About the Author

Stephen G. Hyslop is an independent scholar who has written extensively on American history and the Spanish-American frontier. He served as editor of a 23-volume series on American Indians for Time-Life Books and is coauthor of several books published by the National Geographic Society.

Reviews

In this authoritative and vivid narrative of infiltration, conquest, and annexation, Stephen Hyslop challenges us to consider - once again, for our own time - the question posed by Josiah Royce in the nineteenth century: What does the seizure of California from Mexico in 1846 suggest regarding the American national character?""--Kevin Starr University of Southern California