Bridles and biscuits : the contraband culture of Spanish East Texas, 1770-1813 / Gary L. Pinkerton in collaboration with Tom H. Gann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pinkerton, Gary L., 1954- author.

Gann, Tom H., author.

Series:

Red River Valley books ; no. 6.

Red River Valley books ; [6]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spaniards--Texas, East--History.

Spaniards.

Trade routes--Texas, East--History.

Trade routes.

Texas, East--Commerce--History.

Texas, East.

Texas--History--To 1846.

Texas.

Physical Description:

xii, 376 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Spanish colonial history in East Texas"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Seeing What the Land Remembers

Before the Others

La Provincia de los Tejas

Deep and Miry Places

By Way of Secret Roads

Their Tears Sprinkled the Road

From Béxar to Bucareli

Color Quebrado, the Broken Color of Nacogdoches

La Mordida, Contraband and Culture in Early Nacogdoches

The Arrest and Removal of Antonio Gil Ibarvo

"It Is Just That He Suffer," the Case Against Ibarvo

When Nations Intervene

Appendix A. Castes

Appendix B. Measures of Distance, Land, and Volumes

Appendix C. Distances Between Locations

Appendix D. Spanish Leadership of the Province of Texas

Appendix E. Caddo Periods of History

Appendix F. River Names, Now and Then

Appendix G. Monetary Units

Glossary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781648432644

1648432646

OCLC:

1478944714