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Item #6958
NEW TEXAS HISTORY MOVIES
Author: Jack Jackson
Price: $9.95
Shipping: $3.25
The last work produced by the late Jack Jackson, an eminent historian as well as an illustrator. Jackson, who died in June 2006, nurtured his interest in Texas history as a schoolboy when he read the classic Texas History Movies comic strips. He disliked their cultural biases and racial stereotyping but understood their popular appeal and the narrative power of the comic strip. Jackson, who is considered the father of Underground Comics, long wanted to recreate the comic strip as he envisioned it, fair and balanced, but in the realistic manner that depicted the times. Includes a history of Texas History Movies. This is a great final testament to Jackson's talent. He will be dearly missed. Austin, 2007 Texas State Historical Association 1st Ed., 48 Pgs., PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6989
INDIAN AGENT, Peter Ellis Bean in Mexican Texas
Author: Jack Jackson
Price: $35.00
Shipping: $3.75
The latest historical work by our historian/illustrator friend from Austin adding to his incredible output of books and graphic novels. Jackson began research into Bean's life in the course of other works after Bean's name began to pop up in many narratives of Texas history. Bean was a fairly minor but fascinating character who cast unexpected light on conflicts, famous characters, and events from the time of Mexican rule through the years of the Texas Republic. Bean's role in Mexico's Revolution against Spain and his service as an indian agent in Eastern Texas, provide an unusually vivid picture of Mexican Texas, as well as information about the Indians of the region. Bean was a large landholder, a good businessman and a bigamist who died in Jalapa, Mexico. An outstanding contribution to Texas history. College Station, TX, 2005 Texas A&M University Press 1st Ed., 426 Pgs., 6&1/2 x 9&1/2, HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6979
COMANCHE MOON
Author: Jack Jackson
Price: $25.00
Shipping: $3.75
Subtitled " A Picture Narrative about Cynthia Ann Parker, Her Twenty-Five Year Captivity Among the Comanche Indians and Her Son Quanah Parker, The Last Chief of the Comanches." Written and illustrated by Jack Jackson, this type of book has been categorized as a grahic novel. More specifically it is a historically accurate nonfiction comic about a white settler child kidnapped by tyhe Comanches Indians in 1836 in Texas. Foreword by T.R. Fehrenbach. New York, N.Y. 2003 Reed Press Reprint 128 Pgs., 7 x 10, PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6949
SAN ANTONIO, ST. Anthony's Town
Author: Leah Carter Johnston
Price: $30.00
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an excellent and concise narrative of the unique beauty that comprises this captivating city. It was compiled for the 1776 Bicentennial by the staff of the San Antonio Public Library. Illustrations are by Eduardo Cardenas. Photos by Zintgraff Photographers. USED BOOK. VG. Brodart cover. Has owner's label on title page. San Antonio, 1976 Naylor Company 1st Ed., 5&3/4 x 81/4, 181 Pgs., HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7000
TEXAS ROOTS, Agriculture and Rural Life Before The Civil War
Author: C. Allan Jones
Price: $21.95
Shipping: $3.75
This is number eight in the Texas A&M Agriculture series. In 1850 only 10% of the population in Texas lived in towns with as many as 100 people. The rest lived off the land that was well suited for a profitable variety of crops and livestock and an abundance of wildlife free for the taking. The author covers, Caddo hunting, gathering, gardening and farming, irrigated agriculture at Spanish missions, Hispanic ranching, slave-based plantations and small-scale farmers and ranchers. These roots contributed immensely to the state's identity and prosperity. College Station, TX 2005, Texas A&M University Press, 1st Ed.,256 Pgs., 6 x 9&3/4, PB. | |
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