num_pages: 264
description: Noah Smithwick was an old man, blind and near his ninetieth year, when his daughter recorded these words. He had stayed on in 'paradise'--Texas--from 1827 to 1861, when his opposition to secession took him to California. The Evolution of a State is his story of these 'old Texas days.'
language: English
title: The Evolution of a State or Recollections of Old Texas Days
titlecomplete: The Evolution of a State or Recollections of Old Texas Days (Barker Texas History Center Series)
genres: History, American History, Westerns, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 189
series: Barker Texas History Center Series
publisher: Univ of Texas Pr