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Pages: 336
Pages: 336
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-12-14 - Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
"Here we are on the banks of the Nueces in the grand camp of the army of occupation." So wrote Lt. Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana when in 1845, not many months
Language: en
Pages: 450
Pages: 450
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-11-01 - Publisher: Vintage
A sweeping history of the 1840s, Manifest Destinies captures the enormous sense of possibility that inspired America’s growth and shows how the acquisition of
Language: en
Pages: 290
Pages: 290
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-01 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
For three days in the fall of 1846, U.S. and Mexican soldiers fought fiercely in the picturesque city of Monterrey, turning the northern Mexican town, known for
Language: es
Pages: 320
Pages: 320
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher:
Among the cities in Mexico, Monterrey has a mystique all its own marked by the enduring "Jewish question" regarding its founding in 1596. The historian, Vito Al
Language: en
Pages: 455
Pages: 455
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-02-15 - Publisher: University of North Texas Press
The idea of Texas was forged in the crucible of frontier warfare between 1822 and 1865, when Anglo-Americans adapted to mounted combat north of the Rio Grande.