The Promised Land

Biography of Frank Brown, who founded the town of Friendswood, Texas, written by his daughter Edith McGinnis. Most of the book is in third person, but part is in first person, written as Edith remembered the stories her father told about his days as a buffalo hunter and Indian fighter. Frank Brown established the town of Friendswood as a Quaker (or Friends) settlement. He worked through the owner of the property, who was providentially from a Quaker background. The book covers from Frank's birth to his death 1850-1929. The appendix lists the beliefs of the Friendswood Friends Church.