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Cortina

by Jerry D. Thompson · 2008

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Did this border caudillo fight to defend the rights, honor, and legal claims of the Mexicans of South Texas, as he claimed? Or was his a quest for personal vengeance against the newcomers who had married into his family, threatened his mother's land holdings, and insulted his honor?

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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civil rightscivil rightsMore like thisLess of thismilitary historymilitary historyMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 332 pages

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