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 623
... frontier . Others- all kinds - kept coming ; and among the adventurers who pushed out beyond the settlements were various Europeans of high degree who appeared to view the West as a great park where they might hunt , and explore , and ...
... frontier . Others- all kinds - kept coming ; and among the adventurers who pushed out beyond the settlements were various Europeans of high degree who appeared to view the West as a great park where they might hunt , and explore , and ...
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 701
... Frontier Meanwhile , he mildly presided over what was happening to Matamoros , imposing restraints only when public order required them . Through the first weeks of occupation , the city had kept its ... FRONTIER 701 Recurrent Frontier.
... Frontier Meanwhile , he mildly presided over what was happening to Matamoros , imposing restraints only when public order required them . Through the first weeks of occupation , the city had kept its ... FRONTIER 701 Recurrent Frontier.
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
Copyright | |
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