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Author:

McDonald, David R., 1941- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95080204

Title:

José Antonio Navarro : in search of the American dream in nineteenth century Texas / by David McDonald ; foreword by Arnoldo De León.

Publisher:

Texas State Historical Association,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xviii, 340 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Navarro, José Antonio,--1795-1871.
Statesmen--Texas--Biography.
Businessmen--Texas--Biography.
Mexican Americans--Texas--Biography.
Garza Navarro, Margarita de la,--1795-1861.
Statesmen's spouses--Texas--Biography.
Navarro, Henry.
Freedmen--Texas--Biography.
Texas--History--Revolution, 1835-1836.
Texas--History--Republic, 1836-1846.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [286]-330) and index.

Contents:

Roots, 1762-1816 -- Emerging leader, 1816-22 -- The making of a legislator, 1822-28 -- Businessman, land commissioner, and politician, 1828-35 -- Mexican-Texan, 1835-40 -- Statesman and prisoner, 1840-45 -- Tejano spokesman, 1845-53 -- Elder statesman, 1853-71 -- Appendix one: Margarita de La Garza -- Appendix two: Henry Navarro notes -- Appendix three: José Antonio Navarro's will.

Series:

Number 2 in the Watson Caufield and Mary Maxwell Arnold Republic of Texas series

ISBN:

0876112440
9780876112441
0876112432
9780876112434

OCLC:

(OCoLC)609304348

LCCN:

2010015887

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)