Jose de los Santos Benavides and the Texas-Mexico Borderlands, 1823-1891
by
Dr. Jerry Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
Riding the rough and sometimes bloody peaks and canyons of border politics, Santos Benavides’s rise to prominence was largely the result of the careful mentoring of his well-known uncle, Basilio Benavides, who served several terms as alcalde of Laredo, Texas, and Chief Justice of Webb County. When...