Great River: The Rio Grande In North American History.

PAUL HORGAN

Publication: Rinehart & Company, Inc, 1954, New York

First edition. First Printing. 8vo. Black Cloth. xv, (1), 447 pp. & 453-1002 pp., titles stamped in gold on spine, preface, prologue, maps, appendices, bibliography, index. Volume One is sub-titled "INDIANS And SPAIN". Volume Two is sub-titled "MEXICO And The UNITED STATES". These volumes were winners of the 1955 Bancroft Prize and the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for History. Out of series volume in the "Rivers of America" series. "It is an epic history of four civilizations - Native American, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American - that people the Southwest through ten centuries. With the skill of a novelist, the veracity of a scholar, and the love of a long-time resident, Paul Horgan describes the Rio Grande, its role in human history, and the overlapping cultures that have grown up alongside it or entered into conflict over the land it traverses. Near fine set without dust jackets, as issued, with some minor oxidation of gilt on spine of Volume One. Housed in the original pictorial slipcase with moderate wear to corners, edges, and extremities, and some soiling to lower portion of rear panel.