Author: Cooper K. Ragan
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 61
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The Diary of Captain George W. O'Brien, 1863; Notes and Documents
Author: Cooper K. Ragan
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 61
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 61
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The Southwestern Historical Quarterly
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Category : Southwest, New
Languages : en
Pages : 706
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Category : Southwest, New
Languages : en
Pages : 706
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Parson Henry Renfro
Author: William C. Griggs
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292741073
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The years following the Texas Revolution held even more turbulent events as diverse droves of pioneers crossed the Sabine and Red Rivers to start new lives in Texas. Early Texas society contended with religious issues, family life in a rugged environment, and the Civil War. This cultural history was clearly reflected in the life of frontier preacher Henry C. Renfro. Migrating to Texas in 1851, Renfro enrolled in the fledgling Baylor University and became a Baptist preacher. Eventually disillusioned with Baptist orthodoxy, Renfro was disenfranchised on charges of infidelity as he embraced the ideals of the Free Thought Movement, inspired by the writings of men such as Thomas Paine, Spinoza, and Robert Ingersoll. Renfro's Civil War experience was no less unusual. Serving as both soldier and chaplain, Renfro left a valuable legacy of insight into the conflict, captured in a wealth of correspondence that is in itself significant. Drawing on a vast body of letters, speeches, sermons, and oral histories that had never before been available, this chronological narrative of "The Parson's" life describes significant changes in Texas from 1850 to 1900, especially the volatile formation and growth of Baptist churches in North Central Texas. William Griggs' study yields numerous new details about the Free Thought Movement and depicts public reaction to sectarian leaders in nineteenth-century Texas. The author also describes the developing Central Texas region known as the Cross Timbers, including the personal dynamics between a frontier family and its patriarch and encompassing such issues as property conflicts, divorce, and family reconciliation. This work unlocks an enlightening, engaging scene from Texas history.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292741073
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The years following the Texas Revolution held even more turbulent events as diverse droves of pioneers crossed the Sabine and Red Rivers to start new lives in Texas. Early Texas society contended with religious issues, family life in a rugged environment, and the Civil War. This cultural history was clearly reflected in the life of frontier preacher Henry C. Renfro. Migrating to Texas in 1851, Renfro enrolled in the fledgling Baylor University and became a Baptist preacher. Eventually disillusioned with Baptist orthodoxy, Renfro was disenfranchised on charges of infidelity as he embraced the ideals of the Free Thought Movement, inspired by the writings of men such as Thomas Paine, Spinoza, and Robert Ingersoll. Renfro's Civil War experience was no less unusual. Serving as both soldier and chaplain, Renfro left a valuable legacy of insight into the conflict, captured in a wealth of correspondence that is in itself significant. Drawing on a vast body of letters, speeches, sermons, and oral histories that had never before been available, this chronological narrative of "The Parson's" life describes significant changes in Texas from 1850 to 1900, especially the volatile formation and growth of Baptist churches in North Central Texas. William Griggs' study yields numerous new details about the Free Thought Movement and depicts public reaction to sectarian leaders in nineteenth-century Texas. The author also describes the developing Central Texas region known as the Cross Timbers, including the personal dynamics between a frontier family and its patriarch and encompassing such issues as property conflicts, divorce, and family reconciliation. This work unlocks an enlightening, engaging scene from Texas history.
American Diaries: Diaries written from 1845 to 1980
Author: Laura Arksey
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research
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Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research
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Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Bulletin of Bibliography & Magazine Notes
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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The Old South in the Crucible of War
Author: Harry P. Owens
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Publications of the Modern Language Association of America
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Category : Philology, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
Vols. for 1921-1969 include annual bibliography, called 1921-1955, American bibliography; 1956-1963, Annual bibliography; 1964-1968, MLA international bibliography.
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Category : Philology, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
Vols. for 1921-1969 include annual bibliography, called 1921-1955, American bibliography; 1956-1963, Annual bibliography; 1964-1968, MLA international bibliography.
Theater of a Separate War
Author: Thomas W. Cutrer
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469631571
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 607
Book Description
Though its most famous battles were waged in the East at Antietam, Gettysburg, and throughout Virginia, the Civil War was clearly a conflict that raged across a continent. From cotton-rich Texas and the fields of Kansas through Indian Territory and into the high desert of New Mexico, the trans-Mississippi theater was site of major clashes from the war's earliest days through the surrenders of Confederate generals Edmund Kirby Smith and Stand Waite in June 1865. In this comprehensive military history of the war west of the Mississippi River, Thomas W. Cutrer shows that the theater's distance from events in the East does not diminish its importance to the unfolding of the larger struggle. Theater of a Separate War details the battles between North and South in these far-flung regions, assessing the complex political and military strategies on both sides. While providing the definitive history of the rise and fall of the South's armies in the far West, Cutrer shows, even if the region's influence on the Confederacy's cause waned, its role persisted well beyond the fall of Richmond and Lee's surrender to Grant. In this masterful study, Cutrer offers a fresh perspective on an often overlooked aspect of Civil War history.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469631571
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 607
Book Description
Though its most famous battles were waged in the East at Antietam, Gettysburg, and throughout Virginia, the Civil War was clearly a conflict that raged across a continent. From cotton-rich Texas and the fields of Kansas through Indian Territory and into the high desert of New Mexico, the trans-Mississippi theater was site of major clashes from the war's earliest days through the surrenders of Confederate generals Edmund Kirby Smith and Stand Waite in June 1865. In this comprehensive military history of the war west of the Mississippi River, Thomas W. Cutrer shows that the theater's distance from events in the East does not diminish its importance to the unfolding of the larger struggle. Theater of a Separate War details the battles between North and South in these far-flung regions, assessing the complex political and military strategies on both sides. While providing the definitive history of the rise and fall of the South's armies in the far West, Cutrer shows, even if the region's influence on the Confederacy's cause waned, its role persisted well beyond the fall of Richmond and Lee's surrender to Grant. In this masterful study, Cutrer offers a fresh perspective on an often overlooked aspect of Civil War history.
MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures
Author: Modern Language Association of America
Publisher:
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Category : Languages, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Vols. for 1969- include ACTFL annual bibliography of books and articles on pedagogy in foreign languages 1969-
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Category : Languages, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Vols. for 1969- include ACTFL annual bibliography of books and articles on pedagogy in foreign languages 1969-
The American and Canadian West
Author: Dwight La Vern Smith
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : American Bibliographical Center-Clio Press
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : American Bibliographical Center-Clio Press
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 586
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