The Robertsons, the Sutherlands, and the making of Texas
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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College Station :
Texas A&M University Press,
c2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ;
no. 25 |
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| Online Access: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10455998 |
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.