A Frontier Documentary Sonora and Tucson, 1821-1848 |
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| Editor:
| McCarty, Kieran |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8165-1715-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1997 |
| Publisher: | University of Arizona Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $34.95USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821, citizens and missionaries in the northwestern reaches of the new nation were without the protection of Spanish military forces for the first time. Beset by hostile Apaches and the uncertainties of life in a desert wilderness, these early Mexican families forged a way of life that ...
When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821, citizens and missionaries in the northwestern reaches of the new nation were without the protection of Spanish military forces for the first time. Beset by hostile Apaches and the uncertainties of life in a desert wilderness, these early Mexican families forged a way of life that ...