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Carl Coke Rister
This book tells the story of David L. Payne and his campaign to open up Oklahoma for settlement in the late 19th century. It explores the economic, political, and social…
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Land Hunger is more than a biography, because David Payne’s life from 1879 to 1884 was so dedicated to the Boomer cause. His story also portrays one of the most…
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Robert E. Lee’s service in Texas in the turbulent years before the Civil War. 5 3/8 x 8, 8 b&w illustrations, 2 maps.
With An Annotated Reprint Of Sarah Ann Horn’s Narrative Of Her Captivity Among The Comanches, Her Ransom By Traders In New Mexico And Return Via The Santa Fe Trail.
A History Of The Coming Of The Settlers, Indian Depredations And Massacres, Ranching Activities, Operations Of White Desperadoes And Thieves, Government Protection, Building Of Railways, And The Disappearance Of The…
Offers an exciting yet unbiased account of one of the most spectacular series of events in American history: the rush for oil riches in the great Mid-Continent and Gulf producing…
Robert E. Lee in Texas introduces a little known phase of the great General’s career–his service in Texas during the four turbulent years just preceding the Civil War. In this…
Carl Coke Rister,Donald E. Worcester
No homeseekers were ever plagued with more bad luck than those who followed the Englishman John Charles Beales to southern Texas late in 1834. On the banks of Las Moras…
