Weaving together landscape and memory; this book presents historical photographs of the RÃo Grande of the American Southwest. The dynamic RÃo Grande has run through all the valley’s diverse cultures: Puebloan; Spanish; Mexican; and Anglo. Photography arrived in the region at the beginning of the river’s great transformation by trade; industry; and cultivation. In RÃo Savage has collected images that document the sweeping history of that transformation―from those of nineteenth-century expeditionary photographer W. H. Jackson to the work of the great twentieth-century chronicler of the river; Laura Gilpin. The photographs are assembled in thematic bundles―river crossings; cultivation; trade; floods; the Mexican insurrection; the Big Bend region; and the estuary where the river at last meets the Gulf of Mexico. Essays by Rina Swentzell; G. Emlen Hall; Juan Estevan Arellano; Estella Leopold; Norma Elia Cantú; Jan Reid; and Dan Flores illuminate the images.
#1162038 in Books Lause Mark A 2016-03-22Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.25 x 1.10 x 6.13l; .0 #File Name: 0826220258312 pagesThe Collapse of Price s Raid The Beginning of the End in Civil War Missouri
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Lack of a MapBy G. BlackThe book is a very good review of a remote campaign in the fall of 1864. Old characters reappear (Gen Rosecrans; Pleasonton; Price) in this final effort to "liberate" Missouri during the Federal election. The book is everything that is offered in summary and one previous review. My purpose is to ask the author and editor why not a single map was provided.Unless you have complete recall of the geography of Missouri and its border with Arkansas and Kansas; then you will certainly experience needless frustration. How many military history book reviews have you read and a lack of maps were cited as a weakness.2 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Sterling Price's last gasp effort to free Missouri in the Civil WarBy Steven PetersonSterling Price was one of the leading generals from across the Mississippi. He had served as governor of Missouri and; later in the Civil War; wanted to lead a campaign to free Missouri from the Federal control of the state. The resulting campaign was a mess--with both sides mismanaging key parts of the maneuvering.Why did Andrew Jackson Smith; an underappreciated Union general; never get into combat? Appallingly bad strategic thinking by the head of the Missouri district--General William Rosecrans (who could be a genius--as at Tullahoma--or a poor commander--as at Chickamauga). Smith's troops were ordered to repair railroads--surely a poor use of their skills with an invading army under Price moving ahead.Another shocking feature of this work is the depiction of the thin resources of Union forces. They depended on militias; normally an extremely bad idea. Samuel Curtis; a capable general (think Elkhorn Tavern); had few military resources--but was late to combat; not an altogether flattering portrayal. Then; the former head of the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac who had been sacked--John Pleasonton. Not one of his best efforts.Price was not one of the greatest Confederate generals. What one ended up with was a mediocre campaign by both sides. In the end; though the Union forces triumphed. The last gasp of the Confederacy at a large scale in Missouri.1 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Richard KellyJust as promised
