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...Ernest J. Burrus, S.J. Fermín Francisco de Lasuén, 1736-1803: A Biography . By Guest Francis F. O.F.M. Washington, D.C. , 1973 . Academy of American Franciscan History . Maps. Illustrations. Appendix. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xx , 374 . Cloth. $17.50 . Copyright 1973...

... important of these publications are the writings and biographies of Junípero Serra and Fermín Francisco de Lasuén, the missionaries who brought Catholicism to colonial California. As the principal architects of the chain of Franciscan missions that eventually stretched from San Diego to Sonoma, Serra...

..., but not outstanding missionaries aided in California’s development. Surprisingly the longest biographical sketches do not belong to the “big two” of California Franciscandom, Serra and Lasuén, but rather to the Zacateean creole González Rubio, to ex-mission president Narciso Durán and to sometime comisario...

... the letters of Serra, Lasuén, Señán, Alemany, and other Church leaders would certainly prove to be most gratifying and useful. ...

... evangelization tactics (especially of the father-presidents of the California missions Junípero Serra and Fermín Francisco Lasuén), Franciscan conflicts with civil and military officials, the relationship between cultural practices and the spread of disease, and indigenous resistance as manifested in uprisings...