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Author:

Monday, Jane Clements, 1941-

Title:

Petra's legacy : the South Texas ranching empire of Petra Vela and Mifflin Kenedy / Jane Clements Monday and Frances Brannen Vick.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Texas A&M University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xii, 430 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Kenedy, Petra Vela,--1823-1854.
Kenedy, Mifflin,--1818-1895.
Women ranchers--Rio Grande Valley--Biography.
Ranchers--Rio Grande Valley--Biography.
Ranch life--Rio Grande Valley--History--19th century.
Married people--Rio Grande Valley--Biography.
Rio Grande Valley--Social life and customs--19th century.
Rio Grande Valley--Biography.
Texas, South--Biography.
Brownsville (Tex.)--Biography.

Other Authors:

Vick, Frances Brannen, 1935-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-416) and index.

Contents:

1823-54 : "into her world" : Petra's story -- 1823-54 : "into her world" : Mifflin's story -- 1855-60 : forging a life in Brownsville -- 1860-62 : war clouds gather -- 1863 : war closes on Rio Grande Valley -- 1864-65 : chaos along the Rio Grande -- 1866 : home again -- 1867-68 : "woe to Brownsville! woe to Matamoros!" -- 1869-71 : "quién viene" -- 1872-74 : one foot in Brownsville, one in the Wild Horse Desert -- 1873 : politics, bandits, and hard economic times -- 1874 : railroads and cattle drives -- 1875 : Leander McNelly and the Texas Rangers -- 1876 : the apple of his father's eye -- 1877-78 : "a fiend in human form" -- 1879-80 : last days at Laureles : Laurel Leaf Ranch -- 1881 : to the body of Christ : Corpus Christi -- 1882 : la parra : the Grapevine Ranch -- 1883 : they were always there for one another -- 1884 : farewell to Santiago -- 1885 : goodbye to Petrita.

Series:

Perspectives on South Texas

ISBN:

1585446149 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781585446148 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)85623270

LCCN:

2007007775

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)