Perilous voyages
Subtitle: Czech and English immigrants to Texas in the 1870s
By: [edited by] Lawrence H. Konecny & Clinton Machann.
Contributors: Konecny, Lawrence H., 1954-; Machann, Clinton.; Kingsbury, William Gilliam, b. 1823.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ;; no. 97
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: Czech Americans -- Texas -- History -- 19th century.; British Americans -- Texas -- History -- 19th century.; Czech Americans -- Texas -- Biography.; British Americans -- Texas -- Biography.; Immigrants -- Texas -- History -- 19th century.; Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas.; Texas -- Description and travel.; Texas -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.; Czechoslovakia -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.; England -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Authors Lawrence H. Konecny and Clinton Machann take readers beyond the bare facts to the human stories of immigration from the point of view of English and Czech immigrants. These tales provide fascinating counterpoints to each other and to the glowing claims about Texas, such as those made in William Kingsbury's pamphlet, reprinted in its entirety in the first part of this book." "Perilous Voyages combines the original text of Kingsbury's 1877 pamphlet, a private diary kept by an Englishman named William Wright, and oral histories by descendants of Moravian immigrants to give insight into the historical context and rhetoric of Texas immigration. The realities faced by the early settlers stand in sharp relief to Kingsbury's sometimes extravagant claims."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-173) and index.
Includes William Gilliam Kingsbury's 1877 pamphlet: A description of south-western and middle Texas (United States)