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Description edit
Illustrated history of the Mexican-American War
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
People edit
- Mariano Arista: (1802-1855) President of Mexico 1851-1853
- P. G. T. Beauregard: (1818-1893) American military officer during the Mexican War
- Thomas Hart Benton: (1872-1858) Senator from Missouri
- William Bliss: (1815-1853) American military officer during the Mexican War
- Kit Carson: (1809-1868) American frontiersman. Served with John C. Frémont in California during the Mexican War.
- Jefferson Davis: (1808-1889) American military officer during the Mexican War
- John C. Frémont: (1813-1890) American military officer during the Mexican War
- Archibald Gillespie: (1810-1873) American military officer during the Mexican War
- Ulysses S. Grant: (1822-1885) American military officer during the Mexican War
- Stephen W. Kearny: (1794-1848) American military officer during the Mexican War
- Robert E Lee: (1807-1870) American military officer during the Mexican War
- George B. McClellan: (1826-1885) American military officer during the Mexican War
- Gideon Pillow: (1806-1878) American military officer during the Mexican War
- James K. Polk: (1775-1849) American President 1845-1849
- John A. Quitman: (1798-858) American military officer during the Mexican War
- Antonio López de Santa Anna: (1794-1876) Mexican military officer and President of Mexico 1847
- Winfield Scott: (1786-1866) American military general. Commanded the American army that landed at Veracruz and captured Mexico City during the Mexican War
- Zachary Taylor: (1784-1850) American Military general. Commanded the American army that advanced south from Texas into northern Mexico
- David E. Twiggs: (1790-1862) American military officer during the Mexican War
- William Jenkins Worth: (1794-1849) American military officer during the Mexican War
Setting & Locations edit
Mexico and the United States
- Buena Vista, Mexico
- Camargo, Mexico
- Cerro Gordo, Mexico
- Chapultepec Castle
- The Citadel of Monterry, Mexico
- Contreras, Mexico
- Corpus Christi, Texas
- Matamoros, Mexico
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Monterrey, Mexico
- Nueces River
- Palo Alto, Mexico
- Puebla, Mexico
- Rio Grande
- San Luis Potosí, Mexico
- Veracruz, Mexico
First Sentence edit
Mexico early in the 1840s, as painted by artist Daniel Egerton, had an idylic air. Though a fortress guarded its port city of Veracruz, there was little in the bucolic scens of prancing horses and trudging burros toreflect the turmoil of Mexico's recent past, much less warn of the disatrous war that soon would turn these same sites into bloody battlegrounds.
Table of Contents edit
1. A Bucolic Land on the Eve of War
2. Mexico Finds a Leader
3. Westward to Capture a Great Prize
4. Building up to Strike the Heartland
5. The Cost of War at Home
6. Proud Flags to Rally 'round
Series & Lists edit
This book is in The Old West. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- David Nevin (Author) - Title page says "By the Editors of Time-Life Books with text by David Nevin"
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Time-Life Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1978
ISBN: 0809423022
Page Count: 240
Publisher: Time-Life Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1978
ISBN: 0809423022
Page Count: 240
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: E405 .T55 1978
- Dewey: 973.623
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States
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