Petra's Legacy: The South Texas Ranching Empire of Petra Vela and Mifflin Kenedy
- ISBN-10
- 1603444602
- ISBN-13
- 9781603444606
- Category
- Brownsville (Tex.)
- Pages
- 430
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas A&M University Press
- Authors
- Jane Clements Monday, Frances Brannen Vick
Description
In this biography of Petra Vela Kenedy, the authors not only tell her story but also relate the history of South Texas through a woman's perspective. Utilizing previously unpublished letters, journals, photographs, and other primary materials, the authors reveal the intimate stories of the families who for years dominated governments, land acquisition, commerce, and border politics along the Rio Grande and across the Wild Horse Desert.
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