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Item #468
THE FRENCH LEGATION IN TEXAS, VOL I, Recognition, Rupture, and Reconciliation
Author: Nancy Nichols Barker
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Transl. & Edtd. by Nancy Nichols Barker. The first volume of this outstanding work about the French Legation in the Republic of Texas. France was the first world power to recognize the fledgling republic and the French foreign minister M. Dubois de Saligny and his agents were alternately awed and horrified in the manner in which Texans conducted their affairs. Vol. II, unfortunately, is not available. Austin, 1971, 1st Ed. 357 Pgs. HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #8099
INTO THE FAR WILD COUNTRY, True Tales of the Old Southwest
Author: George Wythe Baylor
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Edtd/Intro by Jerry D. Thompson. Baylor wrote fifty two articles at the turn on the twentieth century for the El Paso Daily Herald covering the Civil War in Texas and New Mexico, fights with Comanches, the 1850-51 Parker H. French Expedition, life in the California gold fields, etc. Provides rare glimpse of the Civil War west of the Mississippi and the violent nineteenth-century frontier. El Paso, 1996. 1st Ed., HB, 442 Pgs. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7094
THE TEXAS REVOLUTION
Author: William C. Binkley
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Originally published by Louisiana State University in 1952 this concise account of the Texas Revolution was reprinted by the Texas State Historical Commission in 1979 and limited copies are available. This is an interpretive study based on what is known of the processes leading to Texas independence and examines the salient features of the struggle. Mr. Binkley relates the differences in the political experience, and the racial and cultural backgrounds of the groups who clashed in the Mexican frontier. Economic, social and political problems brought about suspicion and misunderstanding, but also traces the steps Texans took to try an reach a peaceful solution. Good collector’s item. Austin, 1979, 2nd Pr., 131 Pgs, HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6900
P.L. BUQOUR, Indian Fighter, Texas Ranger, Mayor of San Antonio
Author: Sylvia Villarreal Bisnar
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This is the hardback edition of item # 6901. Buquor answered the call to "Save Texas" and came into contact with many early Texas notables such as Stephen F. Austin, Robert E. lee, Santa Anna, John Cofee Hays, Juan Seguin, Winfield Scott, Zachary Taylor and others. The author, pictured here, is a descendant of Buquor and María de Jesús Delgado. This story introduces Buquor's family, travels, and battles in which he particpated. Bloomingtom, IN 2009 Authorhouse 1st On Demand Ed., 6x9, 192 Pgs., HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6901
P.L. BUQUOR, Indian Fighter,Texas Ranger, Mayor of San Antonio
Author: Sylvia Villarreal Bisnar
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Buqour was also a City Marshall, Soldier, Justice of the Peace, and Spanish-speaking scholar. As a young man he answered the call to "Save Texas," that brought him in contact with Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austin, Robert E. Lee, Santa Anna, John Coffey Hayes, Juan Seguin, Zachary Taylor and others. The book introduces his family, travels, early Texas life and battles in which he particpated. The author's first genealogical book on her ancestry was Family History of P.L. Buquor and Maria de Jesus Delgado. Bloomington, IN 2009 1st Authorhouse Ed., 6 x9, 192 Pgs., PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6890
A PRIEST, A PROSTITUTE, AND SOME OTHER EARLY TEXANS
Author: Don Blevins
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The Priest is Father Michael Muldoon and Sarah Bowman is the entrepreneur of Ill Repute. A recognizable figure to our customers is Madam Candelaria in an article, " Was She at the Alamo-or Wasn't She?" Elevn other characters including R.M Williamson, known as " Three Legged Willie," and Lizzie Johnson Williams, "Educator, Rancher, Trail Boss, Miser." Guilford, CT, 2008 TwoDot 1st Ed., 189 Pgs., 6 x 9, PB | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6950
LONE STAR NATION, How a Ragged Army of Volunteers Won the Battle for Texas Independence-And Changed America
Author: H.W. Brands
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The gripping story of Texas' precarious journey to statehood, from its early coloniation in the 1820s to the shocking massacres of Texas loyalists at the Alamo and Goliad by the Mexican army, from its rough-and-tumble years as a land overrun by Comanches to its day of liberation as an upstart republic. The author is a Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M Univerisity, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A riveting tale told by a premier historian. Illustrated. New York, 2004 Doubleday 1st Ed., 582 Pgs., HB. Published at $ 29.95. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6999
FROM A WATERY GRAVE, The Discovery and Excavation of La Salle's Shipwreck, La Belle
Author: James E. Bruseth, et al
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With Toni S. Turner. Foreword by T.R. Fehrenbach. On a frigid, stormy day in February, 1686 A small French sailing ship lost control,ran aground and later sank on Matagorda Bay. The La Belle had brought Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle to the New World to establish a colony. More than 300 years later Texas Historical Commission archaeologists discovered her resting place. Excavated and salvaged from her watery grave she produced a wealth of artifacts -everything a New World colony needed for survival. Illustrated with both B&W and color plates. College Station, 2005 Texas A&M University Press 1st Ed., 159 Pgs., 9 x 11, HB. | |
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