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Great river: the Rio Grande in North American history
Horgan, Paul, 1903-1995.
Year: 1954.
Publisher:  Rinehart & Co.. 
© Paul Horgan
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Frontmatter
Prologue: Riverscape
1. Creation
2. Gazetteer
3. Cycle
Book One: The Indian Rio Grande
1. The Ancients
2. The Cliffs
3. To the River
4. The Stuff of Life
5. On the Edge of Change
Book Two: The Spanish Rio Grande
1. The River of Palms
2. Rivals
3. Upland River
4.The Travellers' Tales
5. Destiny and the Future
6. Faith and Bad Faith
7. Facing Battle
8. Battle Piece
9. The Garrison
10. Siege
11. The Eastern Plains
12. Prophecy and Retreat
13. Lords and Victims
14. The River of May
15. Four Enterprises
16. Possession
17. The River Capital
18. Collective Memory
19. Duties
20. A Dark Day in Winter
21. The Battle of Acoma
22. Afterthoughts
23. Exchange
24. The Promises
25. The Desert Fathers
26. The Two Majesties
27. The Hungry
28. "This Miserable Kingdom"
29. The Terror
30. Limit of Vision
31. A Way to the Texas
32. The Great Captain
33. Fort St. John Baptist
34. Early Towns
35. Colonial Texas
36. Mexico Bay
37. Forgotten Lessons
38. Hacienda and Village
39. The World Intrudes
40. The Shout
41. The Broken Grasp of Spain
APPENDIX A: Sources for Volume One, by Chapters
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Title: Great river : the Rio Grande in North American history by Paul Horgan.
Author: Horgan, Paul, 1903-1995
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Source Version: Great river : the Rio Grande in North American history by Paul Horgan. 
Horgan, Paul, 1903-1995
New York: Rinehart & Co., 1954.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.00653
Subject Headings: • Rio Grande
• Rio Grande Valley -- History
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