Texas History Stories

Author : Elbridge Gerry 1862-1935 Littlejohn
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Texas
ISBN : 101941846X

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Texas History Stories by Elbridge Gerry 1862-1935 Littlejohn Pdf

This detailed history of Texas covers everything from its early history and settlement to the political and cultural landscape of the present day. With in-depth examinations of key events and individuals, this book offers a unique perspective on the rich history of Texas. Whether you're a scholar, history buff, or just interested in learning more about this fascinating state, this book is a must-read. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Elbridge Gerry Littlejohn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
ISBN : WISC:89072961758

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Texas History Stories by Elbridge Gerry Littlejohn Pdf

Relates the stories of thirteen heroes or events in nineteenth-century Texas history, including Cabeza de Vaca, Sam Houston and the Alamo.

Author : Stephen Harrigan
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 944 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292759510

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Big Wonderful Thing by Stephen Harrigan Pdf

The story of Texas is the story of struggle and triumph in a land of extremes. It is a story of drought and flood, invasion and war, boom and bust, and of the myriad peoples who, over centuries of conflict, gave rise to a place that has helped shape the identity of the United States and the destiny of the world. “I couldn’t believe Texas was real,” the painter Georgia O’Keeffe remembered of her first encounter with the Lone Star State. It was, for her, “the same big wonderful thing that oceans and the highest mountains are.” Big Wonderful Thing invites us to walk in the footsteps of ancient as well as modern people along the path of Texas’s evolution. Blending action and atmosphere with impeccable research, New York Times best-selling author Stephen Harrigan brings to life with novelistic immediacy the generations of driven men and women who shaped Texas, including Spanish explorers, American filibusters, Comanche warriors, wildcatters, Tejano activists, and spellbinding artists—all of them taking their part in the creation of a place that became not just a nation, not just a state, but an indelible idea. Written in fast-paced prose, rich with personal observation and a passionate sense of place, Big Wonderful Thing calls to mind the literary spirit of Robert Hughes writing about Australia or Shelby Foote about the Civil War. Like those volumes it is a big book about a big subject, a book that dares to tell the whole glorious, gruesome, epically sprawling story of Texas.

Author : Dan K. Utley
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781603443449

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History Ahead by Dan K. Utley Pdf

In History Ahead, Utley and Beeman introduce readers to the famous (Charles Lindbergh, Will Rogers, The Big Bopper and jazz great Charlie Christian) and the not-so-famous (Elmer "Lumpy" Kleb, Don Pedro Jaramillo and Carl Morene, the "music man" of Schulenburg) who have left their marks on the history of Texas. They visit cotton gins, abandoned airfields, forgotten cemeteries, and former world War II alien detention camps to dig up the little-known and unsuspected narratives that have slipped from the knowledge of the general public.

Author : ELBRIDGE GERRY. LITTLEJOHN
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1033024031

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TEXAS HISTORY STORIES by ELBRIDGE GERRY. LITTLEJOHN Pdf

Author : James L. Haley
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781574418682

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Passionate Nation by James L. Haley Pdf

Utilizing many sources new to publication, James L. Haley delivers a most readable and enjoyable narrative history of Texas, told through stories—the words and recollections of Texans who actually lived the state’s spectacular history. From Jim Bowie’s and Davy Crockett’s myth-enshrouded stand at the Alamo, to the Mexican-American War, and to Sam Houston’s heroic failed effort to keep Texas in the Union during the Civil War, the transitions in Texas history have often been as painful and tense as the “normal” periods in between. Here, in all of its epic grandeur, is the story of Texas as its own passionate nation. “Texas native Haley does an outstanding job of narrating the outsized and dramatic history of the Lone Star State. John Steinbeck observed, ‘Like most passionate nations, Texas has its own private history based on, but not limited by, facts.’ Cognizant of this, Haley takes pains to separate folklore from fact. He's a good storyteller, but then it's hard to go wrong with the colorful characters he has to work with: pioneer nationalists Sam Houston and Davy Crockett, Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Lundy, a wagonload of liquored-up turn-of-the-century oilmen and such latter-day heroes as Lyndon Johnson, John Connally and Janis Joplin.”—Publishers Weekly Starred Review

Author : Elaine L. Galit,Vikk Simmons
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781589792029

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Exploring Texas History by Elaine L. Galit,Vikk Simmons Pdf

Examines the places, people, and events that shaped the history of the state of Texas including the Alamo, cowboys, Buffalo Soldiers, cattle drives, the Civil War, and other interesting features, and contains background information on each site, travel routes, lodging and restaurants, and more.

Author : Elbridge Littlejohn (Gerry)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Texas
ISBN : OCLC:1085599951

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Texas History Stories by Elbridge Littlejohn (Gerry) Pdf

Author : Elbridge Gerry Littlejohn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0243699808

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Texas History Stories by Elbridge Gerry Littlejohn Pdf

Author : Patrick M. Reynolds
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2000-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781556227806

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Cartoon History of Texas by Patrick M. Reynolds Pdf

Based on a 1912 publication about Texans who fought for the South in the Civil War, Texas Boys in Gray presents a collection of fascinating remembrances of those who were there. Sometimes humorous and sometimes heartbreaking, the experiences of these men are documented as a tribute to Texas war veterans. Texas Boys in Gray captures, in their own words, the patriotism, the fear, the confusion, the bravery, the terrible wounds, the desperate hunger, the camaraderie, the horrible prison conditions, and the joyful reunions that were all part of that historical time.

Author : Karen Bush Gibson
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781613749920

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Texas History for Kids by Karen Bush Gibson Pdf

The larger-than-life story of the Lone Star State Encapsulating the 500-year saga of the one-of-a-kind state of Texas, this interactive book takes readers from the founding of the Spanish Missions and the victory at San Jacinto to the Great Storm that destroyed Galveston and the establishment of NASA's Mission Control in Houston while covering everything in between. Texas History for Kids includes 21 informative and fun activities to help readers better understand the state's culture, politics, and geography. Kids will recreate one of the six national flags that have flown over the state, make castings of local wildlife tracks, design a ranch's branding iron, celebrate Juneteenth by reciting General Order Number 3, build a miniature Battle of Flowers float, and more. This valuable resource also includes a timeline of significant events, a list of historic sites to visit or explore online, and web resources for further study.

Author : Patricia Cisneros Young
Publisher : Tate Publishing
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11
Category : Short stories, American
ISBN : 9781602475489

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South Texas Tales by Patricia Cisneros Young Pdf

' These] vignettes of Brownsville people, part real and part fiction, capture the character of our border community. The reader becomes involved with the characters and the stories. It's as though the essence of our society and culture had been opened to view through a historical prism. And the stories are just plain pleasurable to read.' -Dr. Anthony Knopp, Ph.D, Professor of History at the University of Texas at Brownsville, Texas

Author : Johnny Hughes
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1475942176

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Famous Gamblers, Poker History, and Texas Stories by Johnny Hughes Pdf

You have a great writing style, very credible, and entertaining. Those were dangerous times. Almost all of the guys are gone. A great book!... Doyle Brunson, Poker Hall of Fame, author. Hes as good a writer as he is a player. When it comes to poker tales...Johnny Hughes is your man.... Anthony Holden, London, President of the International Federation of Poker, author ... a captivating raconteur and avid historian...brings them to life with a unique flair and panache...(He) paints word pictures with witty, lush brush strokes reminiscent of Tom Wolfe... Paul Dr. Pauly McGuire, author ..the William Manchester of poker historians...a Hughes narrative is like lighting a lantern into the darkest recess of pokers subculture...provides the very best portrait of these unique real-life characters of anyone on record... Nolan Dalla, Media Director. World Series of Poker, author. ...the true story...of the beginnings of the phenomenon that poker has become... Crandell Addington, Poker Hall of Fame. Reading...is only paralleled by listening to him tell those stories in real time...like putting yourself in the same room as it all unfolded...when the mob ruled Las Vegas...the real stories... Ryan Sayer, OnTilt Radio, C.O.O.,and Host. www.JohnnyHughes.com

Author : Bryan Burrough,Chris Tomlinson,Jason Stanford
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781984880116

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Forget the Alamo by Bryan Burrough,Chris Tomlinson,Jason Stanford Pdf

A New York Times bestseller! “Lively and absorbing. . ." — The New York Times Book Review "Engrossing." —Wall Street Journal “Entertaining and well-researched . . . ” —Houston Chronicle Three noted Texan writers combine forces to tell the real story of the Alamo, dispelling the myths, exploring why they had their day for so long, and explaining why the ugly fight about its meaning is now coming to a head. Every nation needs its creation myth, and since Texas was a nation before it was a state, it's no surprise that its myths bite deep. There's no piece of history more important to Texans than the Battle of the Alamo, when Davy Crockett and a band of rebels went down in a blaze of glory fighting for independence from Mexico, losing the battle but setting Texas up to win the war. However, that version of events, as Forget the Alamo definitively shows, owes more to fantasy than reality. Just as the site of the Alamo was left in ruins for decades, its story was forgotten and twisted over time, with the contributions of Tejanos--Texans of Mexican origin, who fought alongside the Anglo rebels--scrubbed from the record, and the origin of the conflict over Mexico's push to abolish slavery papered over. Forget the Alamo provocatively explains the true story of the battle against the backdrop of Texas's struggle for independence, then shows how the sausage of myth got made in the Jim Crow South of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. As uncomfortable as it may be to hear for some, celebrating the Alamo has long had an echo of celebrating whiteness. In the past forty-some years, waves of revisionists have come at this topic, and at times have made real progress toward a more nuanced and inclusive story that doesn't alienate anyone. But we are not living in one of those times; the fight over the Alamo's meaning has become more pitched than ever in the past few years, even violent, as Texas's future begins to look more and more different from its past. It's the perfect time for a wise and generous-spirited book that shines the bright light of the truth into a place that's gotten awfully dark.

Author : E. G. Littlejohn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:781898498

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Texas History Stories by E. G. Littlejohn Pdf

Relates the stories of thirteen heroes or events in nineteenth-century Texas history, including Cabeza de Vaca, Sam Houston, and the Alamo.