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Gringo RebelThere is a small god-forsaken truck-stop between El Paso and Chihuahua in Mexico called El Sueco - The Swede. The name was given by Pancho Villa, in the same way as he had named other places in Mexico after his comrades in arms, this...
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The War with Mexico: The Classic History of the Mexican-American WarThe Mexican-American War in 1846 was an under-appreciated moment in American history. It marked the beginning of the military careers of many of those who would go on to fight the Civil War two decades later--including Robert E Lee and Ulysses S Grant. It...
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The Patriot War Along the New York-Canada BorderDuring the Patriot War, fought between 1837-1842, hundreds of men on both sides of the New York-Canadian border took up arms to free Canada from supposed British tyranny. Infused with the Spirit of '76 and inspired by the recent Texas revolution, they fought bravely...
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A Brief Account of the Destruction of the IndiesAuthor: Bartolome de Las Casas, Sara GordonsPublisher: www.bnpublishing.comPublished: 08/02/2011Pages: 108Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38dISBN: 9781607963424
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Florentine Codex: Book 10: Book 10: The People Volume 10Two of the world's leading scholars of the Aztec language and culture have translated Sahag n's monumental and encyclopedic study of native life in Mexico at the time of the Spanish Conquest. This immense undertaking is the first complete translation into any language of...
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Anthropomorphic Imagery in the Mesoamerican Highlands: Gods, Ancestors, and Human BeingsIn Anthropomorphic Imagery in the Mesoamerican Highlands, Latin American, North American, and European researchers explore the meanings and functions of two- and three-dimensional human representations in the Precolumbian communities of the Mexican highlands. Reading these anthropomorphic representations from an ontological perspective, the contributors demonstrate...
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Mexico's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Chicano Culture, Latin Lovers, and Hispanic PrideHispanics are now the largest minority in the United States. Of the more than forty million Hispanics, some two-thirds are Mexican or Mexican-American. Almost half of all babies in the nation are born of Hispanic parents, and "Garcia" is quickly becoming the most common...
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National Geographic Canada National Parks Wall Map - Laminated (42 X 30 In)Expertly researched and designed, National Geographic's wall map of Canada's National Parks highlights the magnificent parks, marine conservation areas and historic sites across the country. This French-English bilingual map, is beautifully rendered with shaded relief and clear national boundaries of provinces and territories. Hundreds...
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Canada National Parks [Folded and Polybagged]National Geographic's wall map of Canada's National Parks highlights the magnificent parks across the country. The map utilizes subtle earth-tones with shaded mountain relief and intricately drawn river systems. Colorful photos capture some of the diverse landscapes preserved and protected by the national park...
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Roughing It in the BushBetty had plenty of potatoes, without the trouble of planting, or the expense of buying; she never kept a cow, yet she sold butter and milk; but she had a fashion, and it proved a convenient one to her, of making pets of the...
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Maximilian and CarlotaIn this new telling of Mexico's Second Empire and Louis Napol on's installation of Maximilian von Habsburg and his wife, Carlota of Belgium, as the emperor and empress of Mexico, Maximilian and Carlota brings the dramatic, interesting, and tragic time of this six-year-siege to...
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José María de Jesús Carvajal: The Life and Times of a Mexican RevolutionaryJos Mar a de Jes s Carvajalis both a biography of a Mexican postrevolutionary and a study of the development of a new border between Mexico and the United States during the crucial decades of the early to mid-nineteenth century. The work examines the...
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Finding Your Mexican Ancestors: A Beginner's GuideFinding Your Mexican Ancestors is essential to any researcher looking to trace their heritage across the Rio Grande. In it, authors George and Peggy Ryskamp show how easy Mexican American research can be providing detailed descriptions of parish records, civil records, and other types...
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Voyage of the Paper Canoe: A Geographical Journey of 2,500 Miles from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, During the Years 1874-5The story of Bishop's journey in a 58-pound paper canoe in the 1870s.Author: Nathaniel Holmes BishopPublisher: Stackpole BooksPublished: 06/01/2001Pages: 278Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.65dISBN: 9781589761100
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El Rondín: Campaigns of Colonel Toribio Ortega and Colonel José de la Cruz Sánchez in the Revolution of 1912 / Campañas del coronEsteban Luj n's EL ROND N is a first person account of General Pasqual Orozco, Jr.'s 1912 uprising in Chihuahua, Mexico and one of the earliest written documents about this important period of the Mexican Revolution. Translated into English by Esteban Luj n's great...
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Soldier Princess: The Life and Legend of Agnes Salm-Salm in North America, 1861-1867Beautiful and brave, outlandish and unconventional, Princess Agnes SalmSalm played a sometimes controversial, often conspicuous, and always colorful role in three of the nineteenth century's major events: the American Civil War, the fall of Maximilian's empire in Mexico, and the FrancoPrussian War. During the...
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Spanish Sea: The Gulf of Mexico in North America Discovery 1500-1685Almost five hundred years ago an obscure Spanish sailor aboard the Pinta spotted the outlines of an unknown land rising above the western horizon. From that moment Spain embarked upon an age of discovery, exploration, and conquest of the New World virtually unchallenged until...
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Explorer's Guide Victoria & Vancouver Island: A Great DestinationMore than a million people visit Vancouver Island by air and sea each year, three quarters of them from outside Canada. Besides detailed coverage of Victoria, Eric Lucas gives wide-ranging context to the island's culture, cuisine, and arts. There's also a wealth of practical...
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Trace Elements of Random Tea PartiesThis fiction debut is a warm tale of 'princess dyke' life in L.A. What they lack in resources, they make up for in their celebration of familia, love and unapologetic sexual configurations (Ana Castillo).Author: Felicia Luna LemusPublisher: Seal Press (CA)Published: 08/01/2004Pages: 247Binding Type: PaperbackWeight:...
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The Acadians: Their Deportation and WanderingsThe true tale behind the tragic poem is revealed.On September 5, 1755, the British declared that all Acadians were to be expelled from their homeland of Nova Scotia. The Acadians were forcibly removed from their homes and deported. They wandered for decades, searching for...
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