Latinos in American History
Titles A Through G
Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de VacaISBN 1-58415-153-6 • 9781584151531List Price $29.95School/Library Price $20.95In StockAlvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca was born in 1490 in southwestern Spain. From an early age, he wanted to match the great deeds of his grandfather, Pedro de Vera Mendoza, who became famous for the conquest of Grand Canary Island for Spain. By his mid-thirties, Cabeza de Vaca was a seasoned military officer, ready to conquer more land for Spain. But as it turned out, Cabeza de Vaca spent more time in the New World living as a slave than as a conqueror. He traveled across Texas into the southwest enduring incredible adventures. It would be ten years later, in 1537, before he could set sail to Spain again. |
Americo ParedesISBN 1-58415-207-9 • 9781584152071List Price $29.95School/Library Price $20.95In StockMexican-American author, folklorist, and professor at the University of Texas, Austin, who helped found the Center for Intercultural Studies of Folklore and Ethnomusicology. |
Antonio Lopez de Santa AnnaISBN 1-58415-209-5 • 9781584152095List Price $29.95School/Library Price $20.95In StockMexican general, president, and statesman most famous for his part in the Battle of the Alamo. |
Bernardo de GalvezISBN 1-58415-197-8 • 9781584151975List Price $29.95School/Library Price $20.95In StockSpanish governor of Louisiana during the American Revolution. |
Cesar ChavezISBN 1-58415-224-9 • 9781584152248List Price $29.95School/Library Price $20.95In StockRenowned Mexican-American labor leader who co-founded the United Farm Workers. |
Diego RiveraISBN 1-58415-208-7 • 9781584152088List Price $29.95School/Library Price $20.95In StockA leading Mexican artist of the 20th century, Rivera was known for his colorful murals in both the U.S. and Mexico that dealt with political themes. |
Dolores HuertaISBN 1-58415-155-2 • 9781584151555List Price $29.95School/Library Price $20.95In StockThe story of Cesar Chavez and the founding of the United Farm Workers is well known. But what has gone largely untold is the story of a gutsy young woman named Dolores Huerta, who spent her life alongside of Chavez fighting for the rights of farm workers all over the United States. When Chavez died in 1993, it was Huerta who vowed to carry on the fight. Now in her seventies, she still marches for the cause, and despite some insurmountable obstacles has been responsible for considerable improvement in the lives of those workers whose collective voice has barely been heard. |
Francisco Vasquez de CoronadoISBN 1-58415-146-3 • 9781584151463List Price $29.95School/Library Price $20.95In StockThe 16th Century Spanish explorer who traveled the American Southwest looking for the Seven Cities of Gold. He and his men were the first Europeans to see the Grand Canyon. |
Fray Juan CrespiISBN 1-58415-198-6 • 9781584151982List Price $29.95School/Library Price $20.95In StockSpanish explorer who founded sites in upper California for Franciscan missions. The sites became part of a trail, called El Camino Real, of 21 missions connecting San Diego and San Francisco. |
Gaspar de PortolaISBN 1-58415-148-X • 9781584151487List Price $29.95School/Library Price $20.95In StockIt is only in recent years that a Spanish soldier named Gaspar de Portola has received the recognition he deserves as one of the most important figures in California history. Born in 1714, he chose a military career and went into the service of the Spanish crown. When Charles III began to receive reports that Russian fur traders wanted to claim land in California, Portola volunteered to lead an expedition to set up bases on the California coast in San Diego and Monterey. Perhaps because Portola left California immediately after the founding of Monterey, he did not become well known. In 1969 and 1970, when California celebrated its bicentennial, Portola was given greater recognition. |
