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Few historical figures are as inextricably linked as Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. But less than two decades before they faced each other as enemies at Appomattox, they had been brothers — both West Point graduates, both wearing blue, and both fighting in the same cadre in the Mexican War. They were not alone: Sherman, Davis, Jackson nearly all of the Civil War's greatest soldiers had been forged in the heat of Vera Cruz and Monterrey. The...
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The year is 1846. After the controversial annexation of Texas, the US Army marches south to provoke war with Mexico over the disputed Rio Grande boundary. Ximena Salomé is a gifted Mexican healer who dreams of building a family with the man she loves on the coveted land she calls home. But when Texas Rangers storm her ranch and shoot her husband dead, her dreams are burned to ashes. Vowing to honor her husband's memory and defend her country,...
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The U.S.-Mexican War had lasting impacts on both countries, most notably allowing the United States to expand to the Pacific Ocean. The United States' desire to stretch from sea to shining sea had become one of the chief goals of the new country. In this volume, readers will learn about the beginnings of U.S. westward expansion and Mexican independence from Spain. This book delves into the economic, political, and historical background behind the...
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"The Mexican-American War tells one of the fascinating stories in the history of the United States. The title takes an in-depth look at some of the leaders, battles, events, and ideals that contributed to the country's growth and development in the first half of the 1800s" --
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Guillermo Prieto fue el Homero de nuestras guerras: cantó en verso conmovedor y vigoroso la guerra insurgente, el Romancero mexicano reúne su obra lírica en torno a la insurgencia en forma emocionada y limpia; los Apuntes para la guerra entre México y los Estados Unidos representan la historia más humana y dramática sobre este lamentable suceso. No es esta última relación un simple parte militar, detallado y seco, sino la expresión del trauma...
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Examines the settlement of the area that became the southwestern portion of the United States, detailing how it evolved from land settled by Native Americans, to Spanish territory, to states that were pawns between the North and South prior to the Civil War.
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Following Texan independence from Mexico, the United States led a campaign to re-annex the territory, as well as threaten Mexican holdings in the Southwest. Discover the circumstances to the war, including the Texan battle for independence, as well as the effects of war in Texas and the Mexican War.
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Pairing extensive research with a brilliance for reviving the past in gripping narrative, Spur Award-winning author Mike Blakely has penned an epic novelization of the Mexican-American War in A Sinister Splendor. It's 1845. Texas joins the union and Mexico threatens war over the disputed Texas border. Meanwhile, expansionists dream of an America that sprawls all the way to the Pacific Coast. Can a conflict with an already war-torn Mexico satisfy this...
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A stirring fictional account of the amazing real-life story of John Riley, an Irishman who led his men to desert the American military during the Mexican-American War, as seen through the eyes of two memorable narrators.It is June 1845, and Paddy Quinn is a camp boy for the American army-which, by order of President Polk, is bound for Mexico. A young man with journalistic aspirations, Paddy writes letters for illiterate soldiers and learns that,...
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Completed a short time before his death in 1885, the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is recognized today as one of the most significant American military memoirs of all time. In an honest and intelligent voice, the celebrated Civil War general and former President offers a detailed and intimate telling of the events of the Mexican-American war, and the American Civil War and his role within it as a Union General.
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19) One man's hero
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The powerful true tale of the Saint Patrick Battalion, a group of soldiers enlisted from Ireland to fight a brutal war between the U.S. and Mexico.
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