The Robertsons, the Sutherlands, and the making of Texas
By: by Anne H. Sutherland.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest -- no. 25
Publisher: Texas A & M University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: Sutherland, Anne -- Family.; Robertson family.; Sutherland family.; Scots-Irish -- Texas -- History.; Scots-Irish -- Texas -- Biography.; Texas -- History.; Texas -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-209) and index.
Table of contents: title: Discovering my Texas identity; title: Writing as a tradition; title: The Robertson papers; title: Learning Texas history; title: Sterling Clack Robertson, empresario; title: The Alabama settlement; title: The prayer on the Sabine; title: Making a living; title: The Comanche, Karankawa, Lipan Apache, and Tonkawa; title: Political rumblings in the Alabama settlement; title: The Alabama settlement at war; title: The Texas revolution as myth and identity ritual; title: Aftermath of the war : tragedy and humor; title: Getting rid of wildness; title: The wild woman of the Navidad; title: The civilizing elites : Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson; title: The end of slavery; title: Remember who you are; title: The macaroni road comes to Edna; title: The migration to Uvalde; title: Getting an education; title: Family reunions.