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1 online resource (xii, 430 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Perspectives on South Texas |
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Perspectives on south Texas.
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1823-54 : "into her world" : Petra's story -- 1823-54 : "into her world" : Mifflin's story -- 1855-60 : forging a life in Brownsville -- 1860-62 : war clouds gather -- 1863 : war closes on Rio Grande Valley -- 1864-65 : chaos along the Rio Grande -- 1866 : home again -- 1867-68 : "woe to Brownsville! woe to Matamoros!" -- 1869-71 : "quién viene" -- 1872-74 : one foot in Brownsville, one in the Wild Horse Desert -- 1873 : politics, bandits, and hard economic times -- 1874 : railroads and cattle drives -- 1875 : Leander McNelly and the Texas Rangers -- 1876 : the apple of his father's eye -- 1877-78 : "a fiend in human form" -- 1879-80 : last days at Laureles : Laurel Leaf Ranch -- 1881 : to the body of Christ : Corpus Christi -- 1882 : la parra : the Grapevine Ranch -- 1883 : they were always there for one another -- 1884 : farewell to Santiago -- 1885 : goodbye to Petrita |
| Summary |
In this biography of Petra Vela Kenedy, the authors not only tell her story but also relate the history of South Texas through a woman's perspective. Utilizing previously unpublished letters, journals, photographs, and other primary materials, the authors reveal the intimate stories of the families who for years dominated governments, land acquisition, commerce, and border politics along the Rio Grande and across the Wild Horse Desert |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-416) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Kenedy, Petra Vela, 1823-1885.
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Kenedy, Mifflin, 1818-1895.
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Kenedy, Mifflin, 1818-1895 fast |
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Kenedy, Petra Vela, 1823-1885 fast |
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Kenedy. fssh |
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Vela. fssh |
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Vidal. fssh |
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Women ranchers -- Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) -- Biography
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Ranchers -- Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) -- Biography
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Ranch life -- Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) -- History -- 19th century
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Married people -- Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) -- Biography
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Ranch life -- Rio Grande Valley -- History -- 19th century
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Ranch life -- Rio Grande Valley -- History
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Manners and customs
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Married people
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Ranch life
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Ranchers
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Women ranchers
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Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
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Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) -- Biography
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Texas, South -- Biography
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Brownsville (Tex.) -- Biography
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North America -- Rio Grande Valley
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Texas -- Brownsville
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South Texas
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Vick, Frances Brannen, 1935-
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| ISBN |
9781603444606 |
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1603444602 |
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1299053475 |
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9781299053472 |
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