Voices from the Southwest (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Jacqueline Bernard
- First Published: 1972
- Time of Work: 1821–1971
- Setting: New Mexico, Mexico, and Texas
- Principal Characters: Antonio José Martínez, Elfego Baca, Reies López Tijerina
- Genres: Nonfiction, Children’s literature, Biography
- Subjects: Social action, Colonies or colonization, Mexican Americans, Southwest, Property, Latinos, Biography, Law enforcement, Priests, Land settlement
- Locales: Mexico, New Mexico, Texas
Form and Content
Jacqueline Bernard’s Voices from the Southwest comprises both a capsule history of the colonization of the American Southwest and biographies of Antonio José Martínez, Elfego Baca, and Reies López Tijerina. Although much historical context is woven into the biographies themselves, an introductory chapter is devoted to historical background. It treats Spanish colonization of Mexico and what is now Texas and New Mexico, the later expulsion of the Spanish from Mexico, and the Anglo-American settlements that ultimately led to the Texas Revolution...
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