Moses Austin
Subtitle: his life
By: David B. Gracy II ; foreword by Mary Austin Perry Beretta.
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: San Antonio, TX
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: Austin, Moses, 1761-1821.; Pioneers -- Texas -- Biography.; Businesspeople -- Texas -- Biography.; Pioneers -- Southwest, Old -- Biography.; Businesspeople -- Southwest, Old -- Biography.; Texas -- History -- To 1846.; Southwest, Old -- History.
Description: The story of Moses Austin, founder of the American lead industry and the person who opened the way for Anglo-American settlement in Spanish Texas.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [273]-289.
Includes index.