P. L. Buquor, Indian Fighter, Texas Ranger, Mayor of San Antonio

About the Book

Soldier, Indian Fighter, Texas Ranger, Mayor of San Antonio, City Marshal, Justice of the Peace, Federal Interpreter, Spanish-speaking scholar  – P. L.. Buquor was all of these and more.  As a young man out for adventure, he answered the call to "Save Texas" and found himself on an exciting and wondrous journey that brought him into contact with some of the most famous names in history: Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austin, Robert E. Lee, Santa Anna, John Coffee Hays, Juan Seguin, Winfield Scott, Zachary Taylor, and many others.

This story introduces his family, his travels, what life was like for a young man in the 1800's, traveling by horse, stagecoach, sleeping on the ground, and the exciting battles in which he participated.  This book takes him from a young man of fifteen in 1836 to his death in 1901. 

If you want Texas History as lived by one of the unsung heroes of Texas, this is the book for you.

About the Author

Sylvia Villarreal Bisnar, a 10^th generation San Antonian, was born on February 14, 1935.  At the age of 19 she married and during the next 10 years had five children.  Sylvia worked outside the home in various clerical and administrative positions, most of the time as a single parent.

Retirement gave her the opportunity to continue pursuing her passion in genealogy and history.  After 27 years of searching, documenting and writing short stories regarding her ancestors, she felt it was time to write a book.  This is her first biography, P. L. Buquor, Indian Fighter, Texas Ranger, Mayor of San Antonio.  In 2009 she published her first genealogical book, Family History of P. L. Buquor and Maria de Jesus Delgado.

Sylvia Villarreal Bisnar lives in Fort Mohave, Arizona, with her husband, Hank Bisnar, whom she married in 1997 during a photographic safari in Africa.  She spends her time writing, reading, and traveling.  She has traveled extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Africa, and South and Central America.  She continues to write her autobiography as it is her wish that her descendants know about her life and their heritage.