{"product_id":"the-search-for-pedros-story-9780875653242","title":"The Search for Pedro's Story","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Search for Pedro's Story\u003c\/i\u003e recreates the life experiences of Pedro P res, a leather jacket soldier in the Spanish colonial army in eighteenth-century Texas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach chapter begins with a signpost artifact related to one of Pedro's roles--soldier, horseman, explorer, guard, spouse, messenger, and cowboy--and ends with a fictional account of an event in Pedro's life from the findings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe discipline of history usually focuses on heroic deeds and people, but Martinello thinks its methods of detection should also reveal how ordinary people lived. In \u003ci\u003eThe Search for Pedro's Story\u003c\/i\u003e, fragments of a real life are pieced together from things Pedro knew, including taming a mustang and playing cards. The book suggests how to ask questions, seek sources, and make sense of findings that history, especially the history of the ordinary, demands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marian L. Martinello, Samuel P. Nesmith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Christian University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.00w x 0.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780875653242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarian Martinello, now retired from the University of Texas at San Antonio, developed the Interdisciplinary Studies degree and teacher certification program there. She was UTSA's first Minnie Stevens Piper Professor in 1982. Her previous book, \u003ci\u003eThe Search for Emma's Story\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1987. Martinello, the author of several education texts, lives in San Antonio. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamuel P. Nesmith, who collaborated with Dr. Martinello, was curator at the Alamo in San Antonio and researcher and curator at the Institute of Texan Cultures. He is now director of the Texas Museum of Military History.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Texas Christian University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41180641886323,"sku":"9.78088E+12","price":20.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c6fab2c0-bb09-42ac-8737-cc716396741c.jpg?v=1703694676","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-search-for-pedros-story-9780875653242","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}