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Item #823
THE TRAVIESO FAMILY PAPERS; THE SEVENTH FOUNDING CANARY ISLAND FAMILY OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, A Compiled Genealogical Guide
Author: Karen Casanova Tanguma
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The author has surveyed various published and archival sources to compile information about the Travieso
family in early San Antonio. Contains chapters on Family Spanish Land Grants, Land Sales, Estate and Will Tanslations, Inventories, Descendants living, Marriages, Births, Baptisms, Confirmations, Deaths, Burials and Cemeteries. With Index. San Antonio, 2008 Los Bexareños Genealogical Society 1st Ed., 185 Pgs., 8&1/2 x 11, PB. | |  RARE & ONE OF A KIND
Item #1910
CHRISTOPHAR COLUMBUS, ACCOUNTS AND LETTERS OF THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH VOYAGES, VOL VI, Parts 1&2
Author: Paolo Emilio Taviani, Ed, et al
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With Consuelo Varela, Juan Gil and Marina Conti. Translated into English by Luciano F. Farina-Ohio State University and Marc A. Beckwith. This is part of the series sponsored by the Ministry of Cultural and Environmental Assets, National Commission for the Celebration of the Quincentennial of the Discovery of America.These are the writings of Coloumbus on his three other voyages to the Indies,with history and other notes related to these voyages. This a boxed set with pictorial covers. Rome, 1994 INstituto Poligrafico E Zecca Dello Stato, Libreria Dello Stato, 1994, 1st English Ed., 8 x 12, 874 Total Pgs., HB. | |  RARE & ONE OF A KIND
Item #1909
CHRISTOPHER COULMBUS, THE JOURNAL, Account of the First Voyage and Dscovery of the Indies, Volume I, Parts 1 & 2
Author: Paolo Emilio Taviani. et al
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With Consuelo Varela, Translated into English by Marc A. Beckwith and Luciano F. Farina-Ohio State University. This two-volume work with pictorial covers is sponsored by The Ministry of Cultural and Environmental Assets, National Commission for the Celebration of the Quicentennial of the Discovery of America, Nuova Raccolta Columbiana. This transcription was made from Las Casas's original abstract preserved in the National Library in Madrid. Although other versions of the journal have been published this boxed set was seen as the logical starting point for this series on Columbus. Includes the letter to Luis de Santángel, and many sections and notes relating to the journal. Rome, 1990 Instituto Poligrafico E Zecca Dello Stato, libreria Dello Stato, 1st English Ed., 8 x 12, 811 Total Pgs., HB. | |  MILITARY HISTORY
Item #97263
THE ORIGINS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Author: A.J.P. Taylor
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Examines the provocative questions of Whether Hitler's war guilt was really a myth and whether World War II was merely an accident.This book has been hailed as a "masterpiece" and denounced as "perverse and dangerous." Whatever the opinion the impact of this remarkable volume cannot be denied. VG. Owner's name on inside cover.
New York. N.Y. 1966 Fawcett World Library, 2nd Ed., 4th Pr., 304 Pgs., Mass Market Paperback. | |  MILITARY HISTORY
Item #97283
NUREMBERG AND VIETNAM; AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY
Author: Telford Taylor
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Brigadier General Telford Taylor was the chief Counsel at Nuremberg. Explores a disturbing historical parallel between America's involvement in Vietnam and Germany's World War II war crimes. Explores whwther we are capable of judging ourselves by the same standards we set for Germany and Japan after World War II. VG-Owner's name on inside cover. New York, N.Y. 1971 Bantam Books Ed., 224 Pgs., | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6111
SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR, A Community on new Spain's Northern Frontier
Author: Jesús F de la Teja
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A crisp historical narrative of 18th century San Antonio, Texas with vivid descriptions and strong archival documentation. Albuquerque, 1995, 1st Ed., PB,288 Pgs. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7091
A REVOLUTION REMEMBERED, The Memoirs and Selected Correspondence of Juan N. Seguín
Author: Jesús F de la Teja
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BACK IN PRINT. So far the most extensive biographical work on this unique and controversial Tejano. Seguín’s 1858 Memoirs are his apologies for his flight and subsequent decisions that tarnished his reputation. Juan Seguín is, without a doubt an illustrious patriot of the Texas Revolution. Appointed a captain by Stephen F. Austin, he escaped death at the Alamo when he was sent trough Mexican lines for reinforcements. For his bravery at the Battle of San Jacinto he was appointed to the command of San Antonio. He collected the ashes of the defenders of the Alamo, conducted the military funeral, and delivered a stirring funeral oration. Little known is the fact that he saved San Antonio from destruction by disobeying an order from Felix Huston to raze the city. His prominence earned the enmity of many Anglo American Texas families and he fled for refuge in Mexico in 1842. Contains a new introduction by the editor. Austin, TX 2002 , 2nd Ed. 216 Pgs., PB. | | MEXICO & LATIN AMERICA
Item #316
KINGDOMS OF PERU, Discourse and Political Reflections on their Government, Special Regimen of their Inhabitants, and Abuses which Have Been Introduced into One and the Other, With Special Information on Why They Grew Up and Some Means to Avoid Them
Author: John TePaske
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Don Jorge Juan and Don Antonio de Ulloa, Ship Captains of the Royal Armada, Year of 1749. Edtd/intro/transl. by John J. TePaske. Transl with Besse A. Clement. In 1735 a team of French scientists went to Ecuador to measure a degree on the equator to determine the precise shape and girth of the earth, The authors, both excellent observers, were the watchdogs for Philip V of Spain. They wrote one glowing description of the area. This report, their second more confidential one, described corruption, graft, brutality, smuggling, immorality and extortion that later brought much needed reforms. Norman OK, 1978, 1st Ed., 326 Pgs., HB. Good condition. Very slight DJ cover wear. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6983
SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, VOL. XCIX, NO. 4, APRIL, 1996
Author: Texas State Historical Association
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Contains, " Texas Governor Manuel Salcedo and the Court-Martial of Padre Miguel Hidalgo, 1810-1811," by Félix D. Almaráz, Jr., " Manifest Destiny and Military Professionalism: Junior U.S. Officers' Attitudes Toward War with Mexico, 1844-1846," by Samuel J. Watson, U.S. Army Combat Operations in the Indian Wars of Texas, 1849-1881," by Thomas T. Smith, and " Ghost Writers of the Palo Duro," by W.G. Tudor. PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6980
SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, VOL. CI, NO. 2, OCTOBER, 1997
Author: Texas State Historical Association
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Includes,"General Taylor's'Astonishing Map of Northeastern Mexico," by Jack Jackson, "Piñon Pines and the Route of Cabeza de Vaca," by Donald W. Olson, et al, " Wilbur Sturdevant Nye: Frontier Historian," by R. Michael Patterson, and " The Anglo-Texas Society 1953-1979: A Cross-Cultural Alliance," by Mary Carolyn Hollers George. PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6970
SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, VOL. XCIII, NO. 1, July, 1989
Author: Texas State Historical Association
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Articles are: " Thomas Watt Gregory and the Survival of His Progessive Faith," by Evan Anders, "In Search of the Colonel Edward M. House: The Texas Years, 1858-1912," by Charles E. Neu. " The Brownsville Raid's 168th Man: The Court Martial of Corporal Knowles," by Garna L. Christian. Notes and Documents has: " WAACS in Texas During the Second World War," by Clarice L. Pollard. Review Article is: " See What the Boys in the Backroom Will Have." Fine. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6969
SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, VOL. XCVI, NO. 2, OCTOBER, 1992
Author: Texas State Historical Association
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Articles are: " Working Within The System: Lyndon Johnson and Tom Miller, 1937-1939," by L.Patrick Hughes, "Selling the Austin Dam: A Disastrous Experiment in Encouraging Growth," by Edwrd A. Sevcik. " An Avenue To The Ordinary: Poetry in the Texas State Gazette, 1849-1861, " by Thomas W. Miller. Notes and Documents: Business Travel Out of Texas During The Civil War: The Travel Diary of S.B. Brush, Pioneer Austin Merchant," by Peyton O. Abbot. Fine. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6975
SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, VOL. CVII, NO. 2, OCTOBER, 2003
Author: Texas State Historical Association
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Articles are:
Henry S. Moore:An Early Astronomer in Texas. By James Bryan.
The 1780 Cabello Map: New Evidence That There Were Two Mission Rosarios, and a Possible Correction on the Site of El Fuerte del Cibolo. By Jack Jackson.
Alexander Phimister Proctor in Texas. By Peter H. Hassrick.
The Romantic Rhetoric of the Spanish Governor's Palace, San Antonio, Texas. By Kenneth Hafertepe.
Son of Rising Star: Memoirs of a Texas Childhood. By Ernest F. Patterson. Edited by Anthony S. Abbott.
Very Fine-as new. PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6981
SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, VOL. XCIV, NO. 1, JULY, 1990
Author: Texas State Historical Association
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Includes "Sam Houston and Eliza Allen: The Marriage and the Mystery," by Elizabeth Crook, " The Fight Against the Pink Bollworm in Texas," by Truman McMahan, and " The Féix Nuñez Account and the Seige of the Alamo: A Crotical Appraisal," Edited by Stephen L. Hardin. PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6976
SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, VOL. CII, NO.2, OCTOBER, 1998
Author: Texas State Historical Association
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Articles are:
"The First Congressman Dies of Texas. By Dennis K. McDaniel.
The Old Dallas Burial Ground. A Forgotten Cemetery. By James M. Davidson.
George Perry's War. By Garna L. Christian.
From Commerce to History: Robert Runyon's Postcards of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Brownsville, 1910-1926. By Linda Peterson. Very Fine-as new. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6982
SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, VOL. XCIII, NO. 3, JANUARY, 1990
Author: Texas State Historical Association
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Includes "Unmanacling" Texas Reconstruction: A Twenty-Year Prespective," by Barry Crouch, " The Revolver Rules the Day!": Colonel DeWitt C. Brown and the Freedmen's Bureau in Paris, Texas, 1867-1868, " by William C. Richter, " Racial Violence and Reconstruction Politics in Texas, 1867-1868," by Gregg Cantrell, and " The District Judges of Texas in 1866-1867: An Episode in the Failure of Presidential Reconstruction, " by Randolph B. Campbell. PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6898
THE BLUE BOOK, For Visitors, Tourists and Those Seeking a Good Time While in San Antonio, Texas
Author: The Publishers
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A bit of early history and nostalgia in a recent reprint of the 1911-1912 edition booklet produced for those seeking the sporting life in San Antonio, Texas. The table of contents includes " A Straight Steer," (directions), "Hack Stands," Base Ball Schedule," "Road Houses," "Cock Pits," and " Directory of Women and Houses." San Antonio, 2009 reprint, 4 &1/4 x 6, 28 Pgs. PB. | |  SEPHARDIC JUDAICA
Item #998
EL LIBRO VERDE DE ARAGON
Author: Monique Combescure Thiry
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Introducción y transcripción, Miguel Ángel Motis Dolader, Presentación y estudio preliminar. IMPORT FROM SPAIN. The Green Book of Aragon was a medieval document containing the names and genealogies of Aragon converso families, Sephardic Jews who had converted to Christianity. In 1622, the Aragon Council decreed the burning of all existing copies in the plaza of the Zaragoza Market but four of the most important manuscripts were saved from destruction. This is the first critical analysis and synoptic transcription of these documents as a result of the doctoral thesis work in 1999 of the author Ms. Combescure Thiry. The work has been attributed initially to Juan de Anchías. Rodrigo de Amador in 1885 & Isidro de las Cagigas in 1929 published transcriptions of the best known manuscript in the Columbian Library of Seville. Other manuscripts have been found including one in the National Library of Madrid. Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, 2003 1st Ed., SPTXT, 381 Total Pgs. 8 & 1/4 x 11 &3/4 size, PB. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #4075
RIVERS OF GOLD, The Rise of the Spanish Empire, From Columbus to Magellan
Author: Hugh Thomas
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The latest work from the noted English historian, expert in Spaniah history, and author of Conquest: Montezuma, Cortés and the Fall of Old Mexico. This is a fresh and fascinating account of Spain's early conquests in the America's with all the elements of great historical literture:amazing discoveries, ambition, greed, religious fanticism,court intrigue, and a battle for the soul of mankind. This is Spain at the dawn of the sixteenth century with great men and women, a story brilliantly told with many profound-often disturbing-echoes in the present. Illustrated with maps and prints, some color. New York, N.Y. 2004 Random House, 2nd Pr. 696 Pgs.,6&1/4 x 9&1/23, HB. | |  MILITARY HISTORY
Item #97236
ENOLA GAY
Author: Gordon Thomas, et al
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With Max Morgan Witts. Month by month, day by day, hour by hour,like a time bomb ready to go off this book brillantly reconstructts all the human drama leading up to the one millisecond of history that changed the world for all eternity. Here are the scientists, the politicians, the officers on both sides, and the remarkable men who flew the mission. Illustrated. VG. New York,N.Y. 1978 Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books 2nd Pr., 387 Pgs., Mass Market Paperback. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #793
HOGAR DE DALLAS, JOURNAL XI, 2008
Author: Dorina Thomas, President
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This is the annual journal of the Hispanic genealogy club, Hogar de Dallas. The sections are: Introduction, Family History-Family Stories, Family Lines-Heritage,Books-Interviews, and Miscellaneous-Historical and Cultural Events. Some of the surnames featured in the more prominet articles are Rodríguez Leal, Chavana, Arredondo, Gracia,Pérez, Rodríguez de Quiroga,Uribe, García,Guajardo Villarreal,Guajardo Palacios, Alejandro, and Porcallo de la Cerda. Dallas, 2008 Hogar de Dallas, SPB, 300 Pgs.,ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. Like new, PB. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #28018
BROTHER OF THE WOLVES
Author: Jean Thompson
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A " Weekly Reader" book illustrated by Steve Marchesi. An Indian boy, discovered in a wolf den by a Sioux medicine man, struggles to win acceptance in his adopted village. VG. New York, 1978 William Morrow and Company, Inc. 1st Ed., 112 Pgs., Pictorial cover. 5&1/2 x 8&1/4, HB | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6953
CORTINA, Defending the Mexican Name in Texas
Author: Jerry Thompson
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A long-awaited biography of Juan Nepomuceno Cortina, 20 years in the research and writing by Dr. Thompson. North of the Rio Grande he was despised as a cattle thief and bloodthirsty outlaw. South of the Rio Bravo, he was hailed as a hero. Who was the real Cortina...an angel of justice or a demon of retribution? Cortina came from a prominent family and his mother had substantial land holdings. Was he a defender of the rights, honor, and claims of Mexicans of South Texas or were his actions a quest for personal vengeance against newcomers who married into his family, threatened his mother's property or insulted his honor? Dr. Thompsonn examines the actions of key political figures in what was known as " Tne Cortina War," and analyzes the actions and effects of alliances between the Texas Rangers and Confederate forces, as well as the complex political interplay among Cortina, Mexican Liberals, and the U.S Union Army. Cortina influenced Mexican politics from the 1840s to the 1870s, fought in the Mexican Army for over forty-five years and served as Governor of Tamualipas. Illustrated. College Station, 2007 Texas A&M University Press 1st Ed., 6 x 9 1/2 332 Pgs., HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #8096
A WILD AND VIVID LAND. An Illustrated History of the South Texas Border
Author: Jerry Thompson
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Contains more than 150 images, many never before published telling the story of South Texas from the Coahuiltecan Indians and the Spanish colonizers to the cattlemen and wildcatters who conquered the brush country. Dr. Thompson details, six centuries of exciting history, illustrated with works by artists Lino Sanchez y Tapia, Theodore Gentilz, Frederick Remington and photographers Robert Runyon, E. O. Goldbeck, and Russell Lee, among others. Austin, 1997, 1st Ed., HB, 300 Pgs., | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7001
THE ALAMO
Author: Frank Thompson
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A nereprint edition of the most dramatic story in Texas History. It is a throughly researched, vividly illustrated, objective description of the circumstances building up to and leading to the famous stand against Santa Anna's army.The book contains more than seventy full color illustrations, some extrememly rare and some have never appeared in public. First published by Salamander Press in 2002. Denton, Texas, 2005 University of North Texas Press Ed., 128 Pgs., 8&1/4 x 11&3/4, PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #8104
WARM WEATHER AND BAD WHISKEY, The 1886 Laredo Election Riot
Author: Jerry D. Thompson
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One of the most violent yet least known political feuds of the American West came to a head when Guaraches fired on the Botas with a cannon. El Paso, 1991, 1st Ed., HB, 218 Pgs. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #8127
JUAN CORTINA AND THE TEXAS-MEXICO FRONTIER, 1858-1877
Author: Jerry D. Thompson
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Edtd & Intro by Jerry D. Thompson. A collection of documents on the life of one of the most important political/military figures of the 19th century, a folk-hero to many Mexicans and Texans. Though illiterate, he was descended from northern Mexico pioneer Spanish families & rose to become Governor of Tamualipas. Includes 9 pronunciamientos and a short biography penned by " Various citizens of Tamualipas." El Paso, 1994, 1st Ed. PB, 108 Pgs. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #763
VAQUEROS IN BLUE AND GRAY
Author: Jerry D. Thompson
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Foreword by Félix D. Almaráz, Jr. Illustrations by Leo Garza, Jr. As many as 9,500 men of Hispanic heritage fought in the United States' Civil War. In Texas, the bitter conflict deeply divided the Texans. An estimated 2,500 fought in the ranks of the Confederacy while 950, including some Mexican nationals fought for the Stars and Stripes. This book was originally published in 1976 and this second edition contains the first comprehensive list, almost 4,000 names, ever completed of the Confederate and Union Hispanics from Texas who served in the war. Austin. 2000 State House Press, New Edition, 5&1/4 x 8&1/2, 244 Pgs., HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7024
CIVIL WAR AND REVOLUTION ON THE RIO GRANDE FRONTIER, A Narrative and Photographic History
Author: Jerry Thompson, et al
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With Lawrence T. Jones III. Details the rich and often violent history of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas and Mexico, particularly Brownsville and Matamoros, in the years from 1861 to 1870. While Union and Confederate forces struggled for control of the Texas bank of the Rio Grande, Juaristas and Imperialistas grappled for political control of the soul of Mexico on the south bank. Contains more than 130 of the best images taken by Louis de Planque and other photographers. Austin, TX 2004 Texas State Historical Association 1st Ed., 174 Pgs., 9 x 12, HB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2137
THE TEXAS CONNECTION WITH THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Author: Robert H. Thonhoff
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Spanish vaqueros & soldiers from Texas drove longhorn cattle and horses to Spanish Louisiana to provision American colonists in the war for independence. Austin, 2000(2004)Repr., 106 Pgs., 5&1/2 x 8&1/2 PB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2144
EL FUERTE DEL CIBOLO, Sentinal of the Bexar-La Bahia Ranches
Author: Robert H. Thonhoff
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Illustrated by Jack Jackson. Little known Spanish fort protected the 90 mile long Alamo- La Bahia corridor where ranching in America with some exceptions began. Austin, 1st Ed. 1992, HB, 144 Pgs. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2044SP
VITAL CONTRIBUCION DE ESPANA EN EL TRIUNFO DE LA REVOLUCION AMERICANA
Author: Robert H. Thornoff
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Translated into Spanish by José Ignacio Vasconcelos and Oliva Fernandez-Lana Álvarez. This is a translation of the English version no longer available, regarding the vital contribution of Spain to the America Revolution. Karnes City, TX, 2000 1st Spanish Ed., 12 Pgs, SPTXT PB. | |  MEXICO & LATIN AMERICA
Item #3101
TEJANOS AND TEXAS UNDER THE MEXICAN FLAG, 1821-1836
Author: Andres Tijerina
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Emphasizes reverse flow of the period of the military, economic, and political interchange between Tejanos and Anglo Americans. Analyzes impact of both cultures. College Station, TX,1994 3rd Pr.172 Pgs, PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6911
TEJANO EMPIRE, LIfe on South Texas Ranches
Author: Andres Tijerina
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Illustrations by Ricardo M. Beasley and detail drawings by Servando G. Hinojosa.The story of Texans of Mexican descent who built a unique and highly developed ranching culture that thrived in South Texas until the 1880s. The author describes the major elements that gave the Tejano ranch community its identity: shared reaction to Anglo-American in-migration, tightly interconnected families, cultural loyalty, networks of communication, Catholic religion, and a material culture well adapted for the conditions of the region. College Station, TX 2008 Texas A&M University Press 2nd Pr., 7 x 10,159 Pgs., PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6083
13 DAYS TO GLORY, the Siege of the Alamo
Author: Lon Tinkle
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In 13 chapters the author recounts the day by day story of how 182 men fought a losing battle but won an unparalleled measure of fame. Includes a chronology of the events leading up to the siege beginning with June 30, 1835 when William Barrett Travis signed a secret pact with rebel leaders to drive out the Mexican garrison next to Galveston. College Station, TX 1985 Repr., 5th pr., PB, 255 Pgs. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1998
THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA, The Question of the Other
Author: Tzvetan Todorov
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Foreword by Anthony Pagden. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. This is a classic in its field offering an original interpretation of both Columbus' discovery of America and the Spaniards' subsequent conquest, colonization, and destruction of pre-Columbian cultures in Mexico and the caribbean. Todorov,a distinguished French writer and critic, uses 16th century sources to examine the beliefs and bahvior of the Spanish conquistadors and of the Aztecs, adversaries in a clash of cultures. Has pen and ink illustrations. Norman, OK, 1999 2nd PB English Ed., 5 &1/4 x 8&1/2, PB | |  MILITARY HISTORY
Item #97254
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
Author: John Toland
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A dramatic reconstruction-hour-by-hour, move-by-move-of the most controversial battle of World War II, told by a master hsitorian. At 5:00a.m. on December 16, 1944, 1,900 pieces of heavy German artillery bombarded the silent snow-covered Ardennes front; 250,000 Germans and almost 1,000 tanlks followed in a smashing assault on the Allied "rest area" which was dfended only by exhausted or green United States troops. VG-Owner's name inside flyleaf. New York, N.Y. 1960 Signet Books 1st Ed., 384 Pgs., Mass Market Paperback. | |  RARE & ONE OF A KIND
Item #24393
HISTORIA DE MEXICO, LA REVOLUCION DE INDEPENDENCIA Y MEXICO INDEPENDIENTE
Author: Alfonso Toro
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A compendium of Mexican history pertinent to the Mexican War for Independence from Spain. Toro was an employee of the Mexican National Archives and had access to a wealth of material. He is the renowned author of La Familia Carvajal and Los Judios de la Nueva Espana dealing with the Sephardic Jews and the Mexican Inquisition in the Spanish Colonial Period. VG-The book spine has been rebound and the word " Mexico" in ink has benn written on the spine. Slight hinge sepration of rear board. Mexico City, 1947 Editorial Patria Fifth Ed., SPTXT, 693 Pgs., 5&3/4 x 7&3/4, HB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #878
RETURN TO AZTLAN, A Journey into an Ancestral Past
Author: Jaime F. Torres
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A history of an Hispanic family set against the Spanish Borderlands. It traces the lineage of the Torres Gallardo stock from the ancient province Nueva Vizcaya in nothern New Spain, initially settled in the 16th century, up to their settlement in El Paso, Texas, at the turn of the 20th Century. Along the way key historical events are correlated to the activities of the family, all of which produce a picture of the long cultural heritage. Excellent family history book. Illustrated, 2 appendices. Philadelphia, 2002 On Demand Ed. 584 Pgs.5&1/2 x 8&1/2.PB | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1912
EL PLATERESCO EN LA NUEVA ESPANA
Author: Antonio Toussaint
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For Renaissance architectural buffs. Plateresco was a style of architecture developed in the 15th century part Mudejar, part Gothic that included crowns, coats of arms, and fruits in building facades. This a brief history and description with many exapmles in black and white and color photos. Fine. Mexico City, 1979 Editorial Innovación, 2nd Ed., 211 Pgs., SPANISH TEXT,8&1/4 x 10&3/4, PB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1933
MALINTZIN'S CHOICES, An Indian Woman in the Conquest of Mexico
Author: Camilla Townsend
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Malintzin was the indigenous woman who translated for Hernan Cortés in his dealings with Aztec emperor Moctezuma from 1519-1521. The Spaniards called her doña Marina, but has become known to posterity as la Malinche. As Malinche she was long regarded a traitor to her people, a dangerous, sexy, sceheming woman who facilitated the conquest of Mexico. In truth her life was more complicated having been sold into slavery as a child,and subsequently given to the Spaniards as a concubine and cook. She was, in fact, a courageous, brave and resourceful person and gets a bad rap from the Mexican people as does Cortés himself. Doña Marina should be held in as high regard in Mexico as is Pocahontas in the United States. Illustrated. Albuquerque, 2006 University of New Mexico Press 1st Ed., 6 x 9, 287 Pgs., HB. | |  MILITARY HISTORY
Item #97235
DUEL OF EAGLES
Author: Peter Townsend
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The story of two deadly air force rivals-The German Luftwaffe and Britain's R.A.F- each shaped by destiny for this one brutal and decisive encounter, each sworn to achieve victory in the greatest air battle in history. VG-Owner's name on inside cover in ink. New York, N.Y. 1972 Simon & Schuster, Inc., Pocket Book Ed., 517 Pgs., Mass Market Paperback. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1055
1901 PARISH CENSUS OF SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL, Located in San Antonio, Texas
Author: Edward Trevino, Jr.
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This is an extraction of the original census in the archives of the Catholic Chancery of San Antonio, (microfilm copy in San Antonio Public Library 6th floor). The census has been reorganized in the transcription by surname. A family number has been added to aid in indexing though such a number is not in the original. 4,000 names listed and the index provided further organizes the work. San Antonio, 2001 1st Ed.,240 Pgs., PB. | |  MILITARY HISTORY
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THE LAST DAYS OF HITLER
Author: H.R. Trevor-Roper
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Berlin was a sea of flames. Russian tank units had reached the outskirts of the city. The terrified people of Berlin awaited their rescue at the hands of the German Ninth Army-that no longer existed. Deep underground in his bunker the Fuehrer continued to rant and rave, moving imaginary military divisions on his military maps, surrounded only by members of his insane court. VG. New York, N.Y.1960 Berkley Medallion Books New Ed., 241 Pgs., Mass Market Paperback. | |  OTHER EARLY AMERICANA
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LOST STATES,True Stories of Texlahoma, Transylvania, and Other States that Never Made It.
Author: Michael J. Trinklein
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A very unique richly-illustrated book that tells the story of 75 proposed states that never made it into the Union. We often think that the present union transformed itself seamlessly but in the background are many failed attempts by area interests to join the union separately. The dust cover unfolds into a giant map. Philadelphiha, 2010 Quirk Books 1st Ed., 10 x 8 (oblong), 157 Pgs.,HB. | |  OTHER EARLY AMERICANA
Item #27939
THE WEST INDIES AND THE SPANISH MAIN
Author: Anthony Trollope
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Trollope was the author of such Victorian masterworks as Barchester Towers and The Way we Live. in November 1858 he was dispatched to survey lands and conclude treaties in the West indies. In the course of his journey he wrote not only an account of his travels but his descriptions of the islands he visited and the people he met is considered also a historical and cultural document. New York, N.Y., 1999 First Carroll & Graf Ed., 371 Pgs.,5&1/2 x 8&1/3, PB. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
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EL CID, The Making of a Legend
Author: M.J. Trow
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The book explains several questions that come to mind about Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar. How did El Cid, just another eleventh-century warlord, like countles others, become so famous? Why is he the National Hero of Spain? Why is there a statue to him in New York City? Why was an epic film with a staggering budget made about him in 1961? Trow strips way the layers of legends and gives us the true figure of El Cid a "traitor" who fought for both Christiands and Muslims. Illustrated. Gloustershire, England, 2007 Sutton Publishing Limited 1st Ed., 248 Pgs., 5&1/2 x 8&1/4, HB. | |  OTHER EARLY AMERICANA
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"GOD HELP THE IRISH, " The History of the Irish Brigade
Author: Phillip Thomas Tucker
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The fighting prowess of the Irish Brigade at Antietam and Gettysburg is well known but this book explains why it became one of the elite combat units of the Civil War. Emphasizes the lives and experiences of the individual Irish soldiers fighting in the ranks. Illustrated. Abilene, TX, 2007 McWhinney Foundation Press 1st Ed., 6 x 9, 191 Pgs., PB. | |
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