Based on documents from the Laredo Archives, Life in Laredo 
shows the evolution and development of daily life in a town 
under the flags of Spain, Mexico, and the United States. Robert 
D. Wood, S.M., presents the first one hundred years of history 
and culture in Laredo up to the mid-nineteenth century, 
illuminating—with primary source evidence—the citizens' beliefs, 
cultural values, efforts to make a living, political seesawing, 
petty quarreling, and constant struggles against local Indians. 
He also details rebellious military and invading foreigners among
the early settlers and later townspeople.

    Because of its documentary nature, Life in Laredo offers 
insights into the comings and goings of its early citizens not to
be found elsewhere. Scholars and students of Texas and Mexican
American history, as well as the Laredoans celebrating the 250th
anniversary (in 2005) of Laredo's founding, will welcome this volume.

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Brother ROBERT D. WOOD, S.M., is in charge of the archives at 
St. Mary's University in San Antonio, where the Laredo Archives 
are housed. Wood is the author of eight books on religion, history,
and archaeology and has translated several other published volumes.


Number Two: Al Filo: Mexican American Studies Series


What people are saying about this book

"Life in Laredo is imaginatively organized, exceptionally well 
researched, and well written. No individual knows the Laredo 
Archives as well as Robert Wood, and that knowledge and 
understanding is readily evident."—Jerry D. Thompson, author, 
Laredo: A Pictorial History