Description: General Vallejo and the Advent of the Americans : A Biography, Paperback by Rosenus, Alan, ISBN 189077121X, ISBN-13 9781890771218, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Best Biography of the Year—Western Writers of America Spur Award. General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was one of Californias most distinguished citizens in the mid-nineteenth century. A frontier cosmopolitan and visionary, Vallejo owned vast ranchos in northern California and wielded enormous political power throughout the province. While serving as military governor during Mexican rule, he established an open immigration policy that encouraged and facilitated the American entrada to northern California. This richly textured and thoughtful biography explores the contradictions and passions of this most complex of men, shedding light not only on Vallejo, but on the formation of California as a modern state.
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Book Title: General Vallejo and the Advent of the Americans
Number of Pages: 312 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Urion Press
Topic: Reference, General
Publication Year: 1999
Item Height: 0.9 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, History
Item Weight: 0.4 Oz
Author: Alan Rosenus
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
