Great River: Mexico and the United StatesA distinguished historian examines the development of the region and surveys the amalgamation of the aboriginal Indian, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American civilizations. |
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Page 645
... central stock character . They were Yankee plays- Jonathan Postfree , or , The Honest Yankee ( 1807 ) ; The Saw - Mill , or , A Yankee Trick ( 1829 ) ; Solon Shingle , The People's Lawyer ( 1839 ) . A recurring figure in plays ...
... central stock character . They were Yankee plays- Jonathan Postfree , or , The Honest Yankee ( 1807 ) ; The Saw - Mill , or , A Yankee Trick ( 1829 ) ; Solon Shingle , The People's Lawyer ( 1839 ) . A recurring figure in plays ...
Page 727
... central Mexican gov- ernment . Step by step , he described the measures he had taken to save his province . He recorded how ardently he desired to defend it ; he made plain that defense was impossible because reinforcements could not ...
... central Mexican gov- ernment . Step by step , he described the measures he had taken to save his province . He recorded how ardently he desired to defend it ; he made plain that defense was impossible because reinforcements could not ...
Page 876
... central camp , their equipment was carried in the camp wagon to which they returned during the day for meals and at night for fire , food and companionship . The wagon , pulled by four horses and driven by the camp cook , was a roving ...
... central camp , their equipment was carried in the camp wagon to which they returned during the day for meals and at night for fire , food and companionship . The wagon , pulled by four horses and driven by the camp cook , was a roving ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
Copyright | |
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