General Vallejo and the advent of the Americans
Subtitle: a biography
By: Alan Rosenus.
Publisher: Heyday Books/Urion Press; Heyday Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe, 1808-1890.; Pioneers -- California -- Biography.; Military governors -- California -- Biography.; Mexicans -- California -- Biography.; Frontier and pioneer life -- California.; California -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Originally published: General M.G. Vallejo and the advent of the Americans. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1995.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-281) and index.
Table of contents: title: The gifts of fortune; title: The pivotal year: 1841; title: The advent of the Americans; title: A new governor brings crisis; title: A small war heats up; title: "Ojalá que lo tomen los americanos ("I hope the Americans take it"); title: Prelude to revolt; title: "Men with nothing to lose"; title: The revolt begins; title: Ordeal on the Sacramento; title: Murder and misdirection; title: What friend Larkin will do; title: A changed man; title: The Californians retake the South; title: The slip and slide transition; title: Consequences.