"I alone" : Bernardo de Galvez's American revolution / Eduardo Garrigues ; translated from Spanish by Nancy J. Membrez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garrigues, Eduardo, author.

Contributor:

Membrez, Nancy J., translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gálvez, Bernardo de, 1746-1786--Fiction.

Gálvez, Bernardo de.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Fiction.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Historical fiction.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Bernardo de Gálvez's American Revolution

Place of Publication:

Houston, Texas : Arte Publico Press, [2020]

Language Note:

Translated from the Spanish.

Summary:

This intriguing biography examines the life and times of Bernardo de Gálvez, a hero of the American Revolution, from whom the city of Galveston, Texas, gets its name.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Prelude

"I Alone": Bernardo de Gálvez's American Revolution

Part One

Chapter 1: The Road to Almadén

Chapter 2: Diplomatic Chess

Chapter 3: Don José Casts a Long Shadow

Chapter 4: The Ministerial Cabinet

Chapter 5: Valdeazogues (Quicksilver Valley)

Chapter 6: The Secretary for the Indies' Nephew

Chapter 7: The Almaden Mines

Chapter 8: The Azogado

Chapter 9: The Ambassador Throws a Tantrum

Chapter 10: A Well-Repaid Favor

Chapter 11: News from Paris

Chapter 12: The Stagecoach Journey

Chapter 13: Arthur Lee's Trip to Spain

Chapter 14: Conversations in Burgos and Victoria

Part Two

Chapter 15: The Father of Waters

Chapter 16: The Port of New Orleans

Chapter 17: Aid to the Rebels

Chapter 18: Those Eyes Leave an Impression

Chapter 19: Oliver Pollock

Chapter 20: Skirmishes on Different Battlefields

Chapter 21: Complicated Living Arrangements

Chapter 22: The Father of Waters Strikes

Chapter 23: A Well-Placed Exhortation

Chapter 24: General Campbell's Letter

Part Three

Chapter 25: In the Monastery Cloister

Chapter 26: The Father of Waters Strikes Again

Chapter 27: Cuban Molasses

Chapter 28: Mission in Pensacola

Chapter 29: The Ducks in the Bay

Chapter 30: An in articulo mortis Wedding

Part Four

Chapter 31: Prayers to the Father of Waters

Chapter 32: The Red Cliffs

Chapter 33: I Alone

Chapter 34: The Bear Skin

Chapter 35: Dealing with the Indians

Chapter 36: The Bay of Quicksilver

Chapter 37: Unexpected Help

Chapter 38: Incident in the Trenches

Chapter 39: The Half Moon Fort Explosion

Part Five

Chapter 40: Prince Castle

Chapter 41: The Republican Virtue of Sarah Livingston

Chapter 42: Guarico Island

Chapter 43: Smuggling in Batanabó.

Chapter 44: The Attack on New Providence

Chapter 45: Mercury, God of Thieves

Part Six

Chapter 46: The End of John Jay's Mission to Spain

Chapter 47: St. Maxent in Paris

Chapter 48: Mrs. Jay Loses Her Temper

Chapter 49: The Porcelain Vase

Chapter 50: The Egg Shell

Chapter 51: Dinner at the Minister for the Indies' Home

Chapter 52: Gardoqui is Named Ambassador

Chapter 53: Oliver Pollock's Debts

Chapter 54: The Halberdier's Diary

Chapter 55: Collusion at the Inquisition

Chapter 56: The Viceroy's Confession

Chapter 57: The Quicksilver Statue

Epilogue

Timeline.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5185-0599-6

OCLC:

1223086605