El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America

El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America
Author	Carrie Gibson
Audio read by	Thom Rivera
Language	English
Subject	New Spain, Spanish Empire
Genre	Non-fiction, history
Publisher	Atlantic Monthly Press
Publication date	2019
Pages	576
ISBN	978-0802127020
Website	Grove Atlantic

El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America is a book by Carrie Gibson published in 2019 by Atlantic Monthly Press. The work explores the world of New Spain by profiling a variety of centers of Spanish power and settlement, from the earliest settlements in what would become Puerto Rico, Florida and the southeastern United States, to middle American settlements such as New Madrid, Missouri, and settlements in The Californias and what would become the American southwest. The work covers the period from initial Spanish exploration and settlement in North American during the 16th century to the beginning of the 21st century.^[1]^[2]

Structure

The work begins with normal front material and an author's Introduction about Nogales, Arizona, followed by 16 chapters each focused on a Spanish settlement:

Chapter 1: Santa Elena, South Carolina, ca. 1492–1550
Chapter 2: St. Johns River, Florida, ca. 1550–1700
Chapter 3: Alcade, New Mexico, ca. 1540–1720
Chapter 4: Fort Mose, Florida, ca. 1600–1760
Chapter 5: New Madrid, Missouri, ca. 1760–90
Chapter 6: Nootka Sound, Canada, ca. 1760s–1789
Chapter 7: New Orleans, Louisiana, ca. 1790–1804
Chapter 8: Sabine River, ca. 1804–23
Chapter 9: San Antonio de Béxar, Texas, ca. 1820–48
Chapter 10: Mesilla, New Mexico, ca. 1850–77
Chapter 11: Ybor City, Florida, ca. 1870–98
Chapter 12: Del Rio, Texas, ca. 1910–40
Chapter 13: New York, ca. 1920s–’60s
Chapter 14: Los Angeles, California ca. 1920s–’70s
Chapter 15: Miami, Florida, ca. 1960–80
Chapter 16: Tucson, Arizona, ca. 1994–2018

The work concludes with an epilogue about Georgia in 1914, a bibliography and timeline of key events.

Reviews

Crandall, R., "El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America", American Quarterly, retrieved 29 August 2023
Feinberg, R. (2020), "El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America", Foreign Affairs, retrieved 29 August 2023
Kaiser, C. (2019), "El Norte review: an epic and timely history of Hispanic North America", The Guardian, retrieved 29 August 2023
Ortega, J. (2019), "Anglos, Hispanics and the Formation of America", New York Times, retrieved 29 August 2023
Sherman, M. (2019), "Carrie Gibson's El Norte Recenters the Continent's Hispanic History", Jezebel, retrieved 29 August 2023
Duffy, B., "El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America", Washington Independent Review of Books, retrieved 29 August 2023

Publication history

Gibson, C. (2019). El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America (Original hardback edition, audiobook, and ebook). Atlantic Monthly Press.^[3]
Gibson, C. (2020). El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America (Paperback edition). Grove/Atlantic.

About the author

Carrie Gibson is a British author and historian focusing on the Spanish Caribbean in the era of the Haitian Revolution. They earned their PhD from Cambridge University. In addition to El Notre are also the author of Empire's Crossroads: A History of the Caribbean from Columbus to the Present Day published by Atlantic Monthly Press in 2014.^[4]^[5]