100 Hispanic-Americans who shaped American history / Rick Laezman.

"This book includes people from diverse backgrounds who have made their marks in various fields such as the early explorers (Pedro Menendez de Aviles and Juan Bautista de Anza) ; politics (Pio de Jesus Pico and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen) ; sports (Oscar de la Hoya and Roberto Clemente) ; entertainmen...

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Main Author: Laezman, Rick
Other title:One hundred Hispanic-Americans who shaped American history.
Hispanic-Americans who shaped American history.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Mateo, Calif. : Bluewood Books, ©2002.
Series:100 series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Juan Ponce de Leon (1460-1521)
  • Pedro Menendez de Aviles (1519-1574)
  • Juan de Onate (1550-1630)
  • Junipero Serra (1713-1784)
  • Juan Bautista de Anza (1735-1788)
  • Bernardo de Galvez (1746-1786)
  • Manuel Lisa (1772-1820)
  • Antonio Jose Martinez (1793-1867)
  • Maria Gertrudes Barcelo (1800-1852)
  • David Farragut (1801-1870)
  • Pio de Jesus Pico (1801-1894)
  • Juan N. Seguin (1806-1890)
  • Mariano Vallejo (1808-1890)
  • Romualdo Pacheco (1831-1899)
  • Joaquin Murieta (1832-1853)
  • Carlos Juan Finlay (1833-1915) Juan Guiteras (1852-1925)
  • Rafael Guastavino (1842-1908)
  • Lola Rodriquez de TiO (1843-1924)
  • George Santayana (1863-1952)
  • Sara Estela Ramirez (1881-1910)
  • Ignacio E. Lozano (1886-1953)
  • Lucrezia Bori (1887-1960)
  • Dennis Chavez (1888-1962)
  • Maria Latigo Hernandez (1893-1986)
  • Carlos Castaneda (1896-1958)
  • Xavier Cugat (1900-1990)
  • Severo Ochoa (1905-1993)
  • Jose Arcadia Limon (1908-1972)
  • Carmen Miranda (1909-1955)
  • Luis Alvarez (1911-1988)
  • Hector Perez Garcia (1914-1996)
  • Anthony Quinn (1915-2001)
  • Henry B. Gonzales (1916-1998)
  • Emma Tenayuca (1916-1999)
  • Edward Roybal (1916- )
  • Desi Arnaz (1917-1986)
  • Bert Corona (1918-2001)
  • Jose Yglesias (1919-1995)
  • Jose P. Martinez (1920-1943)
  • Ricardo Montalban (1920- )
  • Alicia Alonso (1921- )
  • Antonia Pantoja (1922-2002)
  • Tito Puente (1923-2000)
  • Celia Cruz (1924-2003)
  • Romana Acosta Banuelos (1925- )
  • Reies Lopez Tijerina (1926- )
  • Cesar Chavez (1927-1993)
  • Lauro F. Cavazos (1927- )
  • Carmen Zapata (1927- )
  • Reuben Salazar (1928-1970)
  • Richard "Pancho" Gonzales (1928-1995)
  • Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales (1928- )
  • Jaime Escalante (1930- )
  • Maria Irene Fornes (1930- )
  • Dolores Huerta (1930- )
  • Marisol (1930- )
  • Lupe Serrano (1930- )
  • Roberto C. Goizueta (1931-1997)
  • Rita Moreno (1931- )
  • Oscar de la Renta (1932- )
  • Roberto Clemente (1934-1972)
  • Nicholasa Mohr (1935- )
  • Martha P. Cotera (1938- )
  • Carolina Herrera (1939- )
  • Lee Trevino (1939- )
  • Vikki Carr (1940- )
  • Luis Valdez (1940- )
  • Victor Villasenor (1940- )
  • Joan Baez (1941- )
  • Lucille Roybal-Allard (1941- )
  • Clarissa Pinkola Estes (1943- )
  • Vilma Martinez (1943- )
  • Geraldo Rivera (1943- )
  • William C. Velasquez (1944-1988)
  • Jose Angel Gutierrez (1944- )
  • Antonia Novello (1944- )
  • Richard Rodriguez (1944- )
  • Judith Baca (1946- )
  • Linda Ronstadt (1946- )
  • Henry Cisneros (1947- )
  • Edward James Olmos (1947- )
  • Federico Pena (1947- )
  • Carlos Santana (1947- )
  • Ruben Blades (1948- )
  • Rosemary Casals (1948- )
  • Cristina Saralegui (1948- )
  • Oscar Hijuelos (1951- )
  • Aliza Lifshitz (1951- )
  • Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (1952- )
  • Gary Soto (1952- )
  • Nydia Margarita Velazquez (1953- )
  • Sandra Cisneros (1954- )
  • Maria Elena Durazo (1954- )
  • Nancy Lopez (1957- )
  • Gloria Estefan (1958- )
  • Ellen Ochoa (1958- )
  • Loretta Sanchez (1960- )
  • Sammy Sosa (1968- )
  • Selena (1971-1995)
  • Oscar de la Hoya (1973- )