Travels and Adventures in Mexico: In the Course of Journeys of Upward of 2500 Miles, Performed on Foot ; Giving an Account of the Manners and Customs of the People, and the Agricultural and Mineral Resources of that CountryHarper & Brothers, 1851 - 300 páginas Experiences of the author in the Mexican war and after his capture near Monterey in 1847. |
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