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The cactus and the crown
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- Summary
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After the Civil War, a Confederate doctor and his sister become involved in the ill-starred Mexican empire of Maximilian and Carlota.
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- English
- Publication
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- [First edition]
- Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, [1962]
- [©1962]
- Physical Details
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- 472 pages ; 22 cm
- OCLC
- ocm00368134
- Prologue : A document of state -- Frenchman's graveyard -- Cold River -- La Plaza de Santo Domingo -- The custom of the country -- La Paloma -- On Grasshopper Hill -- A consultation -- First love -- The cathedral -- The warm country -- La Barranca -- Flor de Corazon -- The opal brooch -- Marching orders -- The gardenia pool -- La Naranjada -- A document in madness -- Among thorns, you -- The lost cause -- The pedregal -- A moi, la Legion! -- La soldadera -- The Hill of the Bells -- The master of Mexico -- La Guadalupana