|
|
|
books
| book details |
Petra's Legacy: The South Texas Ranching Empire of Petra Vela and Mifflin Kenedy
By (author) Jane Clements Monday, By (author) Frances Brannen Vick
|
| on special |
normal price: R 1 039.95
Price: R 987.95
|
| book description |
The matriarch of one of the most important families in Texas history, Petra Vela Kenedy has remained a shadowy presence in the annals of South Texas. In this biography of Petra Vela Kenedy, the authors not only tell her story but also relate the history of South Texas through a woman’s perspective. Utilizing previously unpublished letters, journals, photographs, and other primary materials, the authors reveal the intimate stories of the families who for years dominated governments, land acquisition, commerce, and border politics along the Rio Grande and across the Wild Horse Desert. From Petra’s early life in the landed ranchero society of northern Mexico, through her alliance with Luis Vidal—an officer in the Mexican army to whom she bore eight children—until her move to Brownsville after Vidal’s death, Petra lived in Mexico. When she moved to Texas, having taken Vidal’s name, she represented a link to the landed families of the region. Mifflin Kenedy, a steamboat captain who had first come to Texas during the Mexican War, married into her world, acquiring local respectability and stature when he took Petra as his wife. The story of their life together encompasses war, the taming of a frontier, the blending of cultures, the origin of a ranching empire, and the establishment of a foundation and trust that still endure today, giving millions to Texas through charitable gifts. An attractive woman of business acumen, strong religious convictions, and intense family loyalty, Petra Vela Kenedy’s influence through her husband and her children left a legacy whose exploration is long overdue.
| product details |
Normally shipped |
Publisher | Texas A & M University Press
Published date | 15 Jun 2024
Language |
Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 448
Dimensions | 254 x 178 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 272g
ISBN | 978-1-6484-3266-8
Readership Age |
BISAC | history / united states / state & local / southwest (az, nm, ok, tx)
| other options |
|
|
|
To view the items in your trolley please sign in.
| sign in |
|
|
|
| specials |
|
|
This first comprehensive biography of Cecil Rhodes in a generation illuminates Rhodes’s vision for the expansion of imperialism in southern Africa, connecting politics and industry to internal development, and examines how this fueled a lasting, white-dominated colonial society.
|
|
Look around you is anything real or normal any more? News, images and videos created by AI are everywhere.
|
|
|
|
