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 - Softcover

Horgan, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0819562513 ISBN 13: 9780819562517

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press, 1991

Synopsis

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History (1954)
Winner of the Bancroft Prize in History (1954)

Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and Bancroft Prize for History, Great River was hailed as a literary masterpiece and enduring classic when it first appeared in 1954. It is an epic history of four civilizations―Native American, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American―that people the Southwest through ten centuries. With the skill of a novelist, the veracity of a scholar, and the love of a long-time resident, Paul Horgan describes the Rio Grande, its role in human history, and the overlapping cultures that have grown up alongside it or entered into conflict over the land it traverses. Now in its fourth revised edition, Great River remains a monumental part of American historical writing.

About this title

From the Publisher:

5 3/8 x 8 1/2 trim. 4 maps. LC 91-13753

From the Back Cover:

This book is an epic history of four civilizations--Native American, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American--that peopled the Southwest through ten centuries.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0819562513
• ISBN 13: 9780819562517
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1038