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Spanish Texas, 1519-1821
Spanish Texas 1519-1821
Author: Donald E. Chipman, Harriett Denise Joseph
Modern Texas, like Mexico, traces its beginning to sixteenth-century encounters between Europeans and Indians who contested control over a vast land. Unlike Mexico, however, Texas eventually received the stamp of Anglo-American culture, so that Spanish contributions to present-day Texas tend to be obscured or even unknown. The first edition of S...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780292721807
ISBN-10: 0292721803
Publication Date: 1/15/2010
Pages: 387
Edition: Revised Edition
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Publisher: University of Texas Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This book presents history in such an immediate and entertaining way. I first came across it in a library 12 years ago, when it literally leapt off the shelves and hit me on the head. I opened it to the chapter on Cabeza de Vaca, and although I'd never been particularly interested in Texas history before, it was written in such an endearing way that it has inspired me to compose an oratorio based on the story! That is talented writing!


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