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The Californios
This historical novel is the work of Carlos Peralta Dávila, a lawyer from Hermosillo and a dear friend of over 40 years. The Californios tells the story of a character born in 1759 in Tubac, Arizona, who was part of colonial Sonora. Luis María Peralta Valenzuela was a decorated military man known for his loyalty, discipline, integrity, and bravery. He was part of the famous 'Spanish leather dragons' and joined Captain Juan Bautista de Anza Jr. on the second expedition to Alta California at the age of 17. Peralta played a key role in founding San Francisco and other progressive cities around the Bay. The story presents a significant moment in the history of Spain, Mexico, and the United Sta...
Los Californios
La presente novela de la literatura histórica, es obra de un excelente amigo de hace más de 40 años, el licenciado hermosillense Carlos Peralta Dávila, quien ha decidido escribir: Los Californios. Todo empieza con un personaje nacido en 1759 en Tubac, Arizona, que fue parte de la Sonora colonial: Luis María Peralta Valenzuela, un condecorado militar, con las cualidades guerreras de lealtad, disciplina, integridad y valentía, de los famosos "dragones de cuera españoles", mismo quien a los 17 años partió en el segundo viaje a la expedición a la Alta California acompañando al capitán Juan Bautista de Anza hijo para fundar San Francisco y demás progresistas urbes levantadas alrededo...
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The Case for Marriage
A groundbreaking look at marriage, one of the most basic and universal of all human institutions, which reveals the emotional, physical, economic, and sexual benefits that marriage brings to individuals and society as a whole. The Case for Marriage is a critically important intervention in the national debate about the future of family. Based on the authoritative research of family sociologist Linda J. Waite, journalist Maggie Gallagher, and a number of other scholars, this book’s findings dramatically contradict the anti-marriage myths that have become the common sense of most Americans. Today a broad consensus holds that marriage is a bad deal for women, that divorce is better for childr...
Pedrarias Dávila, la ira de Dios
"Readable short biography of Pedro Arias de Avila y Puñonrostro (14401531), better known to history as Pedrarias, early governor of Panama and Nicaragua. Gives due credit for successful efforts to establish Spanish presence in eastern Central America, but does not challenge Pedrarias' wellestablished reputation for treachery, ruthlessness, and cruelty"Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58
