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Cover -- By Paul Horgan -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface to the Fourth Edition -- Paul Horgan: A Biographical Note -- Contents -- Volume One: Indians and Spain -- Prologue: Riverscape -- 1. Creation -- 2. Gazetteer -- 3. Cycle -- Book One: The Indian Rio Grande -- 1. The Ancients -- 2. The Cliffs -- 3. To the River -- 4. The Stuff of Life -- i. Creation and Prayer -- ii. Forms -- iii. Community -- iv. Dwelling -- v. Garments -- vi. Man, Woman and Child -- vii. Farmer and Hunter -- viii. Travel and Trade -- ix. Personality and Death -- 5. On the Edge of Change -- Book Two: The Spanish Rio Grande -- 1. The River of Palms -- 2. Rivals -- 3. Upland River -- 4. The Travellers' Tales -- 5. Destiny and the Future -- 6. Faith and Bad Faith -- 7. Facing Battle -- 8. Battle Piece -- 9. The Garrison -- 10. Siege -- 11. The Eastern Plains -- 12. Prophecy and Retreat -- 13. Lords and Victims -- 14. The River of May -- 15. Four Enterprises -- 16. Possession -- 17. The River Capital -- 18. Collective Memory -- i. Sources -- ii. Belief -- iii. The Ocean Masters -- iv. The King and Father -- v. Arts -- vi. Style and Hunger -- vii. The Swords -- viii. Soul and Body -- 19. Duties -- 20. A Dark Day in Winter -- 21. The Battle of Acoma -- 22. Afterthoughts -- 23. Exchange -- 24. The Promises -- 25. The Desert Fathers -- 26. The Two Majesties -- 27. The Hungry -- 28. "This Miserable Kingdom" -- 29. The Terror -- 30. Limit of Vision -- 31. A Way to the Texas -- 32. The Great Captain -- 33. Fort St. John Baptist -- 34. Early Towns -- 35. Colonial Texas -- 36. Mexico Bay -- 37. Forgotten Lessons -- 38. Hacienda and Village -- i. Land and House -- ii. Fashion -- iii. Family and Work -- iv. Mischance -- v. Feast Days -- vi. Wedding Feast -- vii. Mortality -- viii. The Saints -- ix. Provincials -- 39. The World Intrudes -- 40. The Shout. |
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41. The Broken Grasp of Spain -- Appendix A: Sources for Volume One, by chapters -- Maps -- 1. Pueblos and Early Settlements -- 2. Spanish Expeditions -- Volume Two: Mexico and the United States -- Book Three: The Mexican Rio Grande -- 1. A Colony for Mexico -- 2. A Wild Strain -- 3. The Twin Sisters -- 4. Last Return -- 5. The Spark -- 6. The Ariel -- 7. Slavery -- 8. Bad Blood -- 9. The Mexico Trade -- 10. Tormented Loyalties -- 11. "God and Texas" -- 12. From Mexico's Point of View -- 13. Fortunes of New Mexico -- i. Peoples and Towns -- ii. Politics -- iii. Defense -- iv. Church and School -- v. Foreigners -- 14. Revolt Up River -- 15. The River Republic -- 16. The Santa Fe Pioneers -- 17. Border Smoke -- 18. To Mier and Beyond -- 19. Diplomacies -- 20. The United States to the River -- Book Four: The United States Rio Grande -- 1. "Way, You Rio" -- 2. Collective Prophecy -- i. New Man and New Principles -- ii. Frontier Attitudes -- iii. Woman and Home -- iv. Community Expression -- v. Language -- vi. Arts and Utility -- vii. Light in the Clearing -- viii. Sons of Harmony -- ix. Knacks and Crafts -- x. First Interpreters -- xi. The American Art -- 3. Bivouac -- 4. The Army of the Rio Grande -- 5. The Cannonade -- 6. Fort Texas -- 7. The Listeners -- 8. Palo Alto -- 9. Resaca de la Palma -- 10. The River Dead -- 11. The Nation's War -- 12. Invasion Summer -- 13. Recurrent Frontier -- 14. Upstream and Inland -- 15. The Army of the West -- 16. The Secret Agent -- 17. Bloodless Possession -- 18. The Army of Chihuahua -- 19. The Free Missourians -- 20. Brazito and the Pass -- 21. Counterdance -- 22. The Avengers -- 23. Massacre at Taos -- 24. Chihuahua -- 25. Trial at Taos -- 26. All on the Plains of Mexico -- 27. El Dorado -- 28. Contraband -- 29. A Thread of Spirit -- 30. Boundaries -- 31. Flag and Lamplight -- 32. The Rio Grande Divided. |
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33. The Desolate -- 34. Confederate Border -- 35. The Second Mexican Empire -- 36. The Mexico Moon -- 37. Bad Men and Good -- 38. The Last Wagons -- 39. The Last Frontiersman -- 40. Treasure -- 41. The Last Earth Secrets -- 42. Revolution and Reflex -- 43. Utility and Vision -- i. Utility -- ii. Vision -- Appendix B: Sources for Volume Two, by chapters -- Appendix C: General Bibliography -- Appendix D: The Names of the Rio Grande -- Index -- Maps -- 1. Texas and Mexico -- 2. New Mexico. |
| Summary |
An epic history of the American southwest. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Format: Adobe EPUB eBook. |
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Format: Kindle Book. |
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Format: OverDrive Read. |
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Requires Adobe Digital Editions or Amazon Kindle. |
| Other edition |
Print version: Horgan, Paul Great River : The Rio Grande in North American History. Vol. 1, Indians and Spain. Vol. 2, Mexico and the United States. 2 vols. in one Middletown : Wesleyan University Press,c2012 9780819562517. |
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Original 9780819573605 |
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Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) -- History.
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Rio Grande (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
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Electronic books.
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OverDrive, Inc.
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| ISBN |
9780819573605
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D99B664C-0956-4A29-B582-6595C1F10659 OverDrive |
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