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xii, 199 pages 22 cm The life of the great Franciscan missionary responsible for the Spanish colonization of California will have great appeal to the student of Mexican and California history Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-190) Prologue: Portents and auguries -- The night that changed the world, June 25, 1767 -- Invisible activations: the years of intrigue -- First shepherd boy: Miguel José (Junípero) Serra -- Second shepherd: Joseph de Gálvez -- Vera Cruz to Mexico City, 1749-50 -- The Colegio de San Fernando, Mexico City, January 1, 1750 -- The challenge of Cachum, 1750-52 -- Nails, carpenters, and a violin -- The summons to San Sabá -- The Friale Andariego (The walking friar), 1767 -- Joseph de Gálvez comes to Mexico June 6, 1765 -- The call to Baja California -- The convent of Santa Cruz de Zacateca, Tepic -- Gálvez formulates a plan -- Serra arrives at Loreto, February 1768 -- Baja Califoronia - the land and the natives -- Gálvez in Baja California -- The holy expedition begins - 1769 -- The painful journey -- Entrada to Alta California, July 1, 1769 -- San Diego, 1769-70 -- Monterery, 1773-84 -- The final days of Junípero Serra -- A very burdensome saint -- Th

Author

Ainsworth, Katherine, 1908-1989; Ainsworth, Ed, 1902-1968, author

Publisher

Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday

Published

1970

Language

EN