Mystic Sails, Texas Trails: Captain Grimes, Shanghai Pierce, Range Wars, and Raising Texas (Huntsville History) - Softcover

Robert Davant (author)|Mickey Herskowitz (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1680031473 ISBN 13: 9781680031478

Publisher: Texas Review Press, 2017

Synopsis

This four-generation saga, written with Mickey Herskowitz, begins with Richard Grimes, who made the first of his fortunes carrying passengers from Mystic Seaport, Connecticut, to the West Indies. In 1821, the Captain began to sail and trade in the waters of Mexican Texas. By 1836, he was sailing 2,400 miles to bring settlers, troops, gunpowder, whiskey and provisions to aid Texas in its struggle to free itself from Mexico. After the war, the Captain pursued maritime trading along the Texas and Louisiana coasts. When his son William Bradford Grimes joined him, he made he gradual transition from life at sea to land and cattle baron. After the Civil War, Bradford established the legendary WBG ranch and led the first trail drives from Texas to Kansas along the Chisholm Trail. Bradford eventually passed on the WBG Ranch to his children to move to Kansas City, where he became hugely successful in banking and the mercantile business.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Davant, who resides in Brenham, Texas, is a descendant of Captain Richard Grimes, who owned and commanded sailing ships trading principally in the West Indies, Europe, and the Caribbean, later transporting gunpowder and other support to the men fighting for Texas Independence. An attorney, oilman, and rancher, he has founded and chaired two oil companies and currently heads a Texas corporation with landholdings in Galveston and Brazoria Counties. Mickey Herskowitz, of Houston, is the author or co-author of 65 books, including best sellers with Bette Davis, Mickey Mantle, Dan Rather, and others. He is a Hall of Fame sports columnist and one of two Texans to ever win the National Headliners Award for excellence in sports writing. For six years he held the Warner Chair of Journalism at Sam Houston State University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Texas Review Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1680031473
• ISBN 13: 9781680031478
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336