From the Bookshelf of Mineola Library's 2012 FALL Reading Challenge…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
This book is an account of the valiant and honorary life of a Mexican of royal Spanish descent who colonizes the city of Victoria, Texas. Don Martin de Leon was the matriarch of a large family and the leader of many others. Braving the wild frontier, they set out 1824 to begin a new life. The empresario gained much wealth with numerous heads of cattle, and taming of countless wild mustangs. He was a supporter of the Texas Army and supplied them with many provisions. He was a faithful Catholic wh
...more
