Description
Author: Mary Margaret McAllen Amberson
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Published: 04/14/2015
Pages: 552
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9781595342638
ISBN10: 159534263X
BISAC Categories:
- History | Latin America | Mexico
- History | Europe | France
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
About the Author
M. M. McAllen writes about the history of the Southwest and Mexico. Her other books include I Would Rather Sleep in Texas: A History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and the People of the Santa Anita Land Grant, depicting the blending cultures against the backdrop of the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, and border upheavals; and A Brave Boy and a Good Soldier: John C. C. Hill and the Texas Expedition to Mier, which tells the 1842 biography of thirteen-year-old Texan John C. C. Hill, captured in battle and adopted by Antonio López de Santa Anna. McAllen regularly provides information for television documentaries filmed by BBC, PBS, and local and public stations in Texas, and she has written numerous articles for magazines and journals. She lives in San Antonio, TX.