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Biographical Encyclopedia of Texas
Biographical Encyclopedia of Texas – Southern Publishign Company. Biography is not given its rightful place in literature. It has a more intimate relation to History than is assigned by common judgment; for, after all, the life of any nation is written in the lives of those who have shown themselves in some respects superior to […]
The Journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza De Vaca
The Journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza De Vaca – Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca. Alvar Nuñez joined the expedition of Pámfilo de Narvaez to Florida in 1526 as treasurer. With two other Spaniards and an Arab Moor, he was the only survivor who remained on the mainland. For eight years they roamed along the coasts […]
A pictorial history of Texas
A pictorial history of Texas – Homer S. Thrall. The history of Texas possesses a peculiar interest. The contests for the possession of the country; the grand old mission structures erected for the conversion of the natives; the numerous changes of government, give to our history an air of romance. In the summary of events […]
Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas
Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas – John Henry Brown. The book leads the reader through the past to the present and here leaves him amid active and progressive men who are advancing, along with him, toward the future. Including, as it does, lives of men now living, constitutes a connecting link between what has […]
History of the Revolution in Texas
History of the Revolution in Texas – Chester Newell. The History of the Revolution in Texas’ can be pronounced a clear and rapid narrative of the different events which have attended that piratical outbreak. Taking the story, however, as he tells it, it is quite clear that the revolution was a naked victory of might […]
In the Bosom of the Comanches
In the Bosom of the Comanches – Theodore Adolphus Babb. Mr. Babb, a descendant of resolute venturesome pioneer stock, entered upon an eventful boyhood in the untamed wilds of the western border of Texas in a locality and period when the mounted Indian marauder with his panoply of war and death was often seen silhouetted […]
Life and Adventures of Sam Bass
Life and Adventures of Sam Bass – Sam Bass. Sam Bass was a 19th-century American Old West train robber and outlaw. He was part of a gang that robbed a train of $60,000. After forming his own gang, however, he never had similar success. He died as a result of wounds received in a gun […]
The War in Texas
The War in Texas – Benjamin Lundy. Lundy’s pamphlet on „The War in Texas“ is not only the best account, up to that time, of the Texas conspiracy, but closes with the remarkable prediction of the Southern Confederacy, which established itself twenty-five years later: „Our countrymen, in fighting for the union of Texas with the […]
History of Texas 1685 – 1846 Volume 2
History of Texas 1685 – 1846 Volume 2 – Henderson King Yoakum. This is a valuable contribution to general history, and especially to the history of the United States. The past of Texas is here brought down and covers a period of 161 years—the greatest prominence being given to the first half of the 19th […]
History of Texas 1685 – 1846 Volume 1
History of Texas 1685 – 1846 Volume 1 – Henderson King Yoakum. This is a valuable contribution to general history, and especially to the history of the Uniteed States. The past of Texas is here brought down and covers a period of 161 years—the greatest prominence being given to the first half of the 19th […]