...Laura Isabel Serna Agustín Lara: A Cultural Biography . By Wood Andrew Grant . Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music . New York : Oxford University Press , 2014 . Photographs. Illustrations. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xx, 295 pp. Cloth , $47.95 . Copyright © 2018...

...A. Curtís Wilgus Great Conquerors of South and Central America . By Verrilii A. Hyatt . ( New York : D. Appleton and Company , 1929 . Pp. 389 . $3.00 . Illus .) Stout Cortez. A Biography of the Spanish Conquest . By Robinson Henry Morton . ( New York : The Century...

...James Alexander Robertson Black Haiti: A Biography of Africa’s eldest Daughter . By Niles Blair . Illustrated with photographs by Niles Robert Jr. ( New York and London : G. P. Putnam’s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press , 1926 . Pp. viii , 325 . Bibliography of authors...

...Maynard Geiger, O. F. M. Rim of Christendom: A Biography of Eusebio Francisco Kino, Pacific Coast Pioneer . By Bolton Herbert Eugene . ( New York , The Macmillan Co. , 1936 . Pp. xv , 644 , 54 illus., 3 facsimiles, 8 maps . $5.00 .) Copyright 1937 by Duke University Press...

...Susan M. Socolow Index to Spanish American Collective Biography . Volume IV. The River Plate Countries . By de Mundo Lo Sara . Boston : G. K. Hall & Co. , 1985 . Bibliographies. Indexes . Pp. xxxi , 388 . Copyright 1986 by Duke University Press 1986 This volume...

...Ralph Lee Woodward, Jr. Don Pepe: A Political Biography of José Figueres of Costa Rica . By Ameringer Charles D. . Albuquerque , 1978 . University of New Mexico Press . Map. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. x , 324 . Cloth. $16.50 . Copyright 1980 by Duke University Press...

...Felipe Arturo Ávila Espinosa Biography of a Hacienda: Work and Revolution in Rural Mexico . By Newman Elizabeth Terese . Tucson : University of Arizona Press , 2014 . Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Figures. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xiv, 255 pp. Paper , $29.95...

...Matthew Pursell The Biography of Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua: His Passage from Slavery to Freedom in Africa and America . Edited by Law Robin and Lovejoy Paul E. . Princeton : Markus Wiener , 2001 . Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Appendixes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index . xvi...

... that should be so is not explained in the books under review, although Gray’s biographical format is more successful. Copyright 1991 by Duke University Press 1991 The Imperative of Modernity: An Intellectual Biography of José Ortega y Gasset . By Gray Rockwell . Berkeley : University...

...David Pion-Berlin Argentina’s “Dirty War”: An Intellectual Biography . By Hodges Donald C. . Austin : University of Texas Press , 1991 . Notes. Bibliography. Index . xviii , 387 pp. Cloth . $37.50 . Copyright 1992 by Duke University Press 1992 This book wrestles...

.... Other aspects of the duke’s life, notably his artistic patronage, could also have been explored in somewhat greater detail. Yet, despite these lapses, Maltby has successfully brought this legendary figure to life. His lively and superbly written biography is essential for anyone interested...

...Robert J. Alexander Perón: A Biography . By Page Joseph A. . New York : Random House , 1983 . Notes. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xiii , 594 . Cloth . $24.50 . Copyright 1984 by Duke University Press 1984 This is undoubtedly the best book so far published...

...Ernest J. Burrus, S.J. Rim of Christendom: A Biography of Eusebio Francisco Kino, Pacific Coast Pioneer . By Bolton Hebert Eugene . Foreword by Kessell John L. . Tucson : University of Arizona Press , 1984 . Notes. Illustrations. Maps. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xxi , 644...

...Thomas W. Palmer, Jr. Copyright 1950 by Duke University Press 1950 Every Inch a King: A Biography of Dom Pedro I, First Emperor of Brazil . By Correa da Costa Sérgio . ( New York : The Macmillan Company , 1950 . Pp. 230 . $3.00 . Paper .) ...