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 642
... frontier made its own first conscious literature . Competitions of tall tales were held in which the people tried to create their own myths . Boasts of prowess , marvels of animal origin or reincarnation , farces of anthropomorphism ...
... frontier made its own first conscious literature . Competitions of tall tales were held in which the people tried to create their own myths . Boasts of prowess , marvels of animal origin or reincarnation , farces of anthropomorphism ...
Page 857
... frontier trait of extreme individualism that once had mastered a continental wilderness , and now remained to terrorize it . There was much in his nature - even as it was misdirected — that was typical of the pioneer settler in the ...
... frontier trait of extreme individualism that once had mastered a continental wilderness , and now remained to terrorize it . There was much in his nature - even as it was misdirected — that was typical of the pioneer settler in the ...
Page 858
... frontier to protect . " Under the circumstances , all he could recommend was that Washington " take some steps to require the Mexican govern- ment to aid in the protection of that frontier . " Three weeks later a vigorous solution was ...
... frontier to protect . " Under the circumstances , all he could recommend was that Washington " take some steps to require the Mexican govern- ment to aid in the protection of that frontier . " Three weeks later a vigorous solution was ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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