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Item #4086
HISTORIA DE ESPANA
Author: Joseph M. Walker
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IMPORT FROM SPAIN. An excellent history of Spain in Spanish text. The author apparently uses an Anglo surname but is recognized in Spain as an eminent historian. The book contains many maps, color and black and white photos in addition to numerous tables of chronology. Contains an appendix of rulers of Spain starting with the Roman period. There are fifteen chapters relating history until modern times. Nicely printed. Shipping is $5.00 ( $2.75 reg. + $2.25 extra.) Madrid, Spain, nd, SPTXT, 460 Pgs. HB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1952
ESPIRITU SANTO DE ZUNIGA, A Frontier Mission in Texas
Author: Tamra Lynn Walter
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Foreword by Thomas R. Hester. In the early part of the 18th century, the Spanish colonial mission, Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga was relocated from South Texas to a site along the Guadalupe River in Mission Valley, Victoria County. A series of archaelogical investigations have provided a compelling portrait of the Franciscan mission system. The results amswer questions about daily life, its impact on the traditional lives of the Indians and how both cultures were changed by their frontier expeiences. Illustrated. Austin, 2007 University of Texas Press 1st Ed., 223 Pgs., 6 x 9, HB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2079
THE DOMINGUEZ ESCALANTE JOURNAL: Their Expedition Through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776
Author: Edtd by Ted J. Warner
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Transl. by Fray Angelico Chavez. Foreword by Robert Himmerich y Valencia. This is the chronicle by Fray Silvestre Velez de Escalante of the 1776 remarkable expedition led by Fray Atanasio Dominguez through the Rocky Mountains, the eastern Great Basin, and the Colorado Plateau. The expedition sought a new route from Santa Fe to Monterey, California. Salt Lake City, 1995, PB, 153 Pgs. | |  GENERAL GENEALOGY
Item #28167
YOUR GUIDE TO THE FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY
Author: Paula Stewart Warren, et al
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With James W. Warren. Subtitled " How to Access the World's largest Genealogy Resource." Includes recent library changes and new layout maps, and tips, guidelines, overviews, travel guide, advice and additional research options. Illustrated. Cincinnati, 2001 Betterway Books, 1st Ed., 258 Pgs, PB. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #4062
UNKNOWN SEAS,How Vasco da Gama Opened the East
Author: Ronald Watkins
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A well-writted and well-researched narrative of one of the great events in Porytuguese history that changed forever the spice trade from India with devastating effects to the Arabian and Venetian markets. This was the founding of the Portuguese Empire that was the first true world empire. Da Gama's voyage around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa to India was a voyage that took nine months and covered over 13,000 miles mostly against the wind. Columbus' voyage in comparison covered,2,600 miles, lasted 36 days, and was pushed along by a fair westward wind. London England, 2003 John Murray Publishers 1st Ed., 336 Pgs. 5 x 8, PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6993
HERALDS OF SPRING, In Texas
Author: Roland H. Wauer
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Illustrated with pen and ink drawings by Ralph Scott. The author walks us through Texas, from the Rio Grande to the Panhandle, explaining how nature tells us that spring has arrived. Harbingers of spring explored include birds, trees, mammals and even the night sky. Anyone who loves outdoor Texas will relish this delightful celebration of spring in each unique region of the state. College Station, TX, 1999 Texas A&M University Press 1st Ed., 257 Pgs., 6&1/4 x 9&1/2, HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7061
NATURALLY SOUTH TEXAS
Author: Roland H. Wauer
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Drawings by Mimi Hoppe Wolfe. A unique format describing a typical year in the natural life of South Texas. The author uses selected enrties from his weekly column in the Victoria Advocate neswpaper. The "Golden Crescent" of South Texas comprises a confluence of ecological zones that make it a wonderful place for birding and for observing the changing face of nature. Austin, TX 2001 1st Ed., 240 Pgs.,6 x 9 PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7056
RAINY DAYS AND STARRY NIGHT, Growing Up in the South Texas Brush Country
Author: Lois Zook Wauson
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The author remembers the hard times of depression and drought for a large family on a small South Texas Farm. Brush Country natives will quickly relate to her moving descriptions of sweeping the family's sunbaked, grassless lawn, of six-man football on Friday nights, and dance hall rituals on Satutday nights, among many more interesting events. San Antonio, Tx, 2003 Maverick Publishing Company 1st Ed., 5&1/2 x 8 &1/2, PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6986
Castro's Colony, Empresario Development in Texas, 1842-1865
Author: Bobby D. Weaver
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IN 1842 French banker Henri Castro secured a colonization grant and recruited more than two thousand Europeans-from France, Germany, Belgium, Holland , Hungary, and England- to emigrate to Texas and populate his colony. The author describes the empresrio system under which this community, now known as Castroville, was formed and considers the life of its founder. He also examines the pioneers' struggles with frontier life- including drought, disease and Indian attacks. College Station, 2005 2nd Printing, 158 Pgs., 6 x 9. PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1041
SU VIDA Y SU ESPIRITU, WEBB COUNTY FAMILY HISTORIES, VOL I
Author: Webb County Historical Commission
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First published in 1982 this reprint by Borderlands Press, contains eight brief introductory chapters on the neighborhoods and history of Webb County and 94 chapters profiling family histories of prominent Laredo and area families. The surnames found in these capsules are Acevedo, Aguilar, Alexander, Gallego Alemani, Andrews, Benavides, Burris, Guerra Cañamar, Cásares, Dávila, Deutz, Espinoza, Esquivel, Farías, Flores, García, Garza, González, Guerra, Heredia, Idrogo, Johnson, Juárez, Krueger, Lafon, Leyendecker, Liendo, de Llano, Long, López, Machorro-York, Martínez, Mendoza, Morales, Narro, Ochoa, Palacios, Peña, Peppi, Peralta, Pérez, Quiroga (de Villa), Ramírez, Ramon, Ramos, Raymond, Reséndez, Richer, Richter, Rodríguez, Salas, Salinas , Sames, San Miguel, Santos, Sarabia, Solis, Nye-Sorrell, Tarver, Thaison, Treviño, Urdiales, Uribe, Valle, Valls-Mendiola, Vargas, Vela, Velásquez, Welhausen & Matthews, Wise, Workman, & Zavala. Contains photos, Webb County map, and copy of the 1783 decree establishing free public education in Laredo. This was one of the first books offered by Borderlands Book Store in its first catalog in the Fall of 1991. San Antonio, TX 2002 2nd Ed., 247 Pgs, PB. Published at $ 25.00. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2023
SPANISH BOURBONS AND WILD INDIANS
Author: David J. Weber
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A booklet published as part of the Edmonson Lecture Series. This is number 27 in the series and Dr. Weber is the first resident Texan to be invited to speak at Baylor University.The two lectures presented here are part of a forthcomimg book from Dr. Weber. Waco, Texas 2004 Baylor University Press 1st Ed., 62 Pgs., 6 x 9, PB. | |  MEXICO & LATIN AMERICA
Item #5039
THE MEXICAN FRONTIER, 1821-1846, The American Southwest Under Mexico
Author: David J. Weber
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This is the first book to view the Southwest under Mexico from both sides of the Rio Grande. It covers a period that has long been neglected by historians and it is written for both scholars and laypersons. The study of this period is essential to understand the Western Movement of the United States and Professor Weber has produced a masterful work of the era with a broad array of sources. Winner of six major awards. Albuquerque, 2006 University of New Mexico Press, 8th Pr., 416 Pgs., 6 x 9, HB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1980
BARBAROS, Spaniards and their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment
Author: David J. Weber
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Two centuries after Cortes and Pizarro seized the Aztec and Inca Empires, Spain's conquest of America remained unfinished. Indians retained control over most of Spain's American empire. Mounted on horseback, savvy about European ways, and often possessing firearms, Independent Indians continued to find new ways to resist subjugation by Spanish soldiers and conversion by Spanish missionaries. In a panoramic study Weber explains how late eighteenth-century Spanish administrators tried to fashion a more enlightened policy toward the people they called bárbaros or savages.
Weber states that power more than the power of ideas, determined how Spaniards treated "savages" in the Age of Enlightmenment. Illustrated. New Haven 2005 Yale University Press 1st Ed., 466 Pgs., 7 x 10, HB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2106
THE SPANISH FRONTIER IN NORTH AMERICA
Author: David J. Weber
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Updated account of Spanish Colonial Period in North America. Includes empire drama, Indian women in Spanish society, development of Spanish Communities versus Americans. New Haven, CT, 599 Pgs., 1993 PB Ed. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1939
NEW SPAIN'S FAR NORTHERN FRONTIER, Essays on Spain in the American West, 1540-1821
Author: David J. Weber
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This book provides a comprehensive view of the often neglected Hispanic Origins of the American West. These are 18 outstanding essays exploring Spanish institutions, society and culture from California to Texas. Besides the editor some of the other contributors are George P. Hammond, Donald C. Cutter, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Marc Simmons, Silvio Zavala, Sandra L. Myers, and John L. Kessel. Dallas, 1988 1st Southern Methodist Press Ed., 321 Pgs., 6 x 9, PB. | |  OTHER EARLY AMERICANA
Item #28230
AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE LOST SYMBOL
Author: John Weber, Ed.
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Subtitled " The Unuathorized Companion to the Bestselling Novel, and to the Revealing Connection Between the Freemasons and Our Nations Capital." The novel is "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown. The Freemasons rose from ambiguous origins centuries ago to play a major role in drafting the initial documents of the United States, and even in constructing the intricate landscape of Washington D.C. This book takes readers through enigmatoc codes, captivating trivia, unfathomable riddles, intriguing records, historic maps, ciphers, and conspiracies of the phenomenal best seller. Illustrated. New York, N.Y. 2009 Pocket Books (Simon and Schuster) first Pb Ed, 7 x 9, Published at $ 19.99, 182 Pgs., PB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2061
THE SAN SABÁ MISSION, Spanish Pivot in Texas
Author: Robert S. Weddle
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The destruction of the mission by Comanches in 1758, about a year after it was opened in a bold plan to bring the Apaches into the mission system, was a turning point in Spanish Texas history. The nearby presidio survived to be a strong military presence, but the massacre signaled the beginning of the end for Texas missions. College Sta., TX, 1999 Repr., 256 Pgs., PB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2047
THE WRECK OF THE BELLE, THE RUIN OF LA SALLE
Author: Robert S. Weddle
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A more accurate picture of La Salle emerges as a result of the author’s exhaustive research shedding new light on the ill-starred colony as new information emerged following the discovery of the La Belle in Matagorda Bay in 1995, the last of four vessels that La Salle brought to America. Weddle presents a major revision to the saga of Robert Cavalier de la Salle: daring explorer, empire builder, shaper of history- and shameless schemer who abused his followers and deceived his king. Survivors of the French colony in Spanish-claimed territory misreported even his death as they sought to save themselves. This first European settlement between Florida and Mexico was erroneously called Fort St. Louis. Breaking the narrative into three parts, “ The Price of Glory”, “A New Direction” and “The Lost Colony,” Weddle uses the artifacts and other information from the shipwreck to shed new light on the efforts of La Salle and his men. Historical facts led to the discovery of the shipwreck and the archeological evidence raised new historical questions, which Weddle addresses in his usual competent fashion. College Station, 2001, 1st Ed., 327 Pgs., HB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2059
WILDERNESS MANHUNT, The Spanish Search for La Salle
Author: Robert S. Weddle
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Reprint of a great classic. An indispensable source on Spain’s “rediscovery” of the Gulf of Mexico’s northern coast narrating the five sea voyages and the six land expeditions by the Spaniards in their determined efforts to find the fort established by La Salle in the area. The best popular work available on the subject. College Sta., TX, 1999 2nd Ed., 320 Pgs., PB. Published at $ 16.95. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2129
CHANGING TIDES
Author: Robert S. Weddle
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The grand finale to the historical trilogy about the dramatic voyage of discovery that began in the Gulf of Mexico. The previous volumes were Spanish Sea and The French Thorn. Here are political intrigues, hurricanes, shipwrecks, and rich historiography marking the period between 1763 & 1803. Begins with ouster of France from North America and ends with Spain's retrocession of Louisiana to France and immediate sale to the United States. College Station, TX,1995, 1st Ed., HB, 384 Pgs. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #527
WILLIAM THE SILENT, William of Nassau, Prince of Orange, 1533-1584
Author: C.V. Wedgewood
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William of Nassau, was born to Protestant parents in Germany in 1533. He became a favorite of Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, and was reared a Catholic at the emperor's insistence. A skilled diplomat, William was made overseer of the Netherlands at that time under Spanish dominion. When Spain encroached on Dutch liberties, however, William joined the legendary group of rebels known as the Beggars, contemptuously named by a Spanish official, and fought the imperial forces to a standstill. New York., nd, BOMC Ed. first publ., 1944, 256 Pgs. | |  OTHER EARLY AMERICANA
Item #24200
GENERAL WASHINGTON'S CHRISTMAS FAREWELL, A Mount Vernon Homecoming, 1783
Author: Stanley Weintraub
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The story isn't just about Washington coming home for Christmas for the first time since the war began, but about the character of our most important Founding Father and about the precedent he set for Democratic leadership. Washington's homeward journey is one of the most moving and inspiring stories from his great and eventful life, expertly detailed. New York, N.Y. 2003 Free Press, Simon and Schuster, Inc, 1st Ed. 205 Pgs., 6 x 8&1/2, HB. Listed at $ 25.00-Now $ 17.50. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6990
SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE, In The Beginning..1925-1956
Author: Jerome F. Weynand
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Dr. Weynand, former president of San Antonio College, has written a small gem of a book on the founding of one of San Antonio's premier educational institutions. SAC has been the major gateway for many students to pass through on their way to completing their higher education and establishing successful careers. Covers Beginnings,The University Junior College, San Antonio Junior College,The Failed Election of 1941, Creation of the Junior College District, San Antonio College Moves "Uptown," Old Doctrine " Separate but Equal..." is Overcome, and President Wayland P. Moody Succeeds Loftin. Illustrated Annivsersary edition. Boerne, 2002 Adrome House 1st Ed., 227 Pgs., 5&1/2 x 8&1/2, PB | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2034
CORTES AND THE DOWNFALL OF THE AZTEC EMPIRE
Author: Jon Manchip White
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We feature this item again because it one of the best biographies of Hernán Cortés and the history of the conquest of Mexico. It is a veritable gem, well written, and the substance of its contents belies the size and cost of the book. This is a magnificent retelling of Imperial Spain’s epic conquest, offering a fresh and convincing interpretation of Cortés’ crucial role and charts the man’s staggering odyssey through Central America. Cortés has been misunderstood but beyond revealing the character of one man the book examines the extraordinary Aztec leaders, among them Moctezuma, and their rigid warrior state. The author concludes by analyzing the psychological and political effects of the introduction of the Hispanic race into the Americas, a people who continue to enrich the culture and demography of the region today. New York, 1996 Carroll & Graff Publisher, Inc. 2nd Ed., 352 Pgs. PB | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1066
1830 CITIZENS OF TEXAS, a Genealogy of Anglo-American and Mexican Citizens Taken from Census and other Records
Author: GIfford A. White
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A reprint of an excellent work by an author who has compiled several works for genealogists. In addition to valuable census data White has gathered names of wives, immigration dates, county or state of nativity or previous residence or occupation. The data was taken from every major contemporary list of persons in 1830 including censuses of San Antonio and Nacogdoches, Austin’s "Register of Families", Titles in DeWitt’s Colony, General Land Office records, Registered Voters of 1867 and Clerk’s Returns and Reports. Austin, 1999 Repr., 292 Pgs. PB. | |  MILITARY HISTORY
Item #28093
CANARIS. The Rise and Fall of Admiral Canaris, Head of the German Secret Service
Author: Charles Whiting
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Canaris was a shadowy figure-a quiet, white-haired spymaster whose only passions were fine dogs, music and his beloved Germany. Yet he supervised an extensive and effective spy ring from Alaska to Afghanistan. Was he a double agent traitor, a genius, a bumbler, or a patriot? A fascinating tale of espionage. Very good. Owner's name in ink on inside cover. New York, 1973 Ballantine Books, Inc. 1st Printing, 264 Pgs., Mass marke PB. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #4067
THE SPANISH ARMADA
Author: Roger Whiting
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The threat of invasion by Spain loomed large for much of Elizabeth's reign, culminating in the launch of the Armada in 1588. The failure of the attack enhanced the queen's popularity with her people, but did great damage to the standing of Philip II. The author explores the reasons behind the Armada, Spain's extensive preparations, the battle, and the fearful aftermath of the enterprise when barely half of the Spanih fleet managed to struggle home. Gloustershire, England, 1988 Sutton Publishing Limited 1st Ed., 212 Pgs., 5 x 7&3/4, PB. | |  MISCELLANEOUS
Item #24276
FLINTKNAPPING, Making and Understanding Stone Tools
Author: John C. Whittaker
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Flintknapping is the art of making stone tools, an ancient craft now enjoying a resurgence of interest among amateur and professional students of prehistoric cultures. This is the most detailed and practical handbook on the art. Illustrated with diagrams. Austin, TX, 2003 University of Texas Press 6th Printing, 341 Pgs., 6 x 9, PB. | |  OTHER EARLY AMERICANA
Item #24227
AN IMPERFECT GOD, George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America
Author: Henry Wiencek
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George Washington in his will provided for the freedom of his slaves, having earlier said the holding of slaves was his "only unavoidable subject of regret." The author explores the Founding Father's engagement with slavery at every stage of his life- as Virginia planter, soldier, politician, president and statesman. Illustrated with prints. New York, N.Y., 2003 Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1st Ed., 404 Pgs., 6&1/4 x 9&1/4, HB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #830
CEMETERIES AND FUNERARY PRACTICES IN THE BIG BEND OF TEXAS, 1850 TO THE PRESENT
Author: Glenn P. Willeford, et al
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With Gerald R. Raun. Contains an introduction to the Northern Corridor; An Overview of the Evolution of Hispanic Occupation in Northern Mexico Leading to the Present State of Cemeteries and Funerary Practices Along the Rio Grande Border; a photograph section; Appenix 1, an Alphabetical List of Known Cemeteries in Presidio,Jeff Davis and Brewster Counties; Appendix 2,3,&4 are Alphabetical lists of Persons Buried in the Three Counties; and a List of Cemeteries and Gravesites. Alpine and Cd. Chihuahua, 2004 Johnson's Ranch & Trading Post Press 1st Ed., 238 Pgs,, 5&1/2 x 8&1/4, PB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #24196
THE PRIZE OF ALL THE OCEANS, The Dramatic True Story of Commodore Anson's Voyage Round the World and How He Seized the Spanish Treasure Galleon
Author: Glyn Williams
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Commodore George Anson set sail in 1740 with a squadron of six British warships, with a secret mission to capture the legendary Spanish galleon on her yearly voyage from Acapulco to Manila laden with Peruvian silver. It was a four-year litany of hardship, disease, mutiny and heroism. Only one ship returned, with 500 survivors out of an original crew of 1900. New York, N.Y., 2000 Viking, Penguin Group 1st Ed.,264 Pgs., 6&1/2 x 9&1/2. HB. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #28020
THE KING WITH SIX FRIENDS
Author: Jay Williams
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Illustrated by Imero Gobbato. A King meets six friends along the way to recover his lost kingdom. VF. New York, 1968 Parents Magazine Press 1st ED., unpaginated,Pictorial Cover, 7&1/2 x 10&1/4, HB. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #28108
IN THE TIME OF THE DINOSAURS
Author: William Wise
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Illustrated by Lewis Zacks. First grade book showing ten types of Dinosaurs. VG. New York, 1963 Scholastic book Services Ed., 6 x 8, 64 Pgs., HB. | |  MISCELLANEOUS
Item #28122
LOS TEJANOS, Fathers of Texas Series
Author: K.R. Wood
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COMPACT DISC. This CD is a set of crisp concise narrations about the Texas Revolution interspersed with songs by John Arthur Martinez, Mary Welch, K.R. Wood, Javier Chaporro, and Ray Wylie Hubbard. 2003 Texanna Records, Inc. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #918
INDEXES TO THE LAREDO ARCHIVES
Author: Robert D. Wood, S.M.
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This is a limited printing and represents the revised second edition of the Laredo Archives Indexes by Brother Wood, Special Collections Director at St. Mary's University in San Antonio. Sebron Wilcox found the documents in the basement of the Webb County Courthouse in 1934, possibly saving them from destruction. Mr. Wilcox began to organize the records with the help of Father Andrés of San Agustine Church. Later work, including transcriptions, was continued as a W.P.A. project under Ricardo de la Garza and the work was completed in 1940 by the Historical Records Survey and the Statewide Records Progress. Brother Wood has expertly continued the more recent preservation work of Carmen Perry and Bro. Paul Novosal. The archives belong to the State of Texas but St. Mary's has been designated as the permanent repository. Since the first publication of the Indexes in 1993, six volumes of documents from the archives have been published by Brother Wood. In this edition, in the chronological index, an asterisk in front of the document indicates that it has been published. The complete list of published documents after the chronological index indicates in which volume it appears. San Antonio, 2005 Rev 2nd Ed., 98 Pgs., 8& 1/2 x 14, PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7075
LIFE IN LAREDO, A Documentary History From the Laredo Archives
Author: Robert D. Wood, S.M.
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Based on documents from the Laredo archives, this work shows the evolution and development of daily life in a town under the flags of Spain, Mexico, and the United States. Isolated on the northern frontier of New Spain and often forgotten by authorities far away, Laredoans became as "grand" as the river that flowed by their town and left an enduring legacy in a world of challenges and changes. The author present the first 100 years of history and culture up to the mid-19th century illuminating with primary source materials the trials and travials of citizens. Illus., Denton, TX, 2004 Universitry of North Texas Press 1st Ed., 6&1/4 x 9&1/4, HB. | |  MEXICO & LATIN AMERICA
Item #3082
THE HISTORY OF MEXICO, 1809-1845 IN THE LAREDO ARCHIVES
Author: Robert D. Wood,S.M.
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Brother Wood’s latest extract from the Laredo Archives containing 100 documents some a few lines and some several paragraphs. This is Laredo Archives series # 4. San Antonio, 2000, 1st Ed. 46 PGs. PB | |  HISTORY & CULTURAL STUDIES
Item #28205
THE SECRET MAN, The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat
Author: Bob Woodward
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With a reporter's assessment by Carl Bernstein. Deep Throat was the covert name for the mysterious source who helped Woodward and Bernstein break open the Watergate scandel in 1972, a person whose identity remained hidden for 33 years. At age 91, W. Mark Felt, the enigmatic former No. 2 man in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, stepped forward to identify himself as the man at the center of the ongoing clash between temporary political power and the permanent bureaucracy of geovernment. New York, NY, 2005 Simon and Schuster 1st Ed.,249 Pgs., 5&1/2 x 8&1/4, HB. Published at $ 23.00. | |  MISCELLANEOUS
Item #27851
WEIRD TALES, January 1939
Author: Farnsworth Wright, Ed.
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PULP MAGAZINE. Billed as " A Magazine of the Bizarre and Unusual." Contains thirteen stories including, "The Fifth Candle," the story of a weird curse by Cyril Mand, " Nedusa's Coil," a grim and tragic tale by Z.B. Bishop, " The Silver Coffin, " by Robert Barbour Johnson, and " Date in the City Room," by Talbot Johns. VG. New York, N.Y. January, 1939, (Has January 1938 on contents page) Vol. 33, NO 1., 128 Pgs., PB. | |  MISCELLANEOUS
Item #27850
WEIRD TALES, September, 1939
Author: Farnsworth Wright, Ed.
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PULP MAGAZINE. Billed as " A Magazine of the Bizarre and Unusual." Contains eight stories, Including " While Zombies Walked," by Thorp McClusky, "Spanish Vampire," by E. Hoffman Price, and "The Door Without a Key," by Seabury Quinn. Good-back cover separated, small watermark, back cover upper corner. New York, N.Y. September, 1939, Vol. 34, No. 3, 128 Pgs., PB. | |  MISCELLANEOUS
Item #27849
WEIRD TALES, November, 1939
Author: Farnsworth Wright, Ed.
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PULP MAGAZINE. Billed as " A Magazine of the Bizarre and Unusual." Contains ten stories including "Towers of Death," by Henry Kuttner, " Uncanonized," by Seabury Quinn, " The Web of Silence, " by Mary Elizabeth Counselman, and "The Haunted Car," by David Bernard. VG-Front cover separated, back cover partially separated. New York, N.Y., November, 1939, Vol. 34, No. 5, 128 Pgs., PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6956
THE TEXAS KICKAPOO, Keepers of Tradition
Author: Bill Wright, et al
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With E. John Gesick, Jr. The latest in author Wright's photographic study on American Indian Tribes in Texas. Historian John Gesick contributes an historical essay that tells the story of the tribe's migration from the woodlands of the northeast to the deserts of Texas and Northern Coahuila. The authors followed the Kickapoo during the summer they worked as migrant workers and to their sacred homeland of Nacimiento, Coahuila where they still live in traditional wickiups and practice the religion of their forefathers. Illustrated. El Paso, 1996 Texas Western Press 1st Ed., 196 Pgs., 9 & 1/2 x 12, HB | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #24631
THE REAL MOTHER GOOSE
Author: Blanche Fisher Wright, Illustrated
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A very nicely illustrated edition, with approximately 275 rhymes. Does not have a current publishing date. Very Good.
Chicago, IL, Copyright renewed 1944, 128 Pgs., 9 x11/34, Pictorial cover, HB. | |  MEXICO & LATIN AMERICA
Item #5046
LOS FRANCESES DE SONORA ( 1850-1854)
Author: Rufus Kay Wyllys
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The history of the French adventurers and filibusters who came to Mexico from California. Translated by Alberto Cubillas from the English 1st Edition published in 1932 by the University of California Press in Berkeley, California. The Frenchmen came to settle and work the mines. B&W photos. Mexico City, 1971 Editorial Porrua, S.A. 1st Ed., Spanish Text, 6 &1/4 x 8 &3/4.576 Pgs., HB. | |
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