Santa Anna of MexicoU of Nebraska Press, 1. 12. 2007 - 501 strán (strany) The Santa Anna is an intelligent, dynamic, yet reluctant leader, ingeniously deceptive at times, courageous and patriotic at others. This book provides a picture of Santa Anna's life, with new insights into his activities in his bailiwick of Veracruz and in his numerous military engagements. |
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Strana ix
... country's independence from Spain still goes unquestioned by many. Misleadingly described as “eleven times” president of Mexico, he is consistently depicted as a traitor, a turncoat, and a tyrant. He was the traitor who allegedly ...
... country's independence from Spain still goes unquestioned by many. Misleadingly described as “eleven times” president of Mexico, he is consistently depicted as a traitor, a turncoat, and a tyrant. He was the traitor who allegedly ...
Strana xii
... country, if we do not accept that his lands and the army were his main concerns. The Santa Anna who emerges in this book is neither a diabolical dictator nor a benign, selfless, patriotic patriarch. He was courageous and he risked his ...
... country, if we do not accept that his lands and the army were his main concerns. The Santa Anna who emerges in this book is neither a diabolical dictator nor a benign, selfless, patriotic patriarch. He was courageous and he risked his ...
Strana xix
... country's seducer, 1999). The character of Santa Anna predictably confesses at the end to having treated the country as if “she” were a whore: “I stole her bread and sustenance. I became rich on her poverty and her pain. . . . I have ...
... country's seducer, 1999). The character of Santa Anna predictably confesses at the end to having treated the country as if “she” were a whore: “I stole her bread and sustenance. I became rich on her poverty and her pain. . . . I have ...
Strana xxiii
... country, for, should such not be the case, I know of no men of sufficient weight capable of doing so.”13 What becomes apparent is that there was obviously more to the Santa Anna phenomenon than has been generally acknowledged. A more so ...
... country, for, should such not be the case, I know of no men of sufficient weight capable of doing so.”13 What becomes apparent is that there was obviously more to the Santa Anna phenomenon than has been generally acknowledged. A more so ...
Strana 28
... negotiate away. For Santa Anna, Texas was not a concept; it was a reality. He had seen with his own eyes “the beauty of this country,” one which “surpasses all description”; with its “hills covered in 28 Santa Anna's Early Life, 1794–1823.
... negotiate away. For Santa Anna, Texas was not a concept; it was a reality. He had seen with his own eyes “the beauty of this country,” one which “surpasses all description”; with its “hills covered in 28 Santa Anna's Early Life, 1794–1823.
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3 Liberator of Veracruz Founder of the Republic18211823 | 43 |
The Making of a Caudillo 18231832 | 69 |
4 A Federalist on the Periphery 18231825 | 71 |
5 Among the Jarochos 18251828 | 88 |
6 General of Tricks 18281832 | 109 |
10 The Santanista Project 18411844 | 213 |
11 Our Man in Havana 18441846 | 238 |
12 The MexicanAmerican War 18461848 | 256 |
The Autumn of the Patriarch 18491876 | 287 |
13 The Man Who Would Be King 18491855 | 289 |
14 The General in His Labyrinth 18561876 | 317 |
A Good Mexican | 346 |
Chronology | 369 |
The Returns of the Phoenix 18321841 | 131 |
7 The Absentee President 18321835 | 133 |
8 The Warrior President 18351837 | 158 |
9 The Landowner President 18371841 | 184 |
A Road Paved with Good Intentions 18411848 | 211 |
Notes | 391 |
Bibliography | 449 |
Index | 477 |
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Strana 287 - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Strana 252 - US, and that in adjusting a boundary between the two countries the Del Norte should be the Western Texas line, and the Colorado of the West down through the Bay of San Francisco to the Sea should be the Mexican line on the North...
Strana xxiii - In a little while entered General Santa Anna himself ; a gentlemanly, good-looking, quietly-dressed, rather melancholy-looking person, with one leg, apparently somewhat of an invalid, and to us the most interesting person in the group. He has a sallow complexion, fine dark eyes, soft and penetrating, and an interesting expression of face.
Strana xxiii - Knowing nothing of his past history, one would have said a philosopher, living in dignified retirement, one who had tried the world, and found that all was vanity, one who had suffered ingratitude, and who, if he were ever persuaded to emerge from his retreat, would only do so, Cincinnatus-like, to benefit his country.
Strana 93 - Anna, tall, thin, and, at that early hour of the morning, dressed to receive us in clear white muslin, with white satin shoes, and with very splendid diamond earrings, brooch, and rings. She was very polite, and introduced her daughter Guadalupe, a miniature of her mamma, in features and costume.
Strana 356 - I assembled my officers and laid down my plan, and it was carried into effect without any more words.
Strana 6 - There are some old churches, a very old convent of Franciscan monks, and a well-supplied marketplace. Everywhere there are flowers — roses creeping over the old walls, Indian girls making green garlands for the virgin and saints, flowers in the shops, flowers at the windows, but, above all, everywhere one of the most splendid mountain views in the world. The Cofre de Perote, with its dark pine forests and gigantic chest (a rock of porphyry which takes that form), and the still loftier snow-white...
Strana 131 - He survived fourteen attempts on his life, seventy-three ambushes, and a firing squad. He lived through a dose of strychnine in his coffee that was enough to kill a horse. He refused the Order of Merit, which the President of the Republic awarded him. He rose to...
Strana 94 - En attendant, breakfast was announced. The Senora de Santa Anna led me in. C n was placed at the head of the table, I on his right, Santa Anna opposite, the Senora on my right. The breakfast was very handsome, consisting of innumerable Spanish dishes, meat and vegetables, fish and fowl, fruits and sweetmeats, all served in white and gold French porcelain, with coffee, wines, &c.