Santa Anna of MexicoU of Nebraska Press, 1. dec. 2007 - 501 sider The Santa Anna is an intelligent, dynamic, yet reluctant leader, ingeniously deceptive at times, courageous and patriotic at others. This book provides a picture of Santa Anna's life, with new insights into his activities in his bailiwick of Veracruz and in his numerous military engagements. |
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... difficult for us to understand this period. If Santa Anna was nothing other than a despicable traitor, turncoat, and tyrant, how can we understand his repeated rise to power, the popularity and influence he enjoyed? Historian Chris- ton ...
... difficult for us to understand this period. If Santa Anna was nothing other than a despicable traitor, turncoat, and tyrant, how can we understand his repeated rise to power, the popularity and influence he enjoyed? Historian Chris- ton ...
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... difficult relationship he developed with the long-established elite of the capital. His popularity was initially based on heroic status acquired on the battlefield. A career in the military was fundamental in allowing someone from a ...
... difficult relationship he developed with the long-established elite of the capital. His popularity was initially based on heroic status acquired on the battlefield. A career in the military was fundamental in allowing someone from a ...
Side 23
... difficult for him as it was for others to change sides in 1821. He had not actually fought against “old” insurgents such as José María Tornel, Vicente Guerrero, or Nicolás Bravo. Santa Anna's peripheral participation in the War of ...
... difficult for him as it was for others to change sides in 1821. He had not actually fought against “old” insurgents such as José María Tornel, Vicente Guerrero, or Nicolás Bravo. Santa Anna's peripheral participation in the War of ...
Side 25
... difficult to know what the sixteen-year-old Santa Anna made of the news of Hidalgo's revolt, when it reached Veracruz in October 1810. Judging from the relish with which he abandoned the good life of his hacienda or the National Palace ...
... difficult to know what the sixteen-year-old Santa Anna made of the news of Hidalgo's revolt, when it reached Veracruz in October 1810. Judging from the relish with which he abandoned the good life of his hacienda or the National Palace ...
Side 26
... difficult to control.10 A storm at sea forced Arredondo's 1811 expedition to disembark in Tampico. His men were forced to make their way to Aguayo (present- day Ciudad Victoria) on foot. They reached the rebel-held town in early April ...
... difficult to control.10 A storm at sea forced Arredondo's 1811 expedition to disembark in Tampico. His men were forced to make their way to Aguayo (present- day Ciudad Victoria) on foot. They reached the rebel-held town in early April ...
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3 Liberator of Veracruz Founder of the Republic18211823 | 43 |
The Making of a Caudillo 18231832 | 69 |
4 A Federalist on the Periphery 18231825 | 71 |
5 Among the Jarochos 18251828 | 88 |
6 General of Tricks 18281832 | 109 |
10 The Santanista Project 18411844 | 213 |
11 Our Man in Havana 18441846 | 238 |
12 The MexicanAmerican War 18461848 | 256 |
The Autumn of the Patriarch 18491876 | 287 |
13 The Man Who Would Be King 18491855 | 289 |
14 The General in His Labyrinth 18561876 | 317 |
A Good Mexican | 346 |
Chronology | 369 |
The Returns of the Phoenix 18321841 | 131 |
7 The Absentee President 18321835 | 133 |
8 The Warrior President 18351837 | 158 |
9 The Landowner President 18371841 | 184 |
A Road Paved with Good Intentions 18411848 | 211 |
Notes | 391 |
Bibliography | 449 |
Index | 477 |
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Side 287 - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Side 252 - US, and that in adjusting a boundary between the two countries the Del Norte should be the Western Texas line, and the Colorado of the West down through the Bay of San Francisco to the Sea should be the Mexican line on the North...
Side xxiii - In a little while entered General Santa Anna himself ; a gentlemanly, good-looking, quietly-dressed, rather melancholy-looking person, with one leg, apparently somewhat of an invalid, and to us the most interesting person in the group. He has a sallow complexion, fine dark eyes, soft and penetrating, and an interesting expression of face.
Side xxiii - Knowing nothing of his past history, one would have said a philosopher, living in dignified retirement, one who had tried the world, and found that all was vanity, one who had suffered ingratitude, and who, if he were ever persuaded to emerge from his retreat, would only do so, Cincinnatus-like, to benefit his country.
Side 93 - Anna, tall, thin, and, at that early hour of the morning, dressed to receive us in clear white muslin, with white satin shoes, and with very splendid diamond earrings, brooch, and rings. She was very polite, and introduced her daughter Guadalupe, a miniature of her mamma, in features and costume.
Side 356 - I assembled my officers and laid down my plan, and it was carried into effect without any more words.
Side 6 - There are some old churches, a very old convent of Franciscan monks, and a well-supplied marketplace. Everywhere there are flowers — roses creeping over the old walls, Indian girls making green garlands for the virgin and saints, flowers in the shops, flowers at the windows, but, above all, everywhere one of the most splendid mountain views in the world. The Cofre de Perote, with its dark pine forests and gigantic chest (a rock of porphyry which takes that form), and the still loftier snow-white...
Side 131 - He survived fourteen attempts on his life, seventy-three ambushes, and a firing squad. He lived through a dose of strychnine in his coffee that was enough to kill a horse. He refused the Order of Merit, which the President of the Republic awarded him. He rose to...
Side 94 - En attendant, breakfast was announced. The Senora de Santa Anna led me in. C n was placed at the head of the table, I on his right, Santa Anna opposite, the Senora on my right. The breakfast was very handsome, consisting of innumerable Spanish dishes, meat and vegetables, fish and fowl, fruits and sweetmeats, all served in white and gold French porcelain, with coffee, wines, &c.