Donaciano Vigil: The Life of a Nuevomexicano Soldier, Statesman, and Territorial Governor [Paperback]

In this gripping biography of a remarkable man, Maurilio E. Vigil and Helene Boudreau fill the gap within the scholarship on Hispanics in nineteenth-century New Mexico.Maurilio E. Vigilis a professor emeritus at New Mexico Highlands University. He is the author or coauthor ofHispanics in American Politics: The Search for Political Power,Hispanics in Congress: A Historical and Political Survey,New Mexico Government and Politics, andThe Hispanics of New Mexico: Essays on History and Culture.

Helene Boudreauteaches courses in history and political science at New Mexico Highlands University. Her scholarly research includes the political and historical study of charter schools in New Mexico and the sociological implications of prosecuting juveniles as adults.The volume presents the life of Donaciano Vigil and sheds valuable light on the Spanish settlement of New Mexico, the institutional character of Mexican New Mexico, the experience of New Mexico becoming a part of the United States, and early aspects of the American Territory of New Mexico.--Phillip B. Gonzales, author ofPoliítica: Nuevomexicanos and American Political Incorporation, 1821-1910