Author: Thomas Kearny
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Conquest of New Mexico and California
Author: St George Cooke Philip St George Cooke
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1429020903
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1429020903
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
The California Campaigns of the U.S.-Mexican War, 1846-1848
Author: Hunt Janin
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476620938
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
For the Mexican government to go to war with its more powerful northern neighbor in 1846 was folly. Mexico surrendered to the United States more than half a million square miles of territory, contributing to a legacy of distrust and bitterness towards the U.S. that has never entirely dissipated. The real prize was California. The Californios--Spanish speaking, non-native inhabitants of the province of Alta (Upper) California--had ambiguous loyalties to the Mexican government and minimal military capabilities. American control of California was considered the keystone of Manifest Destiny, and naval and amphibious operations along the Pacific coast began as early as 1821 and continued for weeks after the end of the war. This book describes the often overlooked military and naval operations in California before and during the Mexican War, and introduces readers to the colorful Californios, the American adventurers who arrived after them, and the Indians, who preceded them both.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476620938
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
For the Mexican government to go to war with its more powerful northern neighbor in 1846 was folly. Mexico surrendered to the United States more than half a million square miles of territory, contributing to a legacy of distrust and bitterness towards the U.S. that has never entirely dissipated. The real prize was California. The Californios--Spanish speaking, non-native inhabitants of the province of Alta (Upper) California--had ambiguous loyalties to the Mexican government and minimal military capabilities. American control of California was considered the keystone of Manifest Destiny, and naval and amphibious operations along the Pacific coast began as early as 1821 and continued for weeks after the end of the war. This book describes the often overlooked military and naval operations in California before and during the Mexican War, and introduces readers to the colorful Californios, the American adventurers who arrived after them, and the Indians, who preceded them both.
The Mexican War and Its Heroes
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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The Conquest of California and New Mexico, by the Forces of the United States, in the Years 1846 & 1847 ... With Engravings, Plans of Battle, Etc
The Mexican War and the Conquest of California
Author: Thomas Kearny
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Conquest of California and New Mexico
Author: James Madison Cutts
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 142902089X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 142902089X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Mexican War and Conquest of California and the Southwest
Author: Edward Eberstadt & Sons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
Languages : en
Pages : 2074
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
Languages : en
Pages : 2074
Book Description
Doniphan's Expedition and the Conquest of New Mexico and California
Author: John Taylor Hughes
Publisher:
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Category : Americana
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Americana
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
California Conquered
Author: Neal Harlow
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520066052
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
This book began as a venture to collect official and unofficial documents relating to the interval of American military rule. There proved to be thousands, the writings of Presidents, executive officers, and congressmen, naval and military personnel, governors, settlers, and citizens-routine, familiar, wheedling, seductive, blustering, commanding. As the quantity grew, they seemed eager to be heard. But the documents exhibit the traits of their makers. Containing neither the whole truth nor nothing but the truth, they offer many-sided versions of what people believed or wanted others to accept; they must be taken with a grain of salt. Long, sometimes garbled, and always incomplete, the record requires assessment, a referee to appraise the evidence and form his own imperfect conclusions. And any curious or dissenting reader may, by consulting the numerous cited sources, make his own interpretations. References, whenever possible, have been made to materials in some printed form, leading an inquirer to a vast array of historical evidence. Everything herein happened, or so the record tells, and if an assumption has been made, it is that men, issues, and events can be interesting in their own right, without exaggeration. "To exaggerate," a knowing urban child recently observed, "means you put in something to make it more exciting" (Los Angeles Times, Dec. 10, 1978).
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520066052
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
This book began as a venture to collect official and unofficial documents relating to the interval of American military rule. There proved to be thousands, the writings of Presidents, executive officers, and congressmen, naval and military personnel, governors, settlers, and citizens-routine, familiar, wheedling, seductive, blustering, commanding. As the quantity grew, they seemed eager to be heard. But the documents exhibit the traits of their makers. Containing neither the whole truth nor nothing but the truth, they offer many-sided versions of what people believed or wanted others to accept; they must be taken with a grain of salt. Long, sometimes garbled, and always incomplete, the record requires assessment, a referee to appraise the evidence and form his own imperfect conclusions. And any curious or dissenting reader may, by consulting the numerous cited sources, make his own interpretations. References, whenever possible, have been made to materials in some printed form, leading an inquirer to a vast array of historical evidence. Everything herein happened, or so the record tells, and if an assumption has been made, it is that men, issues, and events can be interesting in their own right, without exaggeration. "To exaggerate," a knowing urban child recently observed, "means you put in something to make it more exciting" (Los Angeles Times, Dec. 10, 1978).
The Mexican War
Author: Robert McNutt McElroy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description