De León, a Tejano Family History

by Carolina Castillo Crimm and Ana Carolina Castillo Crimm

Book Overview

Winner, Presidio La Bahia Award, 2004
San Antonio Conservation Society Citation, 2005

La familia de Le n was one of the foundation stones on which Texas was built. Mart n de Le n and his wife Patricia de la Garza left a comfortable life in Mexico for the hardships and uncertainties of the Texas frontier in 1801. Together, they established family ranches in South Texas and, in 1824, the town of Victoria and the de Le n colony on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292702205
• ISBN13: 9780292702202
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 327 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"