01474cam a2200313 4500 1162988768 TxAuBib 20030903120000.0 970829s1999||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 97034962 9780761407805 lib. bdg. $29.93 0761407804 lib. bdg. $29.93 DLC DLC TnLvILS TxAuBib Collier, Christopher, 1930- Hispanic America, Texas, and the Mexican War, 1835-1850 / Christopher Collier, James Lincoln Collier. New York : Benchmark Books, 1999. 94 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm. drama of American history, The Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-88) and index. Examines the settlement of the area that became the southwestern portion of the United States, detailing how it evolved from land settled by Native Americans, to Spanish territory, to states that were pawns between the North and South prior to the Civil War. 20030903. Mexican War, 1846-1848 Juvenile literature. Southwest, New History To 1848 Juvenile literature. Southwest, New History To 1848. United States Territorial expansion. Collier, James Lincoln, 1928- The drama of American history. TXKIP