{"product_id":"tejanos-in-gray-jerry-thompson-9781603442435","title":"Tejanos in Gray: Civil War Letters of Captains Joseph Rafael de la Garza and Manuel Yturri","description":"\u003cp\u003eMexican Texans, fighting for the Confederate cause, in their own words . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Civil War is often conceived in simplistic, black and white terms: whites from the North and South fighting over states' rights, usually centered on the issue of black slavery. But, as Jerry Thompson shows in \u003ci\u003eTejanos in Gray\u003c\/i\u003e, motivations for allegiance to the South were often more complex than traditional interpretations have indicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGathered for the first time in this book, the forty-one letters and letter fragments written by two Mexican Texans, Captains Manuel Yturri and Joseph Rafael de la Garza, reveal the intricate and intertwined relationships that characterized the lives of Texan citizens of Mexican descent in the years leading up to and including the Civil War. The experiences and impressions reflected in the letters of these two young members of the Tejano elite from San Antonio, related by marriage, provide fascinating glimpses of a Texas that had displaced many Mexican-descent families after the Revolution, yet could still inspire their loyalty to the Confederate flag. De la Garza, in fact, would go on to give his life for the Southern cause.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe letters, translated by Jos  Roberto Ju rez and with meticulous annotation and commentary by Thompson, deepen and provide nuance to our understanding of the Civil War and its combatants, especially with regard to the Tejano experience. Historians, students, and general readers interested in the Civil War will appreciate \u003ci\u003eTejanos in Gray\u003c\/i\u003e for its substantial contribution to borderlands studies, military history, and the often-overlooked interplay of region, ethnicity, and class in the Texas of the mid-nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jerry Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 160344243X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603442435\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.82h x 5.85w x 0.75d","brand":"Jerry Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43984528376063,"sku":"9781603442435","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5c09c77-9094-4150-af4c-d61bae382ecd.jpg?v=1683272825","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tejanos-in-gray-jerry-thompson-9781603442435","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}