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Petra's legacy the South Texas ranching empire of Petra Vela and Mifflin Kenedy Cover Image

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Petra's legacy the South Texas ranching empire of Petra Vela and Mifflin Kenedy

Monday, Jane Clements 1941- (Author). Vick, Frances Brannen, 1935- (Added Author).

Summary: In this biography of Petra Vela Kenedy, the authors not only tell her story but also relate the history of South Texas through a woman's perspective. Utilizing previously unpublished letters, journals, photographs, and other primary materials, the authors reveal the intimate stories of the families who for years dominated governments, land acquisition, commerce, and border politics along the Rio Grande and across the Wild Horse Desert.

Record details

ISBN: 9781603444606 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1603444602 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781585446148 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1585446149 (cloth : alk. paper)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xii, 430 pages) : illustrations, map.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatBulkString:mar.15.13 Multi-User. CatMonthString:mar.13
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-416) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1823-54 : "into her world" : Petra's story -- 1823-54 : "into her world" : Mifflin's story -- 1855-60 : forging a life in Brownsville -- 1860-62 : war clouds gather -- 1863 : war closes on Rio Grande Valley -- 1864-65 : chaos along the Rio Grande -- 1866 : home again -- 1867-68 : "woe to Brownsville! woe to Matamoros!" -- 1869-71 : "quién viene" -- 1872-74 : one foot in Brownsville, one in the Wild Horse Desert -- 1873 : politics, bandits, and hard economic times -- 1874 : railroads and cattle drives -- 1875 : Leander McNelly and the Texas Rangers -- 1876 : the apple of his father's eye -- 1877-78 : "a fiend in human form" -- 1879-80 : last days at Laureles : Laurel Leaf Ranch -- 1881 : to the body of Christ : Corpus Christi -- 1882 : la parra : the Grapevine Ranch -- 1883 : they were always there for one another -- 1884 : farewell to Santiago -- 1885 : goodbye to Petrita.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Action Note:	digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.