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Forty-three true stories of Indian troubles on the Texas frontier,
compiled and published originally by Mr. Hilory Bedford in 1905. At
that time he had lived fifty-four years in Texas, most of them on
the frontier. He was an eyewitness and participant in many of the
heartbreaking and terrifying events. The rest he got straight from
the mouths of those who were there or from their surviving kin.
From the scalping of Josiah Wilbarger to the raid on Parker's Fort,
it is here in disturbing detail, available for the first time in
more than a century.
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The Alamo (Hardcover)
John M. Myers; Edited by Michelle M. Haas
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R1,163
Discovery Miles 11 630
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Guns of Texas (Hardcover)
Carroll C Holloway; Edited by Michelle M. Haas
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R1,165
Discovery Miles 11 650
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In 1861 the Hill boys of Hill's Prairie (near Bastrop, Texas) rode
off to war. They had signed on with Col. Benjamin Franklin Terry's
8th Texas Cavalry, better knows as Terry's Texas Rangers, one of
the most celebrated Confederate regiments of the Civil War. They
fought in approximately 275 engagements in seven states. The
missives contained in this volume were penned by John, Robert and
D.O. Hill to their sister, Mary Scott Hill, during the War Between
the States. The letters show the daily camp life of the soldiers of
the Confederacy, their privations, their worries for one another,
for their families back home and for the South. They demonstrate in
the most candid and personal manner the trials and hopes of the
Confederate soldier during one of the tumultuous periods in
American history.
A Quebecer, a Scot, an Englishman, an Irishman, some Yankees, some
Southern gents, a couple of Tejanos...listening to the duelling
accents alone would have been well worth the price of admission.
Some had led the quiet lives of family men. Others were known for
drunkenness, noted for bravery, celebrated for military acumen and
one was notorious for castrating a couple of guys back in his home
state. Five signers resided on land that was technically in
Arkansas. Two fathers who lost sons at the Alamo saddled up next to
the father of the man who had burned their bodies. A couple of
signers had been "permanently" tossed out of Texas after their
participation in the Fredonian Rebellion. Low on provisions, in the
cold, away from their homes and families, with the looming threat
of Santa Anna kicking in the door, 59 individuals created an
independent Texas. Despite all of the diversity and adversity, they
managed to get it done. In the wake of their deliberations and pen
strokes was born the storied Republic and the state that would
define western expansion and reshape the United States. In this
book, Mr. Kemp serves up each signer to us so that we might place
each, in our mind's eye, in that rented building in Washington. He
tells us where they came from, how they got here and where they
ended up. We need to know these men because they're the men who
made us Texans
Flogging, mutiny, captured islands, maverick commodores and cabinet
members, lack of funds and nasty political rivalries...welcome to
the two Texian Navies. God Favors the Bold gathers previously
unpublished journals of Texian Navy sailors for the first time to
give a true and genuine voice to an arm of the Texas Revolution
woefully neglected by students of Texas history. It serves as a
reminder that Texas did not win her independence from Mexico by
land battles alone. Remember the Alamo Remember Goliad But don't
forget the Battle of the Brazos, or the likes of Commodore Edwin
Ward Moore and Secretary Samuel Rhoads Fisher-each viciously
attacked and dragged through the mud by the anti-navy Sam Houston
and each a colorful addition to the landscape of Texas history.
Through the writings of Samuel Cushing, Cornelius Cox, Alfred
Walke, George Fuller and James Mabry, we learn about life on board
the naval vessels of the Republic of Texas. Through the speeches
and writings in defense of Moore and Fisher, we understand a bit
more about the inner workings of the Republic and its leadership.
And with the help of contemporary newspaper articles compiled by
Lt. William A. Tennison, who served in both Texas Navies, we are
afforded a clear chronology of the mighty seafaring branch of the
Republic of Texas.
Originally published in 1931, The Alamo Defenders is the
culmination of almost a decade's worth of Alamo research, and is
the foundation upon which most later works addressing the subject
of the souls who occupied the Alamo during the siege. Omitting much
of the romance, legend and myth associated with the storied
fortress, The Alamo Defenders calls forth the facts, gleaned from
letters and primary documents, to bring us closer to those who
served with Travis. The roll of Alamo victims has changed only
slightly since Ms. Williams conducted her research nearly 75 years
ago, and her work remains a valuable research tool and starting
point for Alamo studies today. Includes data on 187 Alamo
defenders, as well as messengers. Footnotes and bibliography.
At four o'clock one April afternoon 172 years ago, 934 men,
unwashed, underfed, caked with mud and dressed in rags, began a
slow walk through knee-high grass. A half hour later they crested a
low hill. What they did in the next eighteen minutes made our world
possible. These were the Soldiers of San Jacinto. Most historians
will tell you that the Battle of San Jacinto was fought by
newcomers from the United States who flooded across the border in
search of land and glory when they heard a fight was brewing. And
they are wrong. J. B. MacDonald did the all the footwork, gathering
bits of information from hundreds of sources, and proved that it
just wasn't so. And she did it in 1922 when you couldn't find out
much just sitting at your desk. She did it the old fashioned way,
compiling 877 biographical entries and hand typing over 1900
footnotes. It also includes the most concise account of the the
battle ever published, The Battle of San Jacinto in 900 Words,
complete with maps showing how the action evolved over those
eighteen minutes. It brings to battle to life in your mind's eye
and gives you a real understanding of exactly what happened.
The history of banking in Texas from the Republic era through the
Great Depression is a tale of uncertainty, distrust and confusion,
but it is not without a cast of heroic figures. This is the story
of the pioneering institutions and individuals that laid the
foundation for the current system of banking in Texas, despit
enormous legislative and economic obstacles. The Texas Revolution,
repeated constitutional prohibitions on banks, civil war and
unstable economic conditions hampered the development of an
established system of dependable institutions. From the embattled
history of the first bank chartered in Mexican Texas (The
Commercial & Agricultural Bank) to far more obscure firms, the
essential facts are here. The product of years of research drawing
on primary documents, this work has been cited extensively in
subsequent works relating to Texas and southern banking. Originally
published in 1930 by the Fort Worth National Bank upon the death of
the bank's founding father, this title has been out-of-print since.
This new edition has been wholly revised and re-designed for
improved readability.
In addition to a brief history of French and Spanish land measures
in North America, Reasonover's Land Measures is composed of
extensive conversion and reduction tables for these measures used
on the continent during the 16th through 19th centuries. 2nd
Edition. 108 pages.
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