Master Builder of the Lower Rio Grande: Heinrich Portscheller
(Part of the Sara and John Lindsey Series in the Arts and Humanities Series)
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In 1865, Heinrich Portscheller emigrated to Mexico from his native Germany, perhaps motivated by a desire to avoid compulsory military service in the Austro-Prussian War. The scion of a well-known family of masons and master builders, he had the misfortune to disembark at Veracruz during the Franco-Mexican War. Portscheller and his traveling companion were impressed into the imperialist forces and sent to northern Mexico. Sometime following the Battle...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1623494524
ISBN13:9781623494520
Release Date:October 2016
Publisher:Texas A&M University Press
Length:144 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 7.2" x 10.2"
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