Title: Retrato de Vicente García Torres
First published: 1997
Description: "Although there is a street named for him in Coyoacán, Vicente García Torres, founder of the important 19th-century Mexico City newspaper El Monitor Republicano, is relatively little known. Contains a short biography and some new documentation indicating García Torres' bravery during the Mexican-American War and his friendship with most of the leading thinkers of the day"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Subjects: Mexican War, 1846-1848, Freedom of speech, Freedom of the press
Places: Mexico
People: Vicente García Torres (1811-1894)
LC classification: F1232 .R89 1997