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The Robertsons, the Sutherlands, and the making of Texas
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The Robertsons, the Sutherlands, and the making of Texas [electronic resource] / by Anne H. Sutherland.
ISBN
9781585445202 (cloth : alk. paper)
1585445207 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781603445412 (e-book)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2006.
Physical Description
xiv, 222 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 11, 2011
Series
Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 25
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-209) and index.
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.
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