Soldiers, Scoundrels, Poets & Priests

McLaughlin, David J.

Pentacle Press

Robert Jackson's tenth and most ambitious book explores the factors and dispels the false ideas around how the fringes of Spain's empire in the Americas developed. He details how environmental differences and socio-cultural variations had a controlling influence on development of the missions in each region and how these factors explain the striking differences in the mission structure. Jackson's extensive on-site research covers New Mexico (1598-1580 and 1696-1833), the Rio de la Plata region (1609-1848), the Primeria Alta Region (1687-1833), Texas (1690-1695 and 1716-1815), Baja California (1697-1833), and Alta California (1769-1833).Missions and the Frontiers of Spanish America is a readable and generously illustrated book that puts the role of the missions, missionaries, and indigenous peoples into a broader historical context.

Missions and the Frontiers of Spanish America: A Comparative Study of the Impact of Environmental, Economic, Political and Socio-cultural Variations ... and on the Northern Frontier of New Spain

History

Jackson, Robert H.

Americas

The California Missions Source Book: Key Information, Dramatic Images, and Fascinating Anecdotes Covering All Twenty-one Missions

This richly illustrated timeline consists of six unfolding panels, printed on both the back and front. The timeline tells the story of the founding of California, covering the years 1769 to 1850 in depth, noting and providing exact dates for all major events, adding a set of relevant facts for each of ten eras. Full details are provided on the 21 missions, 4 presidios and 3 pueblos (free-standing towns). Colorized versions of orginal drawings done by A.B. Dodge and Alexander Harmer enhance the understanding of major events, and present captivating illustrations as the story unfolds.

The California Missions' Timeline

David J. McLaughlin

This set, which comes with a handsome cloth dust cover, consists of laminated back-to-back pages (8 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches) of key facts covering all 21 California Missions. Each sheet provides very detailed information on 23 topics ranging from official mission names and early history to names of Indian tribes whose members joined the mission, founding missionaries, prominent art, livestock counts etc. . On the back of the cover page is an exhibit showing the population of the missions, by decade from 1790 through 1832, just before secularization. Each page is generously illustrated with historic drawings, photographs, PLAT maps, architectural layouts and contemporary photographs. These included the first colorized versions of mission event drawings by Alexander Harmer. This material was developed with the help of over a dozen mission scholars, reviewed by each of the mission curators / staff, and carefully documented. This is an ideal reference for teachers, mission docents and libraries...and anyone interested in the real facts about the California Missions.

Key Facts About the California Missions: A Complete Set of Laminated Pages

Contributing Editor

Ruben G. Mendoza

The California Missions Source Book, first released in late 2009, has been acclaimed as the definite reference book on the California missions, "a compelling visual delight, your money's worth of primary data." This expanded 2nd edition now includes the key facts about the only mission-era asistencia (sub-mission) which remains intact and continues to serve the descendants of its original Indian community. The second edition has been published in a hard cover, spiral-bound format that makes it extra sturdy for use by scholars in the field, as well for mission docents and visitors. This is a valuable resource with a beautiful presentation.

The California Missions Source Book: Key Information, Dramatic Images, and Fascinating Anecdotes Covering All 21 Missions

McLaughlin, David

Mendoza, Rubén

Since its release in 2009 The California Missions Source Book has become the definitive reference on the California missions. This third edition includes the 21 missions and San Antonio de Pala, the only mission-era asistencia (submission) which remains intact and continues to serve the descendants of its original Indian community.The Source Book is an indispensable guide to the missions, richly illustrated with images, charts, and maps. The hard cover, spiral bound format makes it extra sturdy for use by scholars in the field, as well as for mission docents and visitors. A valuable resource with a beautiful presentation, The California Mission Source Book is a fine addition to the library of anyone interested in the California Missions.

The California Missions Source Book: Key Information, Dramatic Images, and Fascinating Anecdotes Covering All 21 Missions, Third Edition

The living history of California's missions is a mosaic of piety and passion, heroism and greed. This book puts flesh and blood on a profoundly important time in California's history, an extended period of evolution from wilderness to territory to state. This is not a dry recounting of facts, it is a vivid depiction, in words and images, of the people who birthed and nurtured California and the pl...

Soldiers, Scoundrels, Poets & Priests: Stories of the Men & Women Behind the Missions of California

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

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