TY  - BOOK
AU  - Monday,Jane Clements
AU  - Vick,Frances Brannen
TI  - Petra's Legacy: The South Texas Ranching Empire of Petra Vela and Mifflin Kenedy
T2  - Perspectives on South Texas
SN  - 9781603444606
AV  - F392.R5 -- M665 2007eb 
U1  - 976.4/405092;B 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - College Station
PB  - Texas A&M University Press
KW  - Kenedy, Petra Vela, -- 1823-1885
KW  - Kenedy, Mifflin, -- 1818-1895
KW  - Women ranchers -- Rio Grande Valley -- Biography
KW  - Ranchers -- Rio Grande Valley -- Biography
KW  - Ranch life -- Rio Grande Valley -- History -- 19th century
KW  - Married people -- Rio Grande Valley -- Biography
KW  - Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1823-54: "Into Her World"-Petra's Story -- 1823-54: "Into Her World"-Mifflins Story -- 1855-60: Forging a Life in Brownsville -- 1860-62: War Clouds Gather -- 1863: War Closes in on the Rio Grande Valley -- 1864-65: Chaos along the Rio Grande -- 1866: Home Again -- 1867-68: "Woe to Brownsville! Woe to Matamoros! -- 1869-71: "¿Quién Viene? -- 1872-74: One Foot in Brownsville, One in the Wild Horse Desert -- 1873: Politics, Bandits, and Hard Economic Times -- 1874: Railroads and Cattle Drives -- 1875: Leander McNelly and the Texas Rangers -- 1876: The Apple of His Father's Eye -- 1877-78: "A Fiend in Human Form -- 1879-80: Last Days at Los Laureles-The Laurel Leaf Ranch -- 1881: To the Body of Christ-Corpus Christi -- 1882: La Parra-The Grapevine Ranch -- 1883: They Were Always There for One Another -- 1884: Farewell to Santiago -- 1885: Goodbye to Petrita -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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ER  -