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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... trees and its animal yard , was like a little plot of country life that showed the seasons . In spring pink and white blossoms of fruit trees sparkled in bright air beside pale tan adobe walls . In summer , when shade trees were leafed ...
... trees and its animal yard , was like a little plot of country life that showed the seasons . In spring pink and white blossoms of fruit trees sparkled in bright air beside pale tan adobe walls . In summer , when shade trees were leafed ...
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... trees . One tree towered above the rest . In it was a Mexican observer with a spyglass . The next one downstream held mortars in a pit ; the next was protected by sandbags ; the next , by a line of piled earth ; and the last was ...
... trees . One tree towered above the rest . In it was a Mexican observer with a spyglass . The next one downstream held mortars in a pit ; the next was protected by sandbags ; the next , by a line of piled earth ; and the last was ...
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... tree . With muslin mantillas and shawls fixed to branches he made a drapery about the altar . Then - it was still ... trees , whose graceful branches gently poise themselves against the clear sky , seeming as if at night - time they ...
... tree . With muslin mantillas and shawls fixed to branches he made a drapery about the altar . Then - it was still ... trees , whose graceful branches gently poise themselves against the clear sky , seeming as if at night - time they ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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