Junípero Serra
Subtitle: California's founding father
By: Steven W. Hackel
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9780809095315
Subjects: Franciscans; Missionaries; Spanish Missions; Biography; History
Description: Explores the life of the Spanish Franciscan missionary who traveled up the Pacific coast to convert the Native Americans to Catholicism and turn them into European-style farmers and explains why he is commonly credited as the father of modern California.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mallorca : an island at the center of the Mediterranean world; title: Petra; title: Becoming Junípero; title: Priest and professor; title: The voyage so far; title: The Sierra Gorda, 1600-1750 : the emergence of the Franciscan missions; title: Serra in the Sierra Gorda missions; title: The Convento de San Fernando and popular missions; title: Agent of the inquisition; title: Phoenix no more; title: Securing Alta California; title: Building the Escalera; title: Father president/old father missionary.