The Indians and the California Missions

Description

Author: Lyngheim, Linda

Publisher: Langtry Publications (Van Nuys, CA)

Pub Date: 1990 (Second edition)

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good.  Binding tight.  Without dust jacket, as issued.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Some smudges on rear cover at gutter.  Very light edge and corner wear.  Appears unused.

Notes:  Aimed at a mid-high school audience.  From the founding of the first mission (San Diego de Alcala) in 1769, through the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848, twenty-one missions, each with a brief history.  Indian-Spanish relations, with a light gloss over Spanish slavery practices.