Latest from M. M. McAllen
James Ferdinand McCan: Painting A Historical Portrait of Texas,
1895 – 1925
The recent rediscovery of the art of James Ferdinand McCan tells
the story of the people, landscape, wildlife, and livestock of Texas
at beginning of the 20th century. McCan, an Irish immigrant, was
popular with art enthusiasts in a rapidly changing Texas but to
date, his works remain in private homes. While his works were shown
in the Witte Museum’s inaugural exhibition in 1926, this catalog
captures McCan’s first major solo exhibition.
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Maximilian and Carlota
Europe's Last Empire in Mexico
The saga of the tragic, epoch moment in the arc of French colonial rule
In this new telling of Mexico's Second Empire and Louis Napoléon's
installation of Maximilian von Habsburg and his wife, Carlota of
Belgium, as the emperor and empress of Mexico, Maximilian and
Carlota brings the dramatic and tragic story of this six-year-siege
to life. [More...]
Praise
“Given its great historical backdrop and the significant
implications involved...” [More...]
— DAVID COFFEY, University of Tennessee at Martin
“World history is most engrossing when read not as a litany of
dates, battles,..." [More...]
— Texas Exes Alcalde Magazine
“Authoritative, detailed, and engrossing... ” [More...]
— Publishers Weekly
“With the 150th anniversary in mind (April 10, 1864),
Maximilian and Carlota details...” [More...]
— Foreword Reviews
“Mexican history offers a phantasmagoria that beggars the
imagination...” [More...]
— LUIS ALBERTO URREA, author of
The Hummingbird’s Daughter
“Maximilian and Carlota is a deeply researched book about a
period...” [More...]
— C. M. MAYO, author of
The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire
“A thorough, complete history of Mexico’s second
empire...” [More...]
— WILLIAM H. BEEZLEY, coeditor of
The Oxford History of Mexico
