{"product_id":"9780876112922","title":"José Antonio Navarro: In Search of the American Dream in Nineteenth-Century Texas","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first biography to appear in more than a generation on the  most influential Tejano leader of the nineteenth century, \u003ci\u003eJosé  Antonio Navarro: In Search of the American Dream in Nineteenth-Century  Texas \u003c\/i\u003efills one of the most glaring gaps in the current historical  literature on Texas. The product of a lifetime of research by author  David McDonald, this volume is sure to stand as the definitive treatment  of Navarro’s life for decades to come. McDonald corrects many  long-standing misconceptions concerning Navarro and fleshes out the  details of his life in a way no author has done before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in San Antonio in 1795, José Antonio Navarro lived through a  tumultuous era in Texas history that saw the transitions of Texas from a  Spanish colony to a Mexican state, an independent republic, an American  state, a Confederate state, and an American state once again. More than  just bearing witness to these events, however, José Antonio Navarro  helped shape them. He served in the legislatures of Coahuila y Texas,  the Republic of Texas, and the state of Texas. He was a signer of the  Texas Declaration of Independence and a steadfast defender of the rights  of all Tejanos and people of Mexican descent in Texas, ensuring at both  the 1836 Consultation that created the Texas Republic and the 1845  drafting of the state constitution after annexation that political  rights would not be restricted solely to those with white skin and pure  European ancestry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJosé Antonio Navarro \u003c\/i\u003ehas won a 2013 citation from the San Antonio Conservation Society's Publications Awards Committee. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJosé Antonio Navarro: In Search of the American Dream in  Nineteenth-Century Texas\u003c\/i\u003e is more than just a political biography; it  is a story of the American Dream. Navarro and his family worked hard to  improve their lives on the Texas frontier, starting with his father, an  immigrant from the Mediterranean island of Corsica. Navarro was not  only an influential politician, but a successful businessman and  rancher. This pattern of improvement continued into the next generation  of the family when Navarro’s son Ángel entered Harvard College to study  law. José Antonio Navarro was also an early friend of Stephen F. Austin,  sharing a vision of Texas with the famed empresario in which both  Tejanos and Anglos could thrive. Navarro believed that Texas was a place  where peoples of all colors and backgrounds should be able to realize  the American Dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublished with the generous assistance of the Friends of Casa  Navarro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber Two in the Watson Caufield and Mary Maxwell Arnold  Republic of Texas Series\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Texas State Historical Assn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114942218480,"sku":"9780876112922","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780876112922_p0.jpg?v=1763845049","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780876112922","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}