San Juan Bautista
Gateway to Spanish Texas
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Texas Press
Published:1st Jan '68
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Winner, Presidio La Bahia Award, Sons of the Republic of Texas, 1978
In their efforts to assert dominion over vast reaches of the (now U.S.) Southwest in the seventeenth century, the Spanish built a series of far-flung missions and presidios at strategic locations. One of the most important of these was San Juan Bautista del Río Grande, located at the present-day site of Guerrero in Coahuila, Mexico.
Despite its significance as the main entry point into Spanish Texas during the colonial period, San Juan Bautista was generally forgotten until the first publication of this book in 1968. Weddle's narrative is a fascinating chronicle of the many religious, military, colonial, and commerical expeditions that passed through San Juan and a valuable addition to knowledge of the Spanish borderlands. It won the Texas Institute of Letters Amon G. Carter Award for Best Southwest History in 1969.
San Juan Bautista is one of the most interesting and rewarding books on a Spanish borderland topic to appear in recent years. It is highly recommended. * Journal of the West *
ISBN: 9780292776517
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 454g
501 pages