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Poli
Jay Neugeboren
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Description for Poli
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 209.
In 1839, José Policarpo Rodriguez came north with his father from Zaragosa, Mexico, to the Republic of Texas. Poli was ten years old when he arrived in Texas, and he and his father settled in the Hill Country near San Antonio. Poli grew up with Comanches, surveyed territory for the Republic of Texas and the United States Army, fought against warring Indians, and mapped settlements for nineteenth-century German settlers in Texas.
He was the first non-Indian to discover the Big Bend Country and Cascades Caverns, and during the Mexican-American War and the Civil War, he was Captain of the ... Read more
In 1839, José Policarpo Rodriguez came north with his father from Zaragosa, Mexico, to the Republic of Texas. Poli was ten years old when he arrived in Texas, and he and his father settled in the Hill Country near San Antonio. Poli grew up with Comanches, surveyed territory for the Republic of Texas and the United States Army, fought against warring Indians, and mapped settlements for nineteenth-century German settlers in Texas.
He was the first non-Indian to discover the Big Bend Country and Cascades Caverns, and during the Mexican-American War and the Civil War, he was Captain of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Texas, United States
ISBN
9780896729056
SKU
V9780896729056
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-24
About Jay Neugeboren
Jay Neugeboren is the author of 21 books, including two prize winning novels, two prize-winning non-fiction books, and four collections of award-winning stories. His most recent novel is The American Sun & Wind Moving Picture Company (TTUP, 2013). His stories have appeared in The Atlantic, Esquire, Virginia Quarterly Review, Best American Short Stories, The O. Henry Prize Stories, and Penguin ... Read more
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