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Item #6111
SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR, A Community on new Spain's Northern Frontier
Author: Jesús F de la Teja
Price: $22.95
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A crisp historical narrative of 18th century San Antonio, Texas with vivid descriptions and strong archival documentation. Albuquerque, 1995, 1st Ed., PB,288 Pgs. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7091
A REVOLUTION REMEMBERED, The Memoirs and Selected Correspondence of Juan N. Seguín
Author: Jesús F de la Teja
Price: $24.95
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BACK IN PRINT. So far the most extensive biographical work on this unique and controversial Tejano. Seguín’s 1858 Memoirs are his apologies for his flight and subsequent decisions that tarnished his reputation. Juan Seguín is, without a doubt an illustrious patriot of the Texas Revolution. Appointed a captain by Stephen F. Austin, he escaped death at the Alamo when he was sent trough Mexican lines for reinforcements. For his bravery at the Battle of San Jacinto he was appointed to the command of San Antonio. He collected the ashes of the defenders of the Alamo, conducted the military funeral, and delivered a stirring funeral oration. Little known is the fact that he saved San Antonio from destruction by disobeying an order from Felix Huston to raze the city. His prominence earned the enmity of many Anglo American Texas families and he fled for refuge in Mexico in 1842. Contains a new introduction by the editor. Austin, TX 2002 , 2nd Ed. 216 Pgs., PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6970
SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, VOL. XCIII, NO. 1, July, 1989
Author: Texas State Historical Association
Price: $20.00
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Articles are: " Thomas Watt Gregory and the Survival of His Progessive Faith," by Evan Anders, "In Search of the Colonel Edward M. House: The Texas Years, 1858-1912," by Charles E. Neu. " The Brownsville Raid's 168th Man: The Court Martial of Corporal Knowles," by Garna L. Christian. Notes and Documents has: " WAACS in Texas During the Second World War," by Clarice L. Pollard. Review Article is: " See What the Boys in the Backroom Will Have." Fine. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6981
SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, VOL. XCIV, NO. 1, JULY, 1990
Author: Texas State Historical Association
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Includes "Sam Houston and Eliza Allen: The Marriage and the Mystery," by Elizabeth Crook, " The Fight Against the Pink Bollworm in Texas," by Truman McMahan, and " The Féix Nuñez Account and the Seige of the Alamo: A Crotical Appraisal," Edited by Stephen L. Hardin. PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6983
SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, VOL. XCIX, NO. 4, APRIL, 1996
Author: Texas State Historical Association
Price: $20.00
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Contains, " Texas Governor Manuel Salcedo and the Court-Martial of Padre Miguel Hidalgo, 1810-1811," by Félix D. Almaráz, Jr., " Manifest Destiny and Military Professionalism: Junior U.S. Officers' Attitudes Toward War with Mexico, 1844-1846," by Samuel J. Watson, U.S. Army Combat Operations in the Indian Wars of Texas, 1849-1881," by Thomas T. Smith, and " Ghost Writers of the Palo Duro," by W.G. Tudor. PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6976
SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, VOL. CII, NO.2, OCTOBER, 1998
Author: Texas State Historical Association
Price: $20.00
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Articles are:
"The First Congressman Dies of Texas. By Dennis K. McDaniel.
The Old Dallas Burial Ground. A Forgotten Cemetery. By James M. Davidson.
George Perry's War. By Garna L. Christian.
From Commerce to History: Robert Runyon's Postcards of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Brownsville, 1910-1926. By Linda Peterson. Very Fine-as new. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6969
SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, VOL. XCVI, NO. 2, OCTOBER, 1992
Author: Texas State Historical Association
Price: $20.00
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Articles are: " Working Within The System: Lyndon Johnson and Tom Miller, 1937-1939," by L.Patrick Hughes, "Selling the Austin Dam: A Disastrous Experiment in Encouraging Growth," by Edwrd A. Sevcik. " An Avenue To The Ordinary: Poetry in the Texas State Gazette, 1849-1861, " by Thomas W. Miller. Notes and Documents: Business Travel Out of Texas During The Civil War: The Travel Diary of S.B. Brush, Pioneer Austin Merchant," by Peyton O. Abbot. Fine. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6982
SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, VOL. XCIII, NO. 3, JANUARY, 1990
Author: Texas State Historical Association
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Includes "Unmanacling" Texas Reconstruction: A Twenty-Year Prespective," by Barry Crouch, " The Revolver Rules the Day!": Colonel DeWitt C. Brown and the Freedmen's Bureau in Paris, Texas, 1867-1868, " by William C. Richter, " Racial Violence and Reconstruction Politics in Texas, 1867-1868," by Gregg Cantrell, and " The District Judges of Texas in 1866-1867: An Episode in the Failure of Presidential Reconstruction, " by Randolph B. Campbell. PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6975
SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, VOL. CVII, NO. 2, OCTOBER, 2003
Author: Texas State Historical Association
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Articles are:
Henry S. Moore:An Early Astronomer in Texas. By James Bryan.
The 1780 Cabello Map: New Evidence That There Were Two Mission Rosarios, and a Possible Correction on the Site of El Fuerte del Cibolo. By Jack Jackson.
Alexander Phimister Proctor in Texas. By Peter H. Hassrick.
The Romantic Rhetoric of the Spanish Governor's Palace, San Antonio, Texas. By Kenneth Hafertepe.
Son of Rising Star: Memoirs of a Texas Childhood. By Ernest F. Patterson. Edited by Anthony S. Abbott.
Very Fine-as new. PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6980
SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, VOL. CI, NO. 2, OCTOBER, 1997
Author: Texas State Historical Association
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Includes,"General Taylor's'Astonishing Map of Northeastern Mexico," by Jack Jackson, "Piñon Pines and the Route of Cabeza de Vaca," by Donald W. Olson, et al, " Wilbur Sturdevant Nye: Frontier Historian," by R. Michael Patterson, and " The Anglo-Texas Society 1953-1979: A Cross-Cultural Alliance," by Mary Carolyn Hollers George. PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6898
THE BLUE BOOK, For Visitors, Tourists and Those Seeking a Good Time While in San Antonio, Texas
Author: The Publishers
Price: $8.00
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A bit of early history and nostalgia in a recent reprint of the 1911-1912 edition booklet produced for those seeking the sporting life in San Antonio, Texas. The table of contents includes " A Straight Steer," (directions), "Hack Stands," Base Ball Schedule," "Road Houses," "Cock Pits," and " Directory of Women and Houses." San Antonio, 2009 reprint, 4 &1/4 x 6, 28 Pgs. PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7001
THE ALAMO
Author: Frank Thompson
Price: $24.95
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A nereprint edition of the most dramatic story in Texas History. It is a throughly researched, vividly illustrated, objective description of the circumstances building up to and leading to the famous stand against Santa Anna's army.The book contains more than seventy full color illustrations, some extrememly rare and some have never appeared in public. First published by Salamander Press in 2002. Denton, Texas, 2005 University of North Texas Press Ed., 128 Pgs., 8&1/4 x 11&3/4, PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #8127
JUAN CORTINA AND THE TEXAS-MEXICO FRONTIER, 1858-1877
Author: Jerry D. Thompson
Price: $16.50
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Edtd & Intro by Jerry D. Thompson. A collection of documents on the life of one of the most important political/military figures of the 19th century, a folk-hero to many Mexicans and Texans. Though illiterate, he was descended from northern Mexico pioneer Spanish families & rose to become Governor of Tamualipas. Includes 9 pronunciamientos and a short biography penned by " Various citizens of Tamualipas." El Paso, 1994, 1st Ed. PB, 108 Pgs. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #8104
WARM WEATHER AND BAD WHISKEY, The 1886 Laredo Election Riot
Author: Jerry D. Thompson
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One of the most violent yet least known political feuds of the American West came to a head when Guaraches fired on the Botas with a cannon. El Paso, 1991, 1st Ed., HB, 218 Pgs. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #8096
A WILD AND VIVID LAND. An Illustrated History of the South Texas Border
Author: Jerry Thompson
Price: $29.95
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Contains more than 150 images, many never before published telling the story of South Texas from the Coahuiltecan Indians and the Spanish colonizers to the cattlemen and wildcatters who conquered the brush country. Dr. Thompson details, six centuries of exciting history, illustrated with works by artists Lino Sanchez y Tapia, Theodore Gentilz, Frederick Remington and photographers Robert Runyon, E. O. Goldbeck, and Russell Lee, among others. Austin, 1997, 1st Ed., HB, 300 Pgs., | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6953
CORTINA, Defending the Mexican Name in Texas
Author: Jerry Thompson
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A long-awaited biography of Juan Nepomuceno Cortina, 20 years in the research and writing by Dr. Thompson. North of the Rio Grande he was despised as a cattle thief and bloodthirsty outlaw. South of the Rio Bravo, he was hailed as a hero. Who was the real Cortina...an angel of justice or a demon of retribution? Cortina came from a prominent family and his mother had substantial land holdings. Was he a defender of the rights, honor, and claims of Mexicans of South Texas or were his actions a quest for personal vengeance against newcomers who married into his family, threatened his mother's property or insulted his honor? Dr. Thompsonn examines the actions of key political figures in what was known as " Tne Cortina War," and analyzes the actions and effects of alliances between the Texas Rangers and Confederate forces, as well as the complex political interplay among Cortina, Mexican Liberals, and the U.S Union Army. Cortina influenced Mexican politics from the 1840s to the 1870s, fought in the Mexican Army for over forty-five years and served as Governor of Tamualipas. Illustrated. College Station, 2007 Texas A&M University Press 1st Ed., 6 x 9 1/2 332 Pgs., HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7024
CIVIL WAR AND REVOLUTION ON THE RIO GRANDE FRONTIER, A Narrative and Photographic History
Author: Jerry Thompson, et al
Price: $39.95
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With Lawrence T. Jones III. Details the rich and often violent history of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas and Mexico, particularly Brownsville and Matamoros, in the years from 1861 to 1870. While Union and Confederate forces struggled for control of the Texas bank of the Rio Grande, Juaristas and Imperialistas grappled for political control of the soul of Mexico on the south bank. Contains more than 130 of the best images taken by Louis de Planque and other photographers. Austin, TX 2004 Texas State Historical Association 1st Ed., 174 Pgs., 9 x 12, HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6911
TEJANO EMPIRE, LIfe on South Texas Ranches
Author: Andres Tijerina
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Illustrations by Ricardo M. Beasley and detail drawings by Servando G. Hinojosa.The story of Texans of Mexican descent who built a unique and highly developed ranching culture that thrived in South Texas until the 1880s. The author describes the major elements that gave the Tejano ranch community its identity: shared reaction to Anglo-American in-migration, tightly interconnected families, cultural loyalty, networks of communication, Catholic religion, and a material culture well adapted for the conditions of the region. College Station, TX 2008 Texas A&M University Press 2nd Pr., 7 x 10,159 Pgs., PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6083
13 DAYS TO GLORY, the Siege of the Alamo
Author: Lon Tinkle
Price: $16.95
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In 13 chapters the author recounts the day by day story of how 182 men fought a losing battle but won an unparalleled measure of fame. Includes a chronology of the events leading up to the siege beginning with June 30, 1835 when William Barrett Travis signed a secret pact with rebel leaders to drive out the Mexican garrison next to Galveston. College Station, TX 1985 Repr., 5th pr., PB, 255 Pgs. | |
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