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Journey to Texas, 1833
Av Detlef Dunt, James C. Kearney m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
251 kr
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In 1834, a German immigrant to Texas, D. T. F. (Detlef Thomas Friedrich) Jordt, aka Detlef Dunt, published Reise nach Texas, a delightful little book that praised Texas as “a land which puts riches in [the immigrant’s] lap, which can bring happiness to thousands and to their descendants.” Dunt’s …
Nassau Plantation
The Evolution of a Texas German Slave Plantation
Häftad, 2011
283 kr
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In the 1840s an organisation of German noblemen, the Mainzner Adelsverein, attempted to settle thousands of German emigrants on the Texas frontier. Nassau Plantation, located near modern-day Round Top, Texas, in northern Fayette County, was a significant part of this story. No one, however, has …
Duty to Serve, Duty to Conscience
The Story of Two Conscientious Objector Combat Medics During the Vietnam War
Av James C. Kearney, William H Clamurro
Inbunden, 2023
409 kr
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Despite all that has been written about Vietnam, the story of the 1-A-O conscientious objector, who agreed to put on a uni-form and serve in the field without weapons rather than accept alternative service outside the military, has received scarce atten-tion. This joint memoir by two 1-A-O combat …
Inside the Texas Revolution
The Enigmatic Memoir of Herman Ehrenberg
Av Louis E. Brister, James C. Kearney m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
467 kr
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Herman Ehrenberg wrote the longest, most complete, and most vivid memoir of any soldier in the Texan revolutionary army.His narrative was published in Germany in 1843, but it was little used by Texas historians until the twentieth century, when the first—and very problematic—attempts at translation …
Forty-Eighters on Possum Creek
A Texas Civil War Story
Av W. A. Trenckmann, James C. Kearney
Häftad, 2020
397 kr
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The Forty-Eighters of Possum Creek: A Texas Civil War Story is a departure for State House Press. This remarkable work of vintage historical fiction focuses on the life of one young man, Kuno Sartorius, who grows up and comes of age in a community of educated German immigrants during the waning …
Forty-Eighters on Possum Creek
A Texas Civil War Story
Av W. A. Trenckmann, James C. Kearney
E-bok, 2020
220 kr
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The Forty-Eighters of Possum Creek: A Texas Civil War Story is a departure for State House Press. This remarkable work of vintage historical fiction focuses on the life of one young man, Kuno Sartorius, who grows up and comes of age in a community of educated German immigrants during the waning …
Nassau Plantation
The Evolution of a Texas German Slave Plantation
Inbunden, 2010
381 kr
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In the 1840s an organization of German noblemen, the Mainzner Adelsverein, attempted to settle thousands of German emigrants on the Texas frontier. Nassau Plantation, located near modern-day Round Top, Texas, in northern Fayette County, was a significant part of this story. James C. Kearney has …
No Hope for Heaven, No Fear of Hell
The Stafford-Townsend Feud of Colorado County, Texas, 1871–1911
Inbunden, 2016
352 kr
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Two family names have come to be associated with the violence that plagued Colorado County, Texas, for decades after the end of the Civil War: the Townsends and the Staffords. Both prominent families amassed wealth and achieved status, but it was their resolve to hold on to both, by whatever means …
No Hope for Heaven, No Fear of Hell
The Stafford-Townsend Feud of Colorado County, Texas, 1871-1911
Av James C. Kearney, Bill Stein m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
251 kr
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The Stafford-Townsend feud began with an 1871 shootout in Columbus, Texas, followed by the deaths of the Stafford brothers in 1890. The second phase blossomed after 1898 with the assassination of Larkin Hope, and concluded in 1911 with the violent deaths of Marion Hope, Jim Townsend, and Will …
