01761cam a2200361 4500 339257770 TxAuBib 20130402120000.0 061127s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2006039176 9781585445929 cloth : alk. paper 1585445924 cloth : alk. paper (OCoLC)77116416 TxAuBib Thompson, Jerry D. Cortina : Defending the Mexican Name in Texas / Jerry Thompson. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2007. 332 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-318) and index. Did this border caudillo fight to defend the rights, honor, and legal claims of the Mexicans of South Texas, as he claimed? Or was his a quest for personal vengeance against the newcomers who had married into his family, threatened his mother's land holdings, and insulted his honor? 20080116. Cortina, Juan N Juan Nepomuceno 1824-1894. Outlaws Mexican-American Border Region Biography. Revolutionaries Mexican-American Border Region Biography. Lower Rio Grande Valley (Tex) History 19th century. Mexican Americans Civil rights Texas History 19th century. Mexican-American Border Region History 19th century. Mexican-American Border Region History, Military 19th century. Texas History Civil War, 1861-1865. Texas History 1846-1950. Texas Ethnic relations History 19th century. ALEML