Junipero Serra - California's Founding Father

Explores the life of the Spanish Franciscan missionary who traveled up the Pacific coast to convert the Native Americans to Catholicism and turn them into European-style farmers and explains why he is commonly credited as the father of modern California.

Sommario

Maps

Preface

Part I: Mallorca

1. Mallorca

2. Petra

3. Becoming Junípero

4. Priest and Professor

Part II: Central Mexico

5. The Voyage So Far

6. The Sierra Gorda

7. Popular Missions and the Inquisition

Part III: California

8. "A Work So Holy"

9. Securing Alta California

10. Building a "Ladder" of Missions

11. Twilight

Epilogue

Notes

Further Reading

Acknowledgments

Index

Info autore

Steven W. Hackel

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Steven W Hackel, Steven W. Hackel, Hackel Steven W. Hackel
• Editore: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 16.09.2014
• EAN: 9780809062393
• ISBN: 978-0-8090-6239-3
• Pagine: 352
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia