At home in Texas
Subtitle: early views of the land
By: by Robin W. Doughty.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
Subjects: Land settlement -- Texas -- History -- 19th century.; Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- Texas -- History -- 19th century.; Human geography -- Texas.; Texas -- Description and travel.; Texas -- Emigration and immigration.
Description: Explains how nineteenth-century settlers in Texas used the land's fertility to develop a deep attachment to the area, despite the false impressions other settlers had given them about the state before they moved there.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 147-157.
Includes index.