Junipero Serra: The Illustrated Story of the Franciscan Founder of California's Missions
Based on exhaustive research and a vivid narrative, this is an essential portrait of America's least understood founder.
Based on exhaustive research and a vivid narrative, this is an essential portrait of America's least understood founder.
In Junípero Serra: California, Indians, and the Transformation of a Missionary, Beebe and Senkewicz focus on Serra’s religious identity and his relations with Native peoples.
In 18th-century Spain, daring stories of missionaries spreading the Gospel in the New World ignited the imagination of a devout young boy.
Provides an introduction to the life and biography of Junipero Serra, the Spanish explorer and missionary who established nine missions along the California coast.
A biography of the Franciscan priest-explorer who was instrumental in the development of missions in California in the eighteenth century.
This book connects to California state studies standards and the NCSS/C3 Framework and features appropriately leveled text to accommodate different reading levels.