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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Till Freedom Cried Out
Author: T. Lindsay Baker
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9780890967362
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The 32 reminiscences presented here provide insight into the lives of the enslaved, including recollections of being sold away from parents, suffering harsh punishment by overseers, and living in misery.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9780890967362
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The 32 reminiscences presented here provide insight into the lives of the enslaved, including recollections of being sold away from parents, suffering harsh punishment by overseers, and living in misery.
Kickapoos
Author: Arrell M. Gibson
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806112640
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
The Kickapoo Indians, members of the Algonquian linguistic community, resisted white settlement for more than three hundred years on a front that extended across half a continent. In turn, France, Great Britain, the United States, Spain, and Mexico sought to placate and exploit this fiercely independent people. Eventually forced to remove from their historic homeland to territory west of the Mississippi River, the Kickapoos carried their battle to the plains of the Southwest. Here not only did they wage active and imaginative war, but certain bands became area merchants, acting as middlemen between the Comanche and Kiowa Indians and the United States government. They developed a flourishing trade in plunder and stolen livestock, but their most lucrative "goods" were the white captives whom they obtained from the Comanches and others. In 1873, after several profitable years of raiding in Texas for the Mexican Republic, the Kickapoos reluctantly settled on a reservation in Indian Territory. Corrupt politicians, land swindlers, gamblers, and whisky peddlers preyed on the tribe, and it was not until the twentieth century that the Kickapoos received just treatment at the hands of the United States government.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806112640
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
The Kickapoo Indians, members of the Algonquian linguistic community, resisted white settlement for more than three hundred years on a front that extended across half a continent. In turn, France, Great Britain, the United States, Spain, and Mexico sought to placate and exploit this fiercely independent people. Eventually forced to remove from their historic homeland to territory west of the Mississippi River, the Kickapoos carried their battle to the plains of the Southwest. Here not only did they wage active and imaginative war, but certain bands became area merchants, acting as middlemen between the Comanche and Kiowa Indians and the United States government. They developed a flourishing trade in plunder and stolen livestock, but their most lucrative "goods" were the white captives whom they obtained from the Comanches and others. In 1873, after several profitable years of raiding in Texas for the Mexican Republic, the Kickapoos reluctantly settled on a reservation in Indian Territory. Corrupt politicians, land swindlers, gamblers, and whisky peddlers preyed on the tribe, and it was not until the twentieth century that the Kickapoos received just treatment at the hands of the United States government.
Pioneer Settlers of New Mexico Territory
Author: Decloris Kay Curtis-Ward
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1467840580
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
This work has been done so the next generations will know about their family history and how our True Pioneer Heritage made the United States the greatest country there is to live in.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1467840580
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
This work has been done so the next generations will know about their family history and how our True Pioneer Heritage made the United States the greatest country there is to live in.
David Crockett in Texas
Author: Allen J. Wiener
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1648432166
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
David Crockett in Texas: His Search for New Land, by Allen J. Wiener, takes a fresh look at the well-known figure from the perspective of his quest for land in Texas and the new start it promised for his family. This retelling of what the author terms “the last adventure in the life of a nineteenth-century Tennessee frontiersman who became a national celebrity” presents a picture of Crockett that contrasts with the popular image of the brash adventurer who sought glory on the battlefield as well as that of the bitter, failed politician who came to Texas as a last resort. Wiener presents a nuanced examination of Crockett’s motivations that places them in the context of the full arc of his career and aspirations, starting long before he ventured to the south side of the Red River. Notably, this book devotes a full chapter to the fate of Crockett’s family after his death, contributing perhaps the most complete account to date of the astute legal actions taken by Elizabeth Crockett to secure title to the land obtained by her late husband’s enlistment in the Texian cause. Uniquely to studies of Crockett, Wiener presents Elizabeth Crockett as a shrewd businesswoman who ably managed her husband’s various enterprises at home while he was off campaigning or serving in Washington, DC. David Crockett in Texas offers fascinating new evaluations of what we thought we already knew about one of the most studied and debated figures in Texas and American history.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1648432166
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
David Crockett in Texas: His Search for New Land, by Allen J. Wiener, takes a fresh look at the well-known figure from the perspective of his quest for land in Texas and the new start it promised for his family. This retelling of what the author terms “the last adventure in the life of a nineteenth-century Tennessee frontiersman who became a national celebrity” presents a picture of Crockett that contrasts with the popular image of the brash adventurer who sought glory on the battlefield as well as that of the bitter, failed politician who came to Texas as a last resort. Wiener presents a nuanced examination of Crockett’s motivations that places them in the context of the full arc of his career and aspirations, starting long before he ventured to the south side of the Red River. Notably, this book devotes a full chapter to the fate of Crockett’s family after his death, contributing perhaps the most complete account to date of the astute legal actions taken by Elizabeth Crockett to secure title to the land obtained by her late husband’s enlistment in the Texian cause. Uniquely to studies of Crockett, Wiener presents Elizabeth Crockett as a shrewd businesswoman who ably managed her husband’s various enterprises at home while he was off campaigning or serving in Washington, DC. David Crockett in Texas offers fascinating new evaluations of what we thought we already knew about one of the most studied and debated figures in Texas and American history.
Why Stop?
Author: Betty Dooley-Awbrey
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN: 1589792432
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
This guide to more than 2,500 Texas roadside markers features historical events; famous and infamous Texans; origins of towns, churches, and organizations; battles, skirmishes, and gunfights; and settlers, pioneers, Indians, and outlaws. This fifth edition includes more than 100 new historical roadside markers with the actual inscriptions. With this book, travelers relive the tragedies and triumphs of Lone Star history.
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN: 1589792432
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
This guide to more than 2,500 Texas roadside markers features historical events; famous and infamous Texans; origins of towns, churches, and organizations; battles, skirmishes, and gunfights; and settlers, pioneers, Indians, and outlaws. This fifth edition includes more than 100 new historical roadside markers with the actual inscriptions. With this book, travelers relive the tragedies and triumphs of Lone Star history.
Oklahoma Treasures and Treasure Tales
Author: Steve Wilson
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806121741
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Contains stories; some true, some legendary, about caches of lost treasure.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806121741
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Contains stories; some true, some legendary, about caches of lost treasure.
Texas Log Buildings
Author: Terry G. Jordan
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292788444
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Once too numerous to attract attention, the log buildings of Texas now stand out for their rustic beauty. This book preserves a record of the log houses, stores, inns, churches, schools, jails, and barns that have already become all too few in the Texas countryside. Terry Jordan explores the use of log buildings among several different Texas cultural groups and traces their construction techniques from their European and eastern American origins.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292788444
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Once too numerous to attract attention, the log buildings of Texas now stand out for their rustic beauty. This book preserves a record of the log houses, stores, inns, churches, schools, jails, and barns that have already become all too few in the Texas countryside. Terry Jordan explores the use of log buildings among several different Texas cultural groups and traces their construction techniques from their European and eastern American origins.
Southwestern Historical Quarterly
Author: Eugene Campbell Barker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Southwest, New
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Southwest, New
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Red Book
Author: Alice Eichholz
Publisher: Ancestry Publishing
ISBN: 9781593311667
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
" ... provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization ... information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide ... The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail ... Vital records are also discussed, including when and where they were kept and how"--Publisher decription.
Publisher: Ancestry Publishing
ISBN: 9781593311667
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
" ... provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization ... information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide ... The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail ... Vital records are also discussed, including when and where they were kept and how"--Publisher decription.