Title Cortina : defending the Mexican name in Texas / Jerry Thompson

Edition 1st ed Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (332 pages) : illustrations Series Fronteras series ; no. 6 Fronteras series ; no. 6. Contents Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter One The Making of a Revolutionary; Chapter Two No Night for Mexican Tears; Chapter Three Flocks of Vampires in the Guise of Men; Chapter Four A Frontier in Flames; Chapter Five Republic in the Balance; Chapter Six Tiger in the Chaparral; Chapter Seven Border Caudillo; Chapter Eight Predator War; Chapter Nine Caudillo Vanquished; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary Did this border caudillo fight to defend the rights, honor, and legal claims of the Mexicans of South Texas, as he claimed? Or was his a quest for personal vengeance against the newcomers who had married into his family, threatened his mother's land holdings, and insulted his honor? Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-318) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Cortina, Juan N. (Juan Nepomuceno), 1824-1894. SUBJECT Cortina, Juan N. (Juan Nepomuceno), 1824-1894 fast Subject Outlaws -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Biography Revolutionaries -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Biography Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- Texas -- History -- 19th century BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy. Ethnic relations Mexican Americans -- Civil rights Outlaws Revolutionaries SUBJECT Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 19th century Mexican-American Border Region -- History, Military -- 19th century Lower Rio Grande Valley (Tex.) -- History -- 19th century Texas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85134271 Texas -- History -- 1846-1950. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85134269 Texas -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century Subject North America -- Mexican-American Border Region Texas Texas -- Lower Rio Grande Valley Genre/Form Electronic books collective biographies. Biographies History Military history Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2006039176 ISBN 9781603444514 1603444513 1299052436 9781299052437

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