The River Has Never Divided Us: A Border History of La Junta de Los Rios

Winner, William P. Clements Prize, Best Non-Fiction Book on Southwestern America, 2004Not quite the United States and...
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Author: Jefferson Morgenthaler
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The River Has Never Divided Us: A Border History of La Junta de Los Rios by Morgenthaler, Jefferson

The River Has Never Divided Us: A Border History of La Junta de Los Rios

CHF 41.68

The River Has Never Divided Us: A Border History of La Junta de Los Rios

CHF 41.68
Author: Jefferson Morgenthaler
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Winner, William P. Clements Prize, Best Non-Fiction Book on Southwestern America, 2004

Not quite the United States and not quite Mexico, La Junta de los Rios straddles the border between Texas and Chihuahua, occupying the basin formed by the conjunction of the Rio Grande and the Rio Conchos. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the Chihuahuan Desert, ranking in age and dignity with the Anasazi pueblos of New Mexico.

In the first comprehensive history of the region, Jefferson Morgenthaler traces the history of La Junta de los Rios from the formation of the Mexico-Texas border in the mid-19th century to the 1997 ambush shooting of teenage goatherd Esquiel Hernandez by U.S. Marines performing drug interdiction in El Polvo, Texas. "Though it is scores of miles from a major highway, I found natives, soldiers, rebels, bandidos, heroes, scoundrels, drug lords, scalp hunters, medal winners, and mystics," writes Morgenthaler. "I found love, tragedy, struggle, and stories that have never been told." In telling the turbulent history of this remote valley oasis, he examines the consequences of a national border running through a community older than the invisible line that divides it.



Author: Jefferson Morgenthaler
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 05/01/2004
Pages: 317
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.12w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780292702837

About the Author
Jefferson Morgenthaler was a lawyer and corporate communications consultant in Boerne, Texas.

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