Canseco-Keck History Series – serie
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11 produkter
Yankee Invasion of Texas
Inbunden, 2006
294 kr
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In 1863 the Union capture of Texas was viewed as crucial to the strategy to deny the Confederacy the territory west of the Mississippi and thus to break the back of its military force. Union efforts to cut off the Texas trade were characterized by short, unsuccessful forays, primarily in East and …
Conflict and Commerce on the Rio Grande
Laredo, 1755-1955
Inbunden, 2008
352 kr
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Laredo is a city at the crossroads of North American history. Founded by the Spanish in 1755, it has stood at the intersection of regional commerce since its earliest days. Now, John A. Adams, Jr. provides the first-ever panoramic business and economic history of Laredo. He traces the evolution of …
Maria Von Blucher's Corpus Christi
Letters from the South Texas Frontier, 1849-1879
Av Maria Augusta Von Blucher, Bruce S. Cheesemen
Häftad, 2011
276 kr
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In 1849, a young German bride and her husband stepped off a ship in Corpus Christi Bay to establish their home in the new frontier settlement. For the next three decades Maria von Bluecher wrote letters home describing the hardships of droughts and Indian and bandit raids, the chaos of the American …
Border Boss
Manuel B.Bravo and Zapata County
Inbunden, 1999
422 kr
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Delineates Bravo's political career in the Democratic party and examines his role in some of the issues of his day, especially the construction of Falcon Dam.
Private in the Texas Rangers
A.T. Miller of Company B, Frontier Battalion
Inbunden, 2001
329 kr
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A ride along the fading Texas-Oklahoma frontier. Three diaries, written by A.T. Miller and excerpted and annotated by his grandson for this volume, provide a tale of true crime and punishment, set against the scenic backdrops of the Rolling Plains, the Panhandle, and Old Greer empires.
Civil War in the Southwest
Recollections of the Sibley Brigade
Inbunden, 2001
294 kr
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In 1861 and 1862, in the vast deserts and rugged mountains of the Southwest, eighteen hundred miles from Washington and Richmond, the Civil War raged in a struggle that could have decided the fate of the nation. In the summer and fall of 1861, Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley raised a brigade of young and …
Indian Agent
Peter Ellis Bean in Mexican Texas
Av Jack Jackson
Inbunden, 2005
422 kr
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How can the life of one relatively unknown man change our understanding of Texas history and the American West? Peter Ellis Bean, a fairly minor, but altogether fascinating character, casts unexpected light on conflicts, famous historical figures, and events, from the time of Mexican rule through …
Frontier Crossroads
Fort Davis and the West
Inbunden, 2006
294 kr
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The idea of the West conjures exciting images of tenacious men and women, huge expanses of unclaimed territory, and feelings of both adventure and lonesome isolation. Located astride communication lines linking San Antonio, El Paso, Presidio, and Chihuahua City, the United States Army's post at …
Civil War to the Bloody End
The Life and Times of Major General Samuel P. Heintzelman
Inbunden, 2006
409 kr
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If President Lincoln could have unmade a general, perhaps he would have started with Samuel Peter ""Sourdough"" Heintzelman, whose early military successes were overshadowed by a prickly disposition and repeated Union defeats during the Civil War. By the time his friend Robert E. Lee left Arlington …
John B. Armstrong, Texas Ranger and Pioneer Ranchman
Inbunden, 2006
244 kr
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Texas, by God! cried notorious killer John Wesley Hardin when he saw a Colt. 45 pointed at him on a train in Florida. At the other end of the pistol stood Texas Ranger John B. Armstrong. Hardin's arrest assured Armstrong a place in history, but his story is larger, fuller, and even more important - …
Salt Warriors
Insurgency on the Rio Grande
Av Paul Cool
Inbunden, 2008
294 kr
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The El Paso Salt War of 1877 has gone down in history as the spontaneous ""action of a mindless rabble,"" but as author Paul Cool deftly demonstrates, the episode was actually an insurgency, ""the product of a deliberate, community-based decision squarely in the tradition of the American nation's …
