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History and legends of the Alamo and other missions in and around San Antonio / by Adina De Zavala ; edited and introduced by Richard R. Flores.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- De Zavala, Adina, 1861-1955.
- Series:
- Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project publication.
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spanish mission buildings--Texas--San Antonio Region--History.
- Spanish mission buildings.
- Missions--Texas--San Antonio Region--History.
- Missions.
- Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)--History.
- Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.).
- San Antonio Region (Tex.)--Church history.
- San Antonio Region (Tex.).
- San Antonio (Tex.)--History.
- San Antonio (Tex.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (lviii, 215 pages) : ill
- Other Title:
- Alamo and other missions
- Place of Publication:
- Houston, Texas : Arte Público Press, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Originally published in 1917 by Adina de Zavala, this volume reconstructs the history of the Alamo back to pre-colonial times. Its importance lies not only in its portrayal of Texas' history as a product of Native American, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American contributions, but also in its focus on the role of Texas women and Texas Mexicans in shaping the historical record. At a time when Texas Mexican women held little influence, de Zavala attempted to rewrite the way Texas history was written and constructed. This milestone literary work includes historical maps, plates, diary accounts and other records.
- Contents:
- Texas
- (verse)
- History of the Alamo (Mission San Antonio de Valero)
- The men of the Alamo (verse)
- Ghosts of the Alamo (verse)
- Legend of the ghosts of the Alamo
- Legend of the statue of Saint Anthony in the niche of the Church of the Alamo
- The padre's gift
- The mysterious woman in blue and her gift to San Antonio by the hands of one woman in every generation
- The courteous and kindly child and the good people of the underground passageway
- Legend of the first Christmas at the Alamo
- Mission San Francisco de la Espada
- Mary Coronel of Agreda
- Mission de Nuestra Señora de la Purósima Concepción de Acuña
- Legends of Mission de Nuestra Señora de la Purs̕ima Concepcin̤ de Acuą
- Mission San Juan de Capistrano
- A legend of the mission (verse)
- Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo
- Legend of the window of the voices
- Legend of the Bells of San José
- The venerable Anthony Margil
- Two miracle plays of the Missions
- Los Pastores
- El Via Crucis
- Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscans
- San Antonio (Saint Anthony)
- San Fernando Cathedral
- Legend of El Seǫr de los Milagros
- Lawrence (Lorenzo) De Zavala
- "De Zavala daughters" and De Zavala chapter.
- Notes:
- "Recovering the U.S. Hispanic literary heritage"--Preface facing title page.
- Originally published in 1917.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource; title from ePub and PDF title page (Digitalia, viewed October 13, 2014)
- ISBN:
- 9781611927252
- 1611927250
- 9781611921748
- 1611921740
- OCLC:
- 656555814
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