Zion in the Valley: The Jewish Community of St. Louis, 1807-1907
Walter Ehrlich
What does one make, then, of a Joseph Alvarez Hortiz? On the surface Hortiz was a solid and stable Spanish resident of early St. Louis. Born in Lienira, Estremadura, Spain, in 1753, the son of Francois Alvarez and Bernarda Hortiz, he came to ...