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River Has Never Divided Us : A Border History of la Junta de Los Rios by Jefferson Morgenthaler (2004, Mass Market)

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PublisherUniversity of Texas Press

ISBN-100292702833

ISBN-139780292702837

eBay Product ID (ePID)30203445

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Book TitleRiver Has Never Divided Us : a Border History of La Junta De Los Rios

Number of Pages355 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2004

TopicAnthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / General, North America

IllustratorYes

GenreSocial Science, History

AuthorJefferson Morgenthaler

FormatMass Market

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Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight17 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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LCCN2003-026428

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Dewey Decimal972/.16

Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Forgotten Junie The Land La Junta Before 1830 The Promised Land Anglos Arrive In Doniphan's Wake Jack Hays Gets Lost Whiting Draws the Line Forty-Niners Scalp Hunting Redux A Sudden Death The End of Isolation Railroads and Ranches The Armies Skillman's Raiders The Rise and Fall of John Burgess The End of the Mescaleros Victor Ochoa Toribio Ortega's Rebellion Orozco and Huerta Pancho Villa Punitive Expeditions The Spencers Pablo Acosta Rick Thompson River and Border Gilbert Spencer An Afternoon with Enrique Notes Bibliography Index

SynopsisNot quite the United States and not quite Mexico, La Junta de los Rios straddles the border between Texas and Chihuahua, occupying the basin formed by the conjunction of the Rio Grande and the Rio Conchos. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the Chihuahuan Desert, ranking in age and dignity with the Anasazi pueblos of New Mexico. In the first comprehensive history of the region, Jefferson Morgenthaler traces the history of La Junta de los Rios from the formation of the Mexico-Texas border in the mid-19th century to the 1997 ambush shooting of teenage goatherd Esquiel Hernandez by U.S. Marines performing drug interdiction in El Polvo, Texas. "Though it is scores of miles from a major highway, I found natives, soldiers, rebels, bandidos, heroes, scoundrels, drug lords, scalp hunters, medal winners, and mystics," writes Morgenthaler. "I found love, tragedy, struggle, and stories that have never been told." In telling the turbulent history of this remote valley oasis, he examines the consequences of a national border running through a community older than the invisible line that divides it., The first comprehensive history of La Junta de los Rios, from the formation of the Mexico-Texas border in the mid-19th century to the 1997 ambush shooting of teenage goatherd Esquiel Hernandez by U.S. Marines performing drug interdiction in El Polvo, Texas., "No other history of the area has approached the broad interpretation of this book as it weaves this intensive study of La Junta so closely into the international trends and events taking place in Texas, Mexico, and the United States. . . . The writing is witty, bold and enticing." --Andres Tijerina, author of Tejano Empire: Life on the South Texas RanchosNot quite the United States and not quite Mexico, La Junta de los Rios straddles the border between Texas and Chihuahua, occupying the basin formed by the conjunction of the Rio Grande and the Rio Conchos. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the Chihuahuan Desert, ranking in age and dignity with the Anasazi pueblos of New Mexico. In the first comprehensive history of the region, Jefferson Morgenthaler traces the history of La Junta de los Rios from the formation of the Mexico-Texas border in the mid-19th century to the 1997 ambush shooting of teenage goatherd Esquiel Hernandez by U.S. Marines performing drug interdiction in El Polvo, Texas. "Though it is scores of miles from a major highway, I found natives, soldiers, rebels, bandidos, heroes, scoundrels, drug lords, scalp hunters, medal winners, and mystics," writes Morgenthaler. "I found love, tragedy, struggle, and stories that have never been told." In telling the turbulent history of this remote valley oasis, he examines the consequences of a national border running through a community older than the invisible line that divides it., Winner, William P. Clements Prize, Best Non-Fiction Book on Southwestern America, 2004 Not quite the United States and not quite Mexico, La Junta de los Rios straddles the border between Texas and Chihuahua, occupying the basin formed by the conjunction of the Rio Grande and the Rio Conchos. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the Chihuahuan Desert, ranking in age and dignity with the Anasazi pueblos of New Mexico. In the first comprehensive history of the region, Jefferson Morgenthaler traces the history of La Junta de los Rios from the formation of the Mexico-Texas border in the mid-19th century to the 1997 ambush shooting of teenage goatherd Esquiel Hernandez by U.S. Marines performing drug interdiction in El Polvo, Texas. "Though it is scores of miles from a major highway, I found natives, soldiers, rebels, bandidos, heroes, scoundrels, drug lords, scalp hunters, medal winners, and mystics," writes Morgenthaler. "I found love, tragedy, struggle, and stories that have never been told." In telling the turbulent history of this remote valley oasis, he examines the consequences of a national border running through a community older than the invisible line that divides it.

LC Classification NumberF392.L33M67 2004