{"product_id":"san-juan-bautista-gateway-to-spanish-texas","title":"San Juan Bautista: Gateway to Spanish Texas","description":"Winner, Presidio La Bahia Award, Sons of the Republic of Texas, 1978\nIn their efforts to assert dominion over vast reaches of the (now U.S.) Southwest in the seventeenth century, the Spanish built a series of far-flung missions and presidios at strategic locations. One of the most important of these was San Juan Bautista del Río Grande, located at the present-day site of Guerrero in Coahuila, Mexico.\nDespite its significance as the main entry point into Spanish Texas during the colonial period, San Juan Bautista was generally forgotten until the first publication of this book in 1968. Weddle's narrative is a fascinating chronicle of the many religious, military, colonial, and commerical expeditions that passed through San Juan and a valuable addition to knowledge of the Spanish borderlands. It won the Texas Institute of Letters Amon G. Carter Award for Best Southwest History in 1969.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0292776519\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: PKV.0292776519.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Weddle, Robert S.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras aren't guaranteed—but the story's all there!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aspen Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52286855315743,"sku":"PKV.0292776519.G","price":11.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0894\/0470\/3007\/files\/0292776519-0.jpg?v=1775063371","url":"https:\/\/www.aspenbookco.com\/products\/san-juan-bautista-gateway-to-spanish-texas","provider":"Aspen Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}