Ramirez
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1300 descendants of Salvador Vela and Leonor Zamora gathered July 4, 1984 at Laguna Seca ranch near Edinburg. Pictorial collection in commemoration of event. Edinburg, 1989, 1st Ed. HB (ndc) 48 Pgs. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6927
BEYOND THE ALAMO, Forging Mexican Ethnicity in San Antonio, 1821-1861
Author: Raúl A. Ramos
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Introducing a new model for the transitional history of the United States, the author places Mexican Americans at the center of the Texas creation story. From the perspective of San Antonio Tejanos, Anglo-Americans were immigrants and the battle of the Alamo was a war between brothers. Ramos explores the factors that helped shape the ethnicity of the Tejano population after the battle and demonstrates that Bexareños turned to their experience on the frontier to forge a new ethnic identity within dominant American culture. The author is the son of noted San Antonio physician, Raúl Ramos M.D. Illustrated. Chapel Hill, 2008 University of North Carolina 1st Ed., 297 Pgs., 6 x 9, HB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #888
LA FAMILIA RAMOS GUTIERREZ Y SU HERENCIA JALICIENSE Y ZACATECANA
Author: Arturo Ramos Pinedo
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A family history of the ancestors of Lino Ramos González and María del Refugio Gutiérrez Enríquez along with historical sketches of northern Jalisco and southern Zacatecas. Area towns are Bolanos,Villa Guerrero, Colotlan, Totatiche, Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román, Atolinga and Tepechitlan. Ten chapters survey the Ramos de Uribe, Grano, Covarrubias, Jara, Lemus or Lemos, the Caldera,Carlos de Godoy and other families of Jerez, Pinedo, Valenzuela, and Gamboa families along with other Native and African families. Contains index. Washington, DC, 2006 Privately published 1st Ed., 169 total pgs., SPTXT, 6 X 9, PB.
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Item #24700
DINOSAURS
Author: Anthony Rao
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A Cricket Book.A Large size book with several illustrations and stories of popular dinosaurs. Very educational. VG-1/2 inch chip lower spine. New York, N.Y. 1979 Grosset & Dunlap, Platt & Munk Publishers, 1st Ed., UNpaginated, 9 x 12, HB. | |  SEPHARDIC JUDAICA
Item #28220
THE CONQUISTADORES AND CRYPTO-JEWS OF MONTERREY
Author: David T. Raphael
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BACK IN PRINT. This is a reprint of the very popular and highly readable first edition. Among the cities in Mexico, Monterrey has a mystique all its own marked by the enduring "Jewish question" regarding its founding in 1596. The eminent historian, Vito Alessio Robles, made the statement that "all the citizens of Monterrey are descended from Jews." Includes chapters on early prominent founders and families, Alberto del Canto, Luis de Carvajal, Gaspar Castaño de Sosa, Diego de Montemayor, Founder of Monterrey, The Garzas of Lepe and Monterrey, Francisco Báez de Benavides and the Martínez of Marin. This well-researched book reviews the evidence. Illustrated and with DJ. Valley Village, CA 2010 Reprint of 2001 1st Ed., 296 Pgs., 6 x 9. HB. | |  HISTORY & CULTURAL STUDIES
Item #28208
THE LAST DAYS OF THE ROMANOVS, Tragedy at Ekaterinburg
Author: Helen Rappaport
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On July 16, 1918, in the Siberian City of Ekaterinburg, A group of assassins led an unsuspecting Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, his wife, The Tsarina Alexandra, the desperately ill Tsarevich, and their four beautiful daughters, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia into a basement room where they were shot and bayonted to death. This is the story of the murders which ended three hundred years of Romanov rule and set the stamp on an era of state-orchestrated terror and brutal repression. Illustrated. New York, NY, 2008 St. Martin's Press, 1st Ed., 254 Pg., 6 x 9&1/4, HB. Published at $ 25.95. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6912
BIRDS OF THE SOUTHWEST, Arizona, New Mexico, Southern California, & Southern Nevada
Author: John H. Rappole
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A comprehemsive look at birds in this area featuring Habitat, Similar Species, Abundance and Distribution, Where to Find, Range, and Season. Contains a color plate section of the species described. College Station, TX, 2000 Texas A&M University Press 1st Ed., 6x 9, 329 Pgs., PB. | |  MAPS
Item #18975
GRAN CANARIA
Author: Ray Maphouse
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Road map in color. Foldout. | |  MAPS
Item #18976
FUERTEVENTURA
Author: Ray Maphouse
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Road map in color. Foldout. | | REFERENCE
Item #157
DICCIONARIO DE AUTORIDADES, EDICION FACSIMIL, TOMOS 1-3
Author: Real Académia Español
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This is a facsimile reproduction of the first edition of the Dictionary of the Spanish Language published by the Real Académia Española from 1727 –1739 originally in six volumes. The work is basically lexicographic in nature explaining the origins of the word. The title page says ( translated)“ Dictionary of the Spanish Language in which is explained the true sense of its voices, its naturalness and quality with the phrases and methods of speaking, the proverbs and sayings and other convenient things for use of the language.” The book was dedicated to King Philip V who financed the work. The typeset is in old Spanish script. Great for libraries, serious linguists, or researchers. Madrid, 1990 Fac. Ed., SPTXT 1,988 total pages, dark green color covers with gold lettering. HB. | |  REFERENCE
Item #28086
DICCIONARIO DE LA LENGUA ESPANOL, Vigésima Segunda Edicion, 2001
Author: Real Academia Espanola
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This is small 2 volume more affordable set (5 x 7) of the definitive dictionary of the Spanish Language by the prestigious Spanish Royal Academy. This is new set and is not used. Small print may require a magnifying glass. Madrid, Real Academia Espanola 20th, 2nd Ed., 2,349 total Pgs., HB. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #4061
THE PRINCE AND THE INFANTA, The Cultural Politics of the Spanish Match
Author: Glyn Redworth
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On the night of March 7, 1623, the prince of Wales and the duke of Buckinghasm knocked on the door of the British embassy in Madrid. Their unsolicited arrival began one of the most bizarre episodes in British history as the Protestant heir to the Stuart throne struggled to win the Spanish Infanta as his bride. The effort was a diplomatic disaster with its objective to resolve many issues including the Thirty Years War. Illustrated. New Haven CT, 2003 Yale University Press 1st Ed., 200 Pgs., 6 x 9. , HB. Published at $ 32.50. | |  MILITARY HISTORY
Item #97107
THE PRIDE AND THE ANGUISH, The Last Days of Singapore
Author: Douglas Reeman
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They called it the " Gibralter of the Far East"-a British rock that could not be taken. But suddenly, in a lighting blow, Singapore was defeated. Very Good. New York, N.Y. 1984 Jove Book, published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 3rd Pr., Mass Market PB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #20667
THE MAPPING OF THE ENTRADAS INTO THE GREATER SOUTHWEST
Author: Edtd. by Dennis Reinhartz and Gerald D. Saxon
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Five leading scholars in history, geography, and cartography discuss Spanish explorers and mapmakers played in bringing knowledge of the New World to Europe in a groundbreaking, and lavishly illustrated volume. The entradas of Pánfilo de Narváez and Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1527-1537) Fray Marcos de Niza and Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (1539-42) and Hernando de Soto and Luis de Moscoso (1539-43) into the Greater Southwest of North America are discussed as to their crucial dissemination of information and images of the newly discovered lands. Contains 121 B & W and 20 color reproductions and concludes with an annotated cartobibliography. Norman, OK, 1998, 1st Ed., 256 Pgs, HB. | |  RARE & ONE OF A KIND
Item #835
INTRODUCCION A LA PALEOGRAFIA Y LA DIPLOMATICA GENERAL
Author: Angel Riesco Terrero
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IMPORT FROM SPAIN. A good basic introduction to paleography that ccovers over fifteen chapters the methods, techniques and the scientific/cultural origins of this art. Written with the purpose of helping students learn the basic knowledge to understand, absorb and apply its fundamentals. Madrid, 2004 Editorial Síntesis, S.A. 2nd Pr., Spanish Text, 366 Pgs., 6&1/2 x 9, PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6924
MEXICAN LOS ANGELES, A Narrative and Pictorial History
Author: Antonio Rios-Bustamante
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According to Professor Luis L. Arroyo, The author argues correctly and perceptively that Los Angeles to the 1850s was a vital and growing community, whose development must be understood within the larger context of Mexican history. This dispels the notion that the area was isolated and static. This is the first coherent and comprehensive story of the Los Angeles region covering the Colonial and Mexican periods. B&W illustrations. Encino, CA, 1992 Floricanto Press 1st Ed., 7 x 8&1/4, 274 Pgs., PB. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #24638
THE CHRISTMAS DOG
Author: Jan M. Robinson
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Text illustrated by Joan Sandin. A Weekly Reader's Books presentation. A December dog brightens the day for a family during the holidays. VG. New York, N.Y. 1969 J.B. Lippencott Company 1st Ed., 64 Pgs., 5&1/4 x 8, pictorial cover, HB. | |  GENERAL GENEALOGY
Item #24626
MOTHER EARTH, Land Grants in Virginia, 1607-1699
Author: W. Stitt Robinson, Jr.
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A brief history of Virginia land grants and how they evolved. Does not list individual grants. Fine. Baltimore, MD, 1993 Clearfield Company, Inc. Repr. 77 Pgs., 5&1/4 x 8&1/3, Trade PB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2125
COAHUILA Y TEXAS EN LA EPOCA COLONIAL
Author: Vito Alessio Robles
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The classic work by one of Mexico's most respected and often quoted historians. The colonial period in Coahuila/Texas was virtually ignored prior to this excellent work. Shipping cost $4.75 ($2.75 regular + $2.00 extra). Mexico City, 1978, 2nd Ed., SPTXT, PB, 751 Pgs. | |  MEXICO & LATIN AMERICA
Item #5086
TORREON EN LAS LETRAS NACIONALES
Author: José León Robles de la Torre
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A broad stroke of a book on Torreon covering its History, Biography, Journalism, Poetry, Art, Music and Painting. The author is a prolific writer who has twelve books to his credit and is planning a ten volume work on Independence and the Presidents of Mexico and a six volume work on "Zacatecas y Sus Hombres." Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico, 2002 Editorial del Valle del Cándamo Facsimile (2nd )Ed., 638 Pgs., SPTXT. 6&1/2 x 8&1/4, PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #819
HISTORIA DE JUANCHORREY Y TEPETONGO, ZACATECAS
Author: José León Robles de la Torre
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The author previously published a book on Tepetongo that is now out of print.
In this volume he has incorporated the genealogy charts of that book and some of that text but he has augmented this work and added many more data, poems photographs, and illustrations. The author uses a hand-printed style on his genealogy charts that make them slightly difficult to follow but it contains a lot of valuable information on this area in Zacatecas. Torreon, Coahuila, 2008 Self-Published (Carmona Impresores), 1st Ed., Spanish Text, 8&1/2 x 11, 544 Pgs, PB.
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Item #880
MARRIAGES OF MONTERREY,N.L. 1667-1740
Author: Concepcion Perez Robles, et al
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With Mickey Garcia. Contains approximately 1,250 marriages of the Monterrey cathedral in summary form. The full church entry is not transcribed and only the pertinent names of the bride and groom, their parents and in some cases the witnesses are transcribed in English. Includes index. San Antonio, 2007 Los Bexareños Genealogical Society 1st Ed, 198 pages, PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #797
AN IMMIGRANT NAMED AMERICA
Author: Ventura Rocha
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This is the English version of item #829 Sangre Nuestra, Tierra Ajena. It is a family history and memoir of the author, a native of San Antonio, Texs, an engineering graduate of Texas A&M College who pursued a successful career in this field but later did well also opening Mexican Restuarants in Madrid, Spain where he has lived for the past 50 years. The book begins in Spain during the Golden Age when his ancestors emigrated to New Spain. He narrates the triumphs and tragedies of his great grandparents,his grandparents,his parents, and his own life. Other surnames are Taboada, Crillo, Manríquez, Urizar, Garza, Fernández, and Narváez. Madrid, Spain, Nd., 1st Ed. 233 Pgs., 6&1/4 x 8&1/4, HB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #829
SANGRE NUESTRA TIERRA AJENA, España-México-Francia-Texas-Estados Unidos
Author: Ventura Rocha
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A family history and memoirs of the author, a native of San Antonio, Texas, and an engineering graduate of Texas A&M University who pursued a successful career in his field but later did well also opening Mexican restaurants in Madrid, Spain where he has lived for the past 50 years. The book begins in Spain during the golden age when his ancestors emigrated to New Spain. He narrates the tragedies and triumphs of his great grandparents, his grandparents, parents, and his own life.Other surnames are Taboada, Criollo, Manríquez, Urizar, Garza, Fernández, and Narváez. Madrid, 2006 Artes Graficas JJR 1st Ed., SPANISH TEXT, 151 Pgs., 8&1/4 x 8&1/4
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Item #796
AN IMMIGRANT NAMED AMERICA
Author: Ventura Rocha
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This is the English version of item # 829,Sangre Nuestra, Tierra Ajena. It is a family history and memoir of the author, a native of San Antonio, Texas and an engineering graduate of Texas A&M College who pursued a successful career in this field but later did well also opening Mexican Restaurants in Madrid,Spain where he has lived for the last 50 years. The book begins in Spain during the Golden Age when his ancestors emigrated to New Spain. He narrates the triumphs and tragedies of his great grandparents, his grandparents, his parents , and his own life. Other surnames are Taboada, Crillo, Manríquez, Urizar, Garza, Fernández and Narváez. Madrid, Spain, Nd. Privately printed 1st Ed., 233, 5 &1/2 x 8&1/2, PB. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #24657
CHRISTMAS WITHOUT A TREE
Author: Elizabeth Rodger
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Charlie Pig and his family are trimming wreaths, baking Christmas cookies, and searching for the perfect tree, But Grumpy Gramps, their next-door neighbor, doesn't seem to care. It's up to Charlie Pig to bring the spirit of Christmas-and even a Christmas tree-to Grumpy Gramps. Fine. New York, N.Y. 1995 Aladdin Paperbacks 1st Ed., unpaginated, 8 x 8, PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1050
BAPTISMAL RECORDS OF THE PRESIDIAL COMPANY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUCARELI DE LA BABIA, COAHUILA, MEXICO 1788-1823 And Baptismal Records of the Following Haciendas located in the Vicinity of the Presidio la Babia: Chapel of the Hacienda del Alamo, Chapel of the Hacienda del Carrizal, Chapel of the Hacienda San Juan Bautista de Sabinas and Parish of La Rosita Lampasos
Author: Jesse Rodriguez
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This presidio was located some 50 miles northwest of the present city of Melchor Múzquiz in Coahuila. After the presidio was closed due to Indian depredations, the company retained its identity even after their departure. Consists of 789 entries with an Index. Most common names are Acosta, Aguilar, Alvarado, Arizpe, Ávila, Bósquez, Cadena, Castañeda, Cervantes, Dávila, Elizondo, Escamilla, Espinoza, Fernández, Flores, Galindo, García, Garza, Gómez, González(s), Guerra, Gutiérrez, Guzmán, Hernández, Herrera, Jiménez, Longoria, López, Maldonado, Martínez, Menchaca, Múzquiz, Olivares, Olvera, Pérez, Ramírez, Ramos, Ríos, Robles, Rodríguez, Ruiz, Salazar, Salinas, Sánchez, Santos, Talamantes, Torres, Treviño,Valdez, Váquez, Vidaurri, Zepeda and Zuñiga. Many more. San Antonio, 2001, 1st Ed., 126 Pgs., PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #847
MEMOIRS OF EARLY TEXAS
Author: Jose Maria Rodriguez
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Judge Rodriguez was a prominent figure around the turn of the 20th century in San Antonio and Laredo. Besides his historical comments he also describes many citizens such as the Garza, Veramendi, Navarro,Leal,Ramon, Menchaca,Cassiano,Chavez,Yturri, Flores,Perez,Barrera, Seguin,Indo, Montes de Oca,and Ruiz families. San Antonio, 2007 Los Bexareños Genealogical Society Repr., 8 &1/2 x 11, 37 Pgs., PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #960
BAPTISMS OF SANTA ROSA DE LIMA CHURCH, MELCHOR MUZQUIZ, COAHUILA, 1805-1830
Author: Jesse Rodriguez
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Melchor Múzquiz was established on the site of what originally was the Presidio del Santisimo Sacramento located on the original Camino Real running through Monclova and leading to San Juan Bautista Presidio and Mission (now Guerrero Coahuila). Contains extracts of 1,199 baptismal records. Includes 54 page index. San Antonio, TX 2004 Los Bexareños Genealogical Society 1st Ed., 213 Total PGs., 8 &1/2 x 11, PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #843
BAPTISMS OF PRESIDIO DE AGUA VERDE 1812-1854 ( Coahuila, Mexico)
Author: Jesse Rodriguez, et al
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With Dennis Moreno. Data is taken from the research of Gloria Cadena, Mickey Garcia, and Eleanor Foreman. The Presidio de Agua Verde was located on the San Diego River near its confluence with the Rio Grande near Piedras Negras, Coahuila,founded in 1773 by Inspector General Hugo Oconor. These records were found to be in poor condition but the authors and researchers have endeavored to provide the best transcription possible. There are 539 enries with index. San Antonio, 2007 Los Bexareños Genealogical Society, 1st Ed., 8&1/2 x 11, 122 Pgs., PB. | |  MEXICO & LATIN AMERICA
Item #3080
BREVE HISTORIA DE AGUASCALIENTES
Author: Beatriz Rojas, et al
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Jesús Gómez Serrano, Andrés Reyes Rodríguez, Salvador Camacho y Carlos Reyes Sahagún. Part of a series on the Mexican states. The small central west state of Aguascalientes is the focus of this title, tracing the state’s history from colonial times to the present. Contains maps, Latifundio of the Rincón Gallardo family and genealogical tree, statistical data.Mexico City, 1994, 2nd Pr., SPTXT, 223 Pgs., PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7086
THE FIGHTING PADRE OF ZAPATA, Father Edward Bastien and the Falcon Dam Project
Author: Maria F. Rollin
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This is Southwestern Studies # 110 by UT El Paso Press. Father Edward Bastien O.M.I. was assigned just after World War II to the Catholic Church in the poor border town of Zapata, Texas, soon to be flooded by the building of the U.S.-Mexico Falcon Dam. His tenacious efforts to help his parishioners fight for equitable land condemnation values earned him the honorary moniker of the Fighting Father of Zapata. After realizing that bureaucratic mix-ups and power struggles would keep his parishioners from fair compensation for long-held family homes and property he unleashed one of the most prolific and determined letter-writing campaigns to affect such a project before or since. With unbending courage and wit he wrote to the likes of then U.S. Senator Lyndon B. Johnson and even President Eisenhower both of whom eventually responded to his humble yet persuasive pleas. He kept a steady stream of letters flowing to the Laredo Times under the pen name I POZ, which stood for Irate People of Zapata. Bastien eventually succeeded in his mission but was transferred from the parish and died in 1972 "Worn out by his ceaseless labor and solicitude for the poor" as noted in the Oblate archival files. He entrusted Rollin's family with his Zapata letters interspersed with his personal musings and anecdotes of the time. Rollin realized that the manuscript was a humorous yet powerful account of bureaucracy gone amok, of poor South Texans forced into a Diaspora, and the story of a talented and courageous priest willing to fight for social justice. This is his story, a great addition to the history of the borderlands. El Paso, TX 2003 1st Ed., 265 Pgs., PB. | |  RARE & ONE OF A KIND
Item #837
ARTE DE LEER ESCRITURAS ANTIGUAS, PALEOGRAFIA DE LECTURA
Author: Manuel Romero Tallafigo et al
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IMPORT FROM SPAIN.With Laureano Rodríguez Liáñez and Antonio Sánchez González. An excellent book on transcribing paleography, the
art of ancient writings. Covers history, abbreviations, documents, how to interpret, general format of transcriptions etc. Illustrated throughout. Huelva, Spain 2003 University of Huelva 1st Ed., Spanish Text, 408 Pgs., 8&1/2 x 11&1/2, PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #9107
GENERAL M.G. VALLEJO AND THE ADVENT OF THE AMERICANS, A Biography
Author: Alan Rosenus
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In the mid-19th century Mariano G. Vallejo's Northern Alta California hacienda was the political and cultural center of the region and his farms, vineyards and pastures at Sonoma were vast and productive. Focuses on middle years of his life when he pushed for alliance with the United States. Ironically he lost much of his estates to Americans. later he turned to Hispanic traditions to bolster his fading life. Albuquerque, 1995, 1st ED. PB, 304 Pgs. | |  OTHER EARLY AMERICANA
Item #28182
POCAHONTAS, POWHATAN AND OPECHANCANOUGH, Three Indian Lives Changed by Jamestown
Author: Helen C. Rountree
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Relates the story of early seventeenth-century Virginia from the point of view of the Native Americans. Powhatan and his daughter are better known in history than his younger brother(or half-brother) who captured John Smith. The story only lightly touches on the fact that Opechancanough and possibly Powhatan were part Spanish. The author does not mention that Openchancanough, whose Indian name meant " He who has a white man's soul" might have been educated by the Jesuits from a nearby Spanish mission named Ajacan and educated in Spain and Mexico. This requires further study but,nontheless, the book sheds more light on this highly influential and interesting Native American family. Illustrated. Charlottsville, 2005 University of Virginia Press 1st Ed., 6 x 9, 292 Pgs., HB. | |  GENERAL GENEALOGY
Item #24466
WELSH FAMILY HISTORY, A Guide to Research
Author: John & Sheila Rowlands, editors
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Researching Welsh ancestry requires a knowledge of the social, cultural, religious and linguistic circumstances which have prevailed in Wales. THis is not a "how to" book as these methods have been set down adequately in other works. This book is a compilation of contributions on the subject by a wide range of authors. Baltimore, MD, 1999 Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2nd Ed., 325 Pgs., 5 &3/4 x 8, Trade PB. | |  HISTORY & CULTURAL STUDIES
Item #24574
ACROSS THE TRACKS, Mexican-Americans in a Texas City
Author: Arthur J. Rubel
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Represents the product of two years of intensive anthropological field work for the Hogg Foundation among Americans of Mexican descent who reside along the Texas-Mexico border. The study reveals the reasoning which lies behind the attitudes and behavior of the Mexican-Americans of the Southwest. The author lived in Mexiquito a neighborhood in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and describes life as he saw it. VG/VGDJ-slight foxing of page edges.Austin, 1971 University of Texas Press 4th Pr.266 Pgs., 6&1/4 x 9&1/4, HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6915
STOLEN HERITAGE, A Mexican American's Rediscovery of His Family's Lost Land Grant
Author: Abel Rubio
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Edited and with Foreword by Thomas Kreneck. A well-researched book and one of the first to explore in detail the loss of family grants in South Texas through devious and illegal means. Arnoldo de Leon, Associate Professor at Angelo State Universoity said, " a model of detective work which will attract the notice of professional historians..an engrosing tale of frontier injustice emanating from a combination of oral tradition and archival research." Illustrations by Jack Jackson. Austin, TX Eakin Press 1998 2nd Ed.,6 x9, 266 Pgs.,PB. | |  MILITARY HISTORY
Item #97272
BERLIN EMBASSY
Author: William Russell
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The author worked at the world's most strategic listening post during World War II, The American Embassy in Berlin. Here he presents the day-to-day reports of what Germany's little people were thinking, saying and doing. What he found in his daily contacts, is vitally significant and inmpressive.VG-Owner's name on inside cover. New York, N.Y. 1962 McFadden Books Ed., 208 Pgs., Mass Market Paperback. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #4088
PRINCE HENRY, ‘ THE NAVIGATOR’ A LIFE
Author: Peter Russell
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The story of the half English-Plantagenet, half Portuguese prince who changed the political and demographic landscape not only of Europe but of much of the world. Single-handedly, in a dedicated and determined course, he fought a climate of superstition to destroy the centuries-old concept of a limited world. He and his assistants by trial and error evolved charts, instruments, and ships for long-distance seafaring, all in the face of scorn, ridicule and endless expense. He had other responsibilities- leading armies and the administration of his nation. The continuous expeditions of his captains down the African coast led the way eventually to the route to India, the breaking of the lucrative overland Arabian trade, and the creation of the modern world. First major biography of this great Portuguese national hero in over a hundred years. Color and B&W Photos, Maps. New Haven CT, 2000 1st Ed., 448 Pgs. HB. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #24702
THE GINGERBREAD MAN
Author: Bonnie and Bill Rutherford
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Large size classic story.Lady bakes a gingerbread man with a mind of his own. VG. Has price label outline front cover. Racine, Wi, 1976 Western Publishing Compnay, Golden Press 8th Pr., unpaginated, 9 x 12, HB.
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Item #97285
A BRIDGE TOO FAR
Author: Cornelius Ryan
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A New York Times bestseller for 22 weeks. Five bridges had to seized intact by airborne assualt. It was the fifth, the crucial bridge over the Lower Rhine at a place called Arnhem, 64 miles behind the German lines, that worried the allied commander Lt. General Frederick Browning who sated to Field Marshal Montgomery that "We might be going a bridge too far." Illustrated. VG-Owner's name on inside cover. New York, N.Y. 1974 Popular Library Ed., 670 Pgs., Mass Market Paperback. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
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SAN ANTONIO UNCOVERED
Author: Mark Louis Rybczyk
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It has been said that Texans have two hometowns, their own and San Antonio. The many books on San Antonio never seem to be repetitious and dull as each new book seems to reveal more about the city's charm, colorful surroundings and diverse history. The author, a San Antonio disk jockey known as " Hawkeye" examines some legends and ghost stories, takes a nostalgic look at historical landmarks, introduces some of the city's characters and unusual features and even dares to debunk a few local myths and correct some misconceptions. Plano, TX, 1992, 1st Ed., 290 Pgs. PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
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FINDING YOUR MEXICAN ANCESTORS, A Beginner's Guide
Author: George and Peggy Ryskamp
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A handy new book by the renowned husband and wife experts in Hispanic genealogical research. The Ryskamp's state that if you do not have Mexican ancestors, this book will make you wish you had. If you are one of the millions who can trace your heritage across The Rio Grande, this will help you come face to face with your own history. The authors have an easy style and dynamic approach that will take you through ten informative chapters, such as Getting Started, Finding and Working with Mexican Civil and Parish records, US Records, Research in Spanish Colonial Records, etc. Contains six appendices including one on the Mexican State Archives and one on the national Archivo General de la Nacion. Illustrated. Great price. See related book # 1099, Finding Your Hispanic Roots, Hispanic genealogy section. Provo Utah, 2007 Ancestry Publishing 1st Ed., 209 Pgs., 8 & 1/2 x 11, PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
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FINDING YOUR HISPANIC ROOTS
Author: George R. Ryskamp
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This edition builds on the author's highly successful first edition Tracing Your Hispanic Roots (1984). It Provides detailed information on the records, sources, and reference works used in research in all major Hispanic countries. Includes language & handwriting, Hispanic Surnames, tracing Hispanic Immigrants in U.S., Research in LDS Family History Centers. Baltimore, 1996, 1st Ed. PB, 349 Pgs. | |
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