A Wild and Vivid Land - An Illustrated History of the South Texas Border

Informationen zum Autor JERRY THOMPSON, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Texas A&M International University in Laredo, is among the best and most prolific historians of the Civil War in the Southwest and is an authority on the Texas-Mexico border. He is the author of numerous books and articles. > BRIAN E. O'BRIEN is a Laredo businessman. Klappentext With more than 150 images, many never before published, historian Jerry Thompson tells the story of what Pulitzer Prize-winning historian William H. Goetzmann has called a "wild and vivid land”. From the Coahuiltecan Indians and the Spanish colonizers who clustered along the banks of the Rio Grande, to the cattlemen and oil wildcatters who conquered the brush country, Thompson details six centuries of exciting and entertaining history in a thoroughly researched and comprehensive text.

Product details

• Authors: Brie, Jerry Thompson, Jerry/ Sanchez Thompson
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2013
• EAN: 9780876112564
• ISBN: 978-0-87611-256-4
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous