The Robertsons, the Sutherlands, and the making of Texas

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Autor Principal: Sutherland, Anne H.
Autor Corporativo: ebrary, Inc
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2006.
Edición:1st ed.
Series:Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 25.
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Table of Contents:
  • Discovering my Texas identity
  • Writing as a tradition
  • The Robertson papers
  • Learning Texas history
  • Sterling Clack Robertson, empresario
  • The Alabama settlement
  • The prayer on the Sabine
  • Making a living
  • The Comanche, Karankawa, Lipan Apache, and Tonkawa
  • Political rumblings in the Alabama settlement
  • The Alabama settlement at war
  • The Texas revolution as myth and identity ritual
  • Aftermath of the war : tragedy and humor
  • Getting rid of wildness
  • The wild woman of the Navidad
  • The civilizing elites : Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson
  • The end of slavery
  • Remember who you are
  • The macaroni road comes to Edna
  • The migration to Uvalde
  • Getting an education
  • Family reunions.