Author:

Rosenus, Alan 1940-  Search this

Subject:

Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe 1808-1890  Search this

Physical description:

xv, 292 p. : ill., 1 map ; 23 cm

Type:

Biography

Place:

California

Date:

1999

1995

C1999

Notes:

Originally published: General M.G. Vallejo and the advent of the Americans. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1995.

Contents:

The gifts of fortune -- The pivotal year: 1841 -- The advent of the Americans -- A new governor brings crisis -- A small war heats up -- "Ojalá que lo tomen los americanos ("I hope the Americans take it") -- Prelude to revolt -- "Men with nothing to lose" -- The revolt begins -- Ordeal on the Sacramento -- Murder and misdirection -- What friend Larkin will do -- A changed man -- The Californians retake the South -- The slip and slide transition -- Consequences

Topic:

Pioneers  Search this

Military governors  Search this

Mexicans  Search this

Frontier and pioneer life  Search this

Call number:

CT275.V15 R67 1999

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_620204