The evolution of a state : recollections of old Texas days (Barker Texas History Center Series #5)
Language: English
Published by University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 1983
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1st edition thus. xiii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. ; pictorial wraps. two spots on fore edge. Jenkins BTB 189: "Of all Texas memoirs, this is the most fun to read." Greene 50 Best p. 15: "There just is not a better or more human document of early days in Texas than Noah Smithwick's. . If I could recommend only one book of early Texas, it would be The Evolution of a State." Noah Smithwick came to Texas in 1827 and stayed until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. He fought in the Battle of Concepcion during the Texas Revolution, chased the Mexican army south of the Rio Grande after the Battle of San Jacinto, and twice rode with the Texas Rangers. His stories of 'old Texas days, ' dictated to his daughter, Nanna Smithwick Donaldson, when he was blind and near his ninetieth year, stand as some of the most vivid, humorous, and detailed accounts of early Texas and of legendary Texans that Smithwick knew personally, including James Bowie, Sam Houston, and Stephen F. Austin.
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- Title
- The evolution of a state : recollections of old Texas days (Barker Texas History Center Series #5)
- Author
- Smithwick, Noah
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press, Austin, TX
- Publication year
- 1983
- Condition
- F
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0292720432
- ISBN 13
- 9780292720435
- Illustrator
- Shaw, Charles
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Item weight
- 647 grams
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Biography and Memoir, Texana
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