Tejano Tiger
Jose de los Santos Benavides and the Texas-Mexico Borderlands, 1823-1891
978-0-87565-407-2 Cloth
6 x 9 x 0 in
414 pp. 57 b&w photos. Bib. Index.
Pub Date: 02/24/2017
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At the pinnacle of his political career in 1879, Benavides held the distinction of being the only Tejano in the Texas legislature. Through strife, sweat, blood, and heroism in defense of the border, Benavides rose to economic and political heights few could dream of. As a friend and confidant of two Mexican presidents, he was one of the single most influential individuals in the nineteenth-century history of the border. His life was one of enduring perseverance as well as binational leadership and skilled diplomacy. He was without doubt the single most important individual in the long and often violent history of Laredo. The niche he carved in the tumultuous transnational history of the Texas-Mexico borderlands seems secure.
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Published by Texas Christian University Press