General M.G. Vallejo and the advent of the Americans : a biography /

General M.G. Vallejo and the advent of the Americans : a biography /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Rosenus, Alan, 1940-
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1995.
Description:	xv, 292 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe, -- 1808-1890. Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe, -- 1808-1890 Mexicans -- California -- Biography. Pioneers -- California -- Biography. Frontier and pioneer life -- California. Frontier and pioneer life. Mexicans. Pioneers. California -- Biography. California. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2381220

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	General MG Vallejo and the advent of the Americans
ISBN:	0826315860
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-281) and index.

Table of 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.