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The Resource América : the epic story of Spanish North America, 1493-1898, Robert Goodwin

América : the epic story of Spanish North America, 1493-1898, Robert Goodwin

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América : the epic story of Spanish North America, 1493-1898
Title
América
Title remainder
the epic story of Spanish North America, 1493-1898
Statement of responsibility
Robert Goodwin
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"An epic history of the Spanish empire in North America from 1493 to 1898 by Robert Goodwin, author of Spain: The Centre of the World. At the conclusion of the American Revolution, half the modern United States was part of the vast Spanish Empire. The year after Columbus's great voyage of discovery, in 1492, he claimed Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands for Spain. For the next three hundred years, thousands of proud Spanish conquistadors and their largely forgotten Mexican allies went in search of glory and riches from Florida to California. Many died, few triumphed. Some were cruel, some were curious, some were kind. Missionaries and priests yearned to harvest Indian souls for God through baptism and Christian teaching. Theirs was a frontier world which Spain struggled to control in the face of Indian resistance and competition from France, Britain, and finally the United States. In the 1800s, Spain lost it all. Goodwin tells this history through the lives of the people who made it happen and the literature and art with which they celebrated their successes and mourned their failures. He weaves an epic tapestry from these intimate biographies of explorers and conquerors, like Columbus and Coronado, but also lesser known characters, like the powerful Gálvez family who gave invaluable and largely forgotten support to the American Patriots during the Revolutionary War; the great Pueblo leader Popay; and Esteban, the first documented African American. Like characters in a great play or a novel, Goodwin's protagonists walk the stage of history with heroism and brio and much tragedy"--
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1969-
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Goodwin, Robert
Dewey number
979/.01
Index
index present
LC call number
E188
LC item number
.G63 2019
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Spain
  • Southwest, New
  • Southern States
Label
América : the epic story of Spanish North America, 1493-1898, Robert Goodwin
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
"War of blood and fire" : Puerto Rico -- Realms of gold : Mexico -- Fountain of eternal youth : La Florida -- Amazon women & Californian dreams : Baja California -- "Naked and barefoot" : the continent crossed -- The seven cities of Cíbola : New Mexico -- An Inca's tale, La Florida : the deep south -- "Hang all the Lutherans" : the Atlantic Coast -- Poetry & conquest : New Mexico -- God & government : New Mexico -- Po'pay's Pueblo revolt : New Mexico -- Manhunt beyond the Rio Grande : Texas -- Padre Kino, the Jesuit southwest : Arizona -- Love & the Comanche Dawn : Texas -- Los Anza & the Apaches : el Gran Norte -- Los Gálvez & el Gran Norte : California & Sonora -- Junípero Serra, paradise gained : California -- Hard road to paradise : Arizona & California -- Half a continent is Spanish : Louisiana & Alaska -- The governors : Louisiana & New Mexico -- "Gálvez, Spanish hero of the American Revolution" : the deep south -- Apogee & disaster : Canada & Spain -- Mexican independence : New Spain & México -- Nemesis, Andrew Jackson : Florida -- The Alamo & San Jacinto : Texas -- The Mexican-American War : México -- Epilogue: Puerto Rico, 1898
Control code
on1060183046
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xxii, 519 pages
Isbn
9781632867223
Lccn
2018047043
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
System control number
(OCoLC)1060183046
Label
América : the epic story of Spanish North America, 1493-1898, Robert Goodwin
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
"War of blood and fire" : Puerto Rico -- Realms of gold : Mexico -- Fountain of eternal youth : La Florida -- Amazon women & Californian dreams : Baja California -- "Naked and barefoot" : the continent crossed -- The seven cities of Cíbola : New Mexico -- An Inca's tale, La Florida : the deep south -- "Hang all the Lutherans" : the Atlantic Coast -- Poetry & conquest : New Mexico -- God & government : New Mexico -- Po'pay's Pueblo revolt : New Mexico -- Manhunt beyond the Rio Grande : Texas -- Padre Kino, the Jesuit southwest : Arizona -- Love & the Comanche Dawn : Texas -- Los Anza & the Apaches : el Gran Norte -- Los Gálvez & el Gran Norte : California & Sonora -- Junípero Serra, paradise gained : California -- Hard road to paradise : Arizona & California -- Half a continent is Spanish : Louisiana & Alaska -- The governors : Louisiana & New Mexico -- "Gálvez, Spanish hero of the American Revolution" : the deep south -- Apogee & disaster : Canada & Spain -- Mexican independence : New Spain & México -- Nemesis, Andrew Jackson : Florida -- The Alamo & San Jacinto : Texas -- The Mexican-American War : México -- Epilogue: Puerto Rico, 1898
Control code
on1060183046
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xxii, 519 pages
Isbn
9781632867223
Lccn
2018047043
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
System control number
(OCoLC)1060183046

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