The Search for Pedro's Story

by Samuel P. Nesmith and Marian L. Martinello

Book Overview

The Search for Pedro's Story recreates the life experiences of Pedro P res, a leather jacket soldier in the Spanish colonial army in eighteenth-century Texas. Each chapter begins with a signpost artifact related to one of Pedro's roles--soldier, horseman, explorer, guard, spouse, messenger, and cowboy--and ends with a fictional account of an event in Pedro's life from the findings. The discipline of history usually focuses on heroic deeds and people,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875653243
• ISBN13: 9780875653242
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"