True tales of the Texas frontier
Subtitle: eight centuries of adventure and surprise
By: C. Herndon Williams
Series: American chronicles : a History Press series
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9781626190290
Subjects: Anecdotes; History; Frontier and pioneer life; Social life and customs; Local History; Biography
Description: For eight centuries, the Texas frontier has seen conquest, exploration, immigration, revolution and innovation, leaving to history a cast of fascinating characters and captivating tales. Its historic period began in 1519 with Spanish exploration, but there was a prehistory long before, nearly fifteen thousand years earlier, with the arrival of people to Texas. Each story pulls a new perspective from this long history by examining nearly all angles--from archaeology to ethnography, astronomy, agriculture and more. These true stories prove to be unexpected, sometimes contrarian and occasionally funny but always fascinating. Join author and historian C. Herndon Williams as he recounts his exploration of nearly a millennium of the Texas frontier.--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Prehistoric Texas through 1519; title: Part II. The Spanish Colonial Period, 1519-1811; title: Part III. Mexican Texas, Colonization and Revolution, 1811-1836; title: Part IV. Is Texas the Only Lone Star State?; title: Part V. The State of Texas : The End of the Frontier.