San Antonio, City for a King An Account of the Colonial History of San Antonio and Texas |
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| Author:
| Casanova, Rudy Felix |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4907-1559-9 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | Trafford Publishing
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $3.99 |
Book Description:
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San Antonio, City for a King takes us on an extraordinary adventure throughan amazingly unknown, yet expectantly fitting, piece of Texas' origins. Welearn how 16 families from Iberia's Canary Islands answered their monarch'scall to populate a desolate northeast area of his New Spain for a strategicpolitical reason.There was the year-long journey: crossing the Atlantic and then trekking northover present-day Mexico to Bejar. We see how these people initiated the townshipof San Fernando,...
More DescriptionSan Antonio, City for a King takes us on an extraordinary adventure throughan amazingly unknown, yet expectantly fitting, piece of Texas' origins. Welearn how 16 families from Iberia's Canary Islands answered their monarch'scall to populate a desolate northeast area of his New Spain for a strategicpolitical reason.There was the year-long journey: crossing the Atlantic and then trekking northover present-day Mexico to Bejar. We see how these people initiated the townshipof San Fernando, guided its growth for generations and helped form many Texastraditions. And we follow their descendants through the town's evolution, throughtwo rebellions, three changes of patriotism and one name change...to San Antonio.