General Vallejo and the Advent of the Americans

by Alan Rosenus

Book Overview

Best Biography of the Year--Western Writers of America Spur Award. General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was one of California's most distinguished citizens in the mid-nineteenth century. A frontier cosmopolitan and visionary, Vallejo owned vast ranchos in northern California and wielded enormous political power throughout the province. While serving as military governor during Mexican rule, he established an open immigration policy that encouraged...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 189077121X
• ISBN13: 9781890771218
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Urion Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"