From Santa Anna to Selena - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From Santa Anna to Selena write by Harriett Denise Joseph. This book was released on 2018-03-15. From Santa Anna to Selena available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Author Harriett Denise Joseph relates biographies of eleven notable Mexicanos and Tejanos, beginning with Santa Anna and the impact his actions had on Texas. She discusses the myriad contributions of Erasmo and Juan Seguín to Texas history, as well as the factors that led a hero of the Texas Revolution (Juan) to be viewed later as a traitor by his fellow Texans. Admired by many but despised by others, folk hero Juan Nepomuceno Cortina is one of the most controversial figures in the history of nineteenth-century South Texas. Preservationist and historian Adina De Zavala fought to save part of the Alamo site and other significant structures. Labor activist Emma Tenayuca’s youth, passion, courage, and sacrifice merit attention for her efforts to help the working class. Joseph reveals the individual and collective accomplishments of a powerhouse couple, bilingual educator Edmundo Mireles and folklorist-author Jovita González. She recognizes the military and personal battles of Medal of Honor recipient Raul “Roy” Benavidez. Irma Rangel, the first Latina to serve in the Texas House of Representatives, is known for the many “firsts” she achieved during her lifetime. Finally, we read about Selena’s life and career, as well as her tragic death and her continuing marketability.
Crossing Borders
Crossing Borders - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Crossing Borders write by Max Baca. This book was released on 2021-05-15. Crossing Borders available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Max Baca is one of the foremost artists of Tex-Mex music, the infectious dance music sweeping through the Texas-Mexico borderlands since the 1940s. His Grammy-winning group, Los Texmaniacs, and his extensive work with the accordionist Flaco Jiménez established the Albuquerque-born and San Antonio–based bajo sexto player/bandleader as a spokesperson for a too-often-maligned culture. The list of artists who have contributed to Los Texmaniacs’ albums include Alejandro Escovedo, Joe Ely, Rick Trevino, Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel, David Hidalgo, Cesar Rosas, Steve Berlin of Los Lobos, and Lyle Lovett. Max Baca was born to play music. By his eighth birthday, he was already playing in his father’s band. Polkas, redovas, corridos, boleros, chotises, huapangos, and waltzes are in his blood. Baca’s music grew out of the harsh life of the borderland, and the duality of borderland music—its keening beauty—remains a recurring theme in everything he does.
Who Was Selena?
Who Was Selena? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Who Was Selena? write by Max Bisantz. This book was released on 2018-08-07. Who Was Selena? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Discover why Selena, the Queen of Tejano music, became one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the twentieth century! As a young girl, Selena Quintanilla sang in a band called Selena y Los Dinos with her brother and sister. The family performed at fairs, weddings, quinceañeras, and on street corners in their native Texas. Selena learned how to sing in Spanish and soon became hugely popular within the Latino community--so much so that she became the best-selling Latin artist of the 1990s. Selena was poised to be a great success, but her life was cut short after being fatally wounded by the president of her fan club. Selena's contributions to music and fashion during her life made her one of the top Latin musicians in the 1990s, and readers will want to know more about the woman who introduced the world to Tejano music.
New Mexico Historical Review
New Mexico Historical Review - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook New Mexico Historical Review write by Lansing Bartlett Bloom. This book was released on 2018. New Mexico Historical Review available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Selena
Selena - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Selena write by Barbara J. Marvis. This book was released on 1998. Selena available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Relates the story of the rise to fame and the tragic death of this Texas-born Tejano singer.
