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Franciscan Frontiersmen brings together the lives of three distinctly different priests with a common Christian mission who followed Native trails to California. Robert A. Kittle provides new insights into the rigors of daily life on the frontiers of New Spain as the priests accompanied such well-known travelers as Father Junipero Serra, Juan Bautista de Anza, and Gaspar de Portola on their respective journeys. Drawing on multiple Spanish sources in his quest for accuracy, the author comes to grips with the question of whether the Franciscans should be remembered as saints or sinners. This book is both an indispensable reference for scholars and an enjoyable read for all those interested in the saga of three lesser-known heroes of the Spanish Southwest. --Iris Engstrand coauthor of Quest for Empire: Spanish Settlement in the Southwest This meticulously researched and vividly written chronicle of the exploration of the Spanish Southwest by three Franciscan missionaries underscores the distinctive fusion of evangelization and cross-continent aspiration that mapped and settled vast portions of North America on behalf of New Spain in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. --Kevin Starr, author of Continental Ambitions: Roman Catholics in North America--The Colonial Experience

Franciscan Frontiersmen brings together the lives of three distinctly different priests with a common Christian mission who followed Native trails to California. Robert A. Kittle provides new insights into the rigors of daily life on the frontiers of New Spain as the priests accompanied such well-known travelers as Father Jun pero Serra, Juan Bautista de Anza, and Gaspar de Portol on their respective journeys. Drawing on multiple Spanish sources in his quest for accuracy, the author comes to grips with the question of whether the Franciscans should be remembered as saints or sinners. This book is both an indispensable reference for scholars and an enjoyable read for all those interested in the saga of three lesser-known heroes of the Spanish Southwest. --Iris Engstrand coauthor of Quest for Empire: Spanish Settlement in the Southwest This meticulously researched and vividly written chronicle of the exploration of the Spanish Southwest by three Franciscan missionaries underscores the distinctive fusion of evangelization and cross-continent aspiration that mapped and settled vast portions of North America on behalf of New Spain in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. --Kevin Starr, author of Continental Ambitions: Roman Catholics in North America--The Colonial Experience

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Robert A. Kittle is a journalist and commenter who spent more than two decades as editorial page editor of the San Diego Union Tribune. Earlier, he was a White House correspondent for U.S. News & World Report. Among other honors, he received the George Washington Honor Medal from the Freedom's Foundation of Valley Forge. He is a frequent guest on numerous public affairs programs both in southern California and nationally.

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