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Subtitle: the Parker story
By: Jack K. Selden.
Publisher: Clacton Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Palestine, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9780965989824
Subjects: Parker family; Parker, Cynthia Ann, -- 1827?-1864; Parker, Quanah, -- 1845?-1911; Pioneers -- Texas -- Biography; Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas; Comanche Indians -- Texas -- History -- 19th century; Indian captivities -- Texas; Pioneers -- Southern States -- Biography; Frontier and pioneer life -- Southern States; Texas -- History -- 19th century -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: The story of the Parker family beginning with the days when Texas was part of Mexico as early as 1830 and tracing their incredible history through a century and three-quarters to today, based on a wealth of previously unpublished early Parker documents.  The author introduces hunter-searcher James Parker; statesman Isaac Parker and his friend Sam Houston; Sul Ross, youthful soldier, Governor of Texas, and later, President of Texas A&M University; and Cynthia Ann Parker and her famous son, Quanah.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-311) and index.
Table of contents: title: Encounter; title: I.D. Parker and the Parker tribe; title: The colony; title: The politics of land; title: Seeds of Texas government; title: The drift toward independence; title: The rangers and the Indians; title: Convergence; title: May 19, 1836; title: The search begins; title: Death in Houston; title: James continues his search; title: Uncle Isaac; title: Annexation; title: The United States and the Indians; title: Texas frontier defense; title: Sam Houston returns; title: The fight on the Pease River; title: Stranger in a strange land; title: At home in East Texas; title: Contact; title: The expanding story; title: Monument; title: Chief Quanah is dead; title: Fusion and reunion; title: The third monument; title: Epilogue.