Bryan Edward Stone is an Associate Professor of History at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas, and has been a Visiting Professor at the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He has published a variety of articles on Texas Jewry.

"Bryan Stone is a gifted thinker and storyteller. His book on the history of Texas Jewry integrates the collective scholarship and memoirs of generations of writers into a cohesive account with a strong interpretive message." Hollace Ava Weiner, editor of Lone Stars of David: The Jews of Texas and author of Jewish Stars in Texas: Rabbis and Their Work

• Prologue: Rope Walker, A True Story Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Los JudÍos en la FronteraChapter 2. A "Wild Indian Region": At Home on the Frontier Chapter 3. The Possum and the Zionist Chapter 4. Texas News for Texas Jews Chapter 5. Texas Jews and the Ku Klux Klan Chapter 6. Traditional Judaism and the Beth Israel Revolt Chapter 7. Texas Jews Respond to the World Crises of the 1940s Chapter 8. "Are You Going to Serve Us?": Texas Jews and the Black Civil Rights Movement Chapter 9. Interior Frontiers Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Bryan Edward Stone is an Associate Professor of History at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas, and has been a Visiting Professor at the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He has published a variety of articles on Texas Jewry.

"Bryan Stone is a gifted thinker and storyteller. His book on the history of Texas Jewry integrates the collective scholarship and memoirs of generations of writers into a cohesive account with a strong interpretive message." Hollace Ava Weiner, editor of Lone Stars of David: The Jews of Texas and author of Jewish Stars in Texas: Rabbis and Their Work

• Prologue: Rope Walker, A True Story Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Los JudÍos en la FronteraChapter 2. A "Wild Indian Region": At Home on the Frontier Chapter 3. The Possum and the Zionist Chapter 4. Texas News for Texas Jews Chapter 5. Texas Jews and the Ku Klux Klan Chapter 6. Traditional Judaism and the Beth Israel Revolt Chapter 7. Texas Jews Respond to the World Crises of the 1940s Chapter 8. "Are You Going to Serve Us?": Texas Jews and the Black Civil Rights Movement Chapter 9. Interior Frontiers Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Bryan Edward Stone is an Associate Professor of History at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas, and has been a Visiting Professor at the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He has published a variety of articles on Texas Jewry.

"Bryan Stone is a gifted thinker and storyteller. His book on the history of Texas Jewry integrates the collective scholarship and memoirs of generations of writers into a cohesive account with a strong interpretive message." Hollace Ava Weiner, editor of Lone Stars of David: The Jews of Texas and author of Jewish Stars in Texas: Rabbis and Their Work

• Prologue: Rope Walker, A True Story Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Los JudÍos en la FronteraChapter 2. A "Wild Indian Region": At Home on the Frontier Chapter 3. The Possum and the Zionist Chapter 4. Texas News for Texas Jews Chapter 5. Texas Jews and the Ku Klux Klan Chapter 6. Traditional Judaism and the Beth Israel Revolt Chapter 7. Texas Jews Respond to the World Crises of the 1940s Chapter 8. "Are You Going to Serve Us?": Texas Jews and the Black Civil Rights Movement Chapter 9. Interior Frontiers Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index