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Item #493
INDIANOLA, THE MOTHER OF WESTERN TEXAS
Author: Brownsend Malsch
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The tragic saga of a city that was born, flourished, and died on the Texas Coast between 1844 and 1877. It was located in Calhoun County on the west shore of Matagorda Bay, about halfway between Port O'Connor and Port Lavaca until a killer hurricane took its final toll. Austin, 1988, Rev. Ed., 350 Pgs., PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7004
PATROLLING CHAOS, The U.S. Border Patrol in Deep South Texas
Author: Robert Lee Maril
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This book is based on extensive ethnographic field work focusing on one station of 300 agents over a two-year period. It follows twelve typical agents, men and women, as they go about their regular ten-hour patrols along the border. It describes the daily challenges and risks they face and the perspectives and insights they hold as a result of their extensive, first-hand experience with the hard realities of immigration policy, the war on drugs, and the threat of terrorists. Lubbock, TX, 2004 Texas Tech University Press 1st Ed., 368 Pgs., 6&1/4 x 9&1/4, HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7096
UNIFORMS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS: And The Men That Wore Them, 1836-1846
Author: Bruce Marshall
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Comprehensive history of the uniforms of the army and navy of the only state to be an independent nation. Includes highly detailed paintings of all uniforms, together with rare photographs of uniformed officers. Fully Illustrated in color. Atglen, PA, 1999 1st Ed. 83 Pgs, PB, | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6902
THE SEARCH FOR A CHILI QUEEN, On the Fringes of a Rebozo
Author: Marian L. Martinello
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HISTORICAL NOVEL. Wagons, vendors, and customers mingled in the marketplace in the plazas of late 19th century San Antonio, Texas. In the evenings lantern lights illuminated another scene: rows of chili stands staffed by young hostesses who vied for loyal diners. The author creates a fictional but authentic story of Lupe Pérez, a young teenager who bolsters business with hard work, and a penchant for storytelling. Fort Worth, TX, 2009 TCU Press, 1st Ed., 145 Pgs., 8&1/2 x 11, PB | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6104
THE ALAMO REMEMBERED, Tejano Accounts and perspectives
Author: Timothy Matovina
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A gathering of all known Tejano accounts of the battle of the Alamo. Includes Juan Seguin's funeral oration, conversations with local Tejanos, unpublished petitions. Austin,1995. 1st Ed. , 144 Pgs., PB, | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6946
PETRA'S LEGACY, The South Texas Ranching Empire of Petra Vela and Mifflin Kenedy
Author: Jane Clements Monday, et al
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With Frances Brannen Vick. The authors relate the history of South Texas through a woman's perspective narrating the story of the matriarch of one of the most important families in Texas History. Petra Vela was married first to Luis Vidal,A Mexican Army Officer to whom she bore eight children. After Vidal's death Petra moved to Teas from Mexico. Mifflin Kenedy was a steamboat captain who had come to Texas during the Mexican War. Kenedy acquired local respectability and stature when he married Petra. The story of their life together encompasses war, The tamimg of a frontier, a blending of cultures, the origin of a ranching empire, and the establishment of a charitable foundation that endure today giving millions of dollars to the state. College Station, 2007 Texas A&M University Press 1st Ed., 430 Pgs., 7 x 19, HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #8105
ANGLOS AND MEXICANS IN THE MAKING OF TEXAS, 1836-1986
Author: David Montejano
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A prize winning work astutely describing forces which formed Texas as a whole. Provides insight into understanding the contradictions of today's Texas. Austin, 1994, 5th PB, Repr. 397 Pgs | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #8091
EL LLANO ESTACADO, Exploration and Imagination on the High Plains of Texas and New Mexico, 1536-1860
Author: John Miller Morris
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Reveals the historical heart of a unique region - the enormous mesa land of the Southern High Plains of Texas and New Mexico. Extending from the Canadian River in the north to the Edwards Plateau in the south, from the Pecos River in the west to the fantastic canyonlands of the Red, Pease, Brazos and Colorado Rivers in the east, the 50,000 square miles of The Llano Estacado is a compelling and mysterious land. Here is a grand historical and geographical account. Austin, 1997, 1st Ed. HB, 400 Pgs. | |
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