This is the first biography of Burleson. He was an Indian fighter, statesman in the Republic of Texas serving as vice president and political foe of Sam Houston. He was best known as the commanding general at the Siege of Bexar in 1835 and second in command to Sam Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto. Scarce.

Edward Burleson: Texas Frontier Leader

JENKINS, John H.

Biographies & Memoirs

Texas State Historical Assn

Great Hanging at Gainesville

History

Barrett, Thomas

Americas

Handbook of Texas

Webb, Walter Prescott

Carroll, H. Bailey

History of Coryell County, Texas

Scott, Zelma

With this companion volume to Winkler's great 1846-1860 checklist, the Check List of Texas Imprints became the most nearly complete listing ever published of material printed in Texas between 1846 and 1876. This enormous catalogue contains documentation on more than 3,900 Texas imprints produced between 1861 and 1876.

Check List of Texas Imprints, 1861–1876

When the Texas plains country was opened to the advance of the first cattlemen, among the ranches that grew up along the advancing frontier were several large, foreign-owned enterprises. The activities and the orientation of such ranches differed in many respects from those of their locally owned neighbors. In this detailed study of all aspects of the operation of one such ranch, Dr. William Curry Holden adds to our knowledge both of the frontier and of the livestock industry. Expanding his examination far beyond the material covered in his earlier book, The Spur Ranch, he describes the geological conditions which made ranching possible along the Caprock and the problems and ingenuity involved in acquiring a large body of land for that purpose; business practices and techniques for caring for the animals and land; the personnel-their characteristics, their problems, their habits, and their social life; relations with neighbors; trail drives; predatory animals; and weather. Students of Texas history and those interested in ranching will find this book a helpful source of information. Business historians will also find its wealth of meticulous detail useful, particularly those historians who are interested in the wave of foreign speculation through which so many Europeans sought to make their fortunes during the latter part of the nineteenth century.

ESPUELA LAND CATTLE CO

Holden, W. C.

Eugene C. Barker, one of the most influential historians to teach at the University of Texas, has been described as "a granite monolith," "half sabre-toothed tiger and half St. Francis of Assisi," with "a mind like a surgeon's scalpel." The late William C. Pool, Barker's former student, presents a vivid portrait of Barker from knowledge-hungry youth to administrator, professor, leader, author, and historian.

Eugene C. Barker: Historian

Pool, William C.

Historical

France, the first European power to recognize the United States, also became the first to recognize the Republic of Texas as an independent state. This is the story of the man who built the French Legation in Austin, Alphonse Dubois de Saligny, chargé d'affaires to King Louis Philippe of France. Dubois de Saligny's perceptive and detailed observations and impressions give a unique portrait of Texas and Texians in the 1840s. Volume 1, Recognition, Rupture, and Reconciliation, contains government memoranda and correspondence from Dubois. Volume 2, Mission Miscarried, also contains reports from Viscount Jules de Cramayel, chargé d'affaires ad interim while Dubois was on leave.

The French Legation in Texas: Volume I

Santiago Vidauuri and the Southern Confederacy

Tyler, Ronnie C.

This is an unusual frontier epic, chronicling the West of credits and debits, collateral, and interest. Capital was one of the most needed commodities in Texas and the West, and Scottish financiers provided vital and massive amounts. W. G. Kerr brings to this economic history a voluminous knowledge of Anglo-Scottish financial activities in the U.S., capturing the capital, cattle, and properties, and the men who owned and managed them.

Scottish Capital on the American Credit Frontier

Business & Money

Kerr, William G.

Finance

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