Sam Rayburn Series on Rural Life, Sponsored by Texas a&M University-Commerce – serie
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Moss Bluff Rebel
A Texas Pioneer in the Civil War
Inbunden, 2009
363 kr
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'I was not willing, but finally agreed...' So wrote Texas pioneer cattle drover William Berry Duncan in his March 1862 diary entry, the day he joined the Confederate Army. Despite his misgivings, Duncan left his prosperous business to lead neighbors and fellow volunteers as commanding officer of …
Promised Land
Solms, Castro, and Sam Houston's Colonization Contracts
Inbunden, 2009
352 kr
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In 1842, Sam Houston, president of the new Texas Republic, wanted four things: peace with Mexico, peace with the native population, financing from Europe, and productive settlers for his vast, new country. He issued colonization contracts in an effort to meet all these objectives, but only two of …
Why Texans Fought in the Civil War
Häftad, 2012
254 kr
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In Why Texans Fought in the Civil War, Charles David Grear provides insights into what motivated Texans to fight for the Confederacy. Mining important primary sources—including thousands of letters and unpublished journals—he affords readers the opportunity to hear, often in the combatants’ own …
Other Great Migration
The Movement of Rural African Americans to Houston, 1900-1941
Häftad, 2017
442 kr
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The twentieth century has seen two great waves of African American migration from rural areas into the city, changing not only the country’s demographics but also black culture. In her thorough study of migration to Houston, Bernadette Pruitt portrays the move from rural to urban homes in Jim Crow …
Texas Jazz Singer
Louise Tobin in the Golden Age of Swing and Beyond
Av Kevin Mooney
Inbunden, 2021
180 kr
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At 102 years of age, Louise Tobin is one of the last surviving musicians of the Swing Era. Born in Aubrey, Texas, in 1918, she grew up in a large family that played music together. She once said that she fell out of the cradle singing and all she ever wanted to do was to sing. And sing she did. She …
Saltgrass Prairie Saga
A German American Family in Texas
Av Jim Burnett
Inbunden, 2025
409 kr
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Texas during the Civil War period is often viewed through the lenses of military tactics and the state’s role in the Confederacy. But what was life like for the families who endured wartime separation? How did women ensure stability at home while their husbands, fathers, and brothers were ordered …
Texas Women on the Cattle Trails
Inbunden, 2006
352 kr
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Texas Women on the Cattle Trails tells the stories of sixteen women who drove cattle up the trail from Texas during the last half of the nineteenth century. Some were young; some were old (over thirty). Some took to the trails by choice; others, out of necessity. Some went along to look at the …
Reaping a Greater Harvest
African Americans, the Extension Service, and Rural Reform in Jim Crow Texas
Inbunden, 2007
467 kr
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Cooperative demonstration work began in Texas in 1903 as an effort to teach farmers new methods of crop cultivation and management. However, black farmers in Texas were excluded from demonstration work until the Smith-Lever Agricultural Extension Act in 1914. By World War I, the resulting Negro …
Mrs. Cordies Soldier Son
A World War II Saga
Av Rocky R. Miracle, M. Hunter Hayes
Inbunden, 2008
294 kr
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The story of D.C. Caughran Jr., Mrs. Cordie's son, could be that of almost any soldier in World War II. He left the comfort of home and family to become part of one of the defining conflicts of modern times. The letters he wrote home tell his story from the day he received his draft notice in the …
Other Great Migration
The Movement of Rural African Americans to Houston, 1900-1941
Inbunden, 2013
481 kr
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The twentieth century has seen two great waves of African American migration from rural areas into the city, changing not only the country’s demographics but also black culture. In her thorough study of migration to Houston, Bernadette Pruitt portrays the move from rural to urban homes in Jim Crow …
Ten Dollars to Hate
The Texas Man Who Fought the Klan
Inbunden, 2017
409 kr
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Ten Dollars to Hate tells the story of the massive Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s—by far the most “successful” incarnation since its inception in the ashes of the Civil War—and the first prosecutor in the nation to successfully convict and jail Klan members. Dan Moody, a twenty-nine-year-old Texas …
Ground on Which I Stand
Tamina, a Freedmen's Town
Av Marti Corn
Häftad, 2019
395 kr
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In 1871, newly freed slaves established the community of Tamina-then called "Tammany"-north of Houston, Texas, near the rich timberlands of Montgomery County. Located in proximity to the just-completed railroad from Conroe to Houston, the community benefited from the burgeoning local lumber …
