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General Vallejo and the advent of the Americans : a biography

Title
General Vallejo and the advent of the Americans : a biography / Alan Rosenus.
Author
Rosenus, Alan, 1940-
Publication
Berkeley, CA : Heyday Books/Urion Press, c1999.

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Description
xv, 292 p. : ill., 1 map; 23 cm.
Uniform Title
General M.G. Vallejo and the advent of the Americans
Alternative Title
General M.G. Vallejo and the advent of the Americans
Subject
  • Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe, 1808-1890
  • Pioneers > California > Biography
  • Military governors > California > Biography
  • Mexicans > California > Biography
  • Frontier and pioneer life > California
  • California > Biography
Note
  • Originally published: General M.G. Vallejo and the advent of the Americans. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1995.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-281) and index.
Contents
The gifts of fortune -- The pivotal year: 1841 -- The advent of the Americans -- A new governor brings crisis -- A small war heats up -- "Ojalá que lo tomen los americanos ("I hope the Americans take it") -- Prelude to revolt -- "Men with nothing to lose" -- The revolt begins -- Ordeal on the Sacramento -- Murder and misdirection -- What friend Larkin will do -- A changed man -- The Californians retake the South -- The slip and slide transition -- Consequences.
Call Number
IXG 00-10262
ISBN
189077121X
LCCN
99027932
OCLC
41185091
Author
Rosenus, Alan, 1940-
Title
General Vallejo and the advent of the Americans : a biography / Alan Rosenus.
Imprint
Berkeley, CA : Heyday Books/Urion Press, c1999.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-281) and index.
Research Call Number
IXG 00-10262
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