
El Mesquite
A Story of the Early Spanish Settlements Between the Nueces and the Rio Grande
Elena Zamora O'Shea(Author)
Texas A & M University Press
Will be published approx. on 30. September 2000
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-0-89096-966-3 (ISBN)
Description
In 1935, Elena Zamora O'Shea told the story of the open country of South Texas from the perspective of an ancient mesquite tree. She covers the area's political and ethnographic history, with details of daily life such as songs, plants and folk medicines, food and recipes, and ranch vocabulary.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
College Station
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
310 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89096-966-3 (9780890969663)
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Persons
ELENA ZAMORA O'SHEA (1880-1951) was born at Rancho La Noria Cardenena near Penitas, Hidalgo County, Texas. A long-time schoolteacher, whose posts included one on the famous King Ranch, she wrote this book to help Tejano children know and claim their proud heritage.