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Book Synopsis Sam Maverick’s Trail by : Daniel McNeel Lane, MD, PhD
Download or read book Sam Maverick’s Trail written by Daniel McNeel Lane, MD, PhD and published by Sunstone Press. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Mexican Congress ratified the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) was the legal boundary between Texas and Mexico. Under the treaty, the United States was obligated to prevent raids by “hostile tribes” in Mexico whose northern frontier had been ravaged by the raids. This obligation was accepted despite the absence of a wagon road between San Antonio and El Paso or any U.S. Army forts with soldiers stationed along the border. In fact, no Americans, including Texans who claimed the lands, knew where the border or tribal crossings were located. This is the story of the 1848 Hays Expedition, the first U.S. effort to search for a wagon road route along the new border to Chihuahua and El Paso. The original intent was to establish a trade route to Chihuahua but the Expedition’s efforts to explore the new lands proved to be far more difficult. Besides crossing the most rugged terrain in Texas with almost no water sources and starving from lack of food, the Expedition survived the first American exploration of the Texas-Mexico border and provided critical information that led to the settlement of far West Texas and a new route from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean.
Book Synopsis Sam Maverick's Trail by : Daniel McNeel Lane
Download or read book Sam Maverick's Trail written by Daniel McNeel Lane and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background -- Objectives and members of 1848 pioneer expedition -- Rendevous at Las Moras Springs/the Edwards Plateau -- Westward to La Junta de Los Rios/the River Canyon Country -- Return east to home/Alamitos Creek and Pecos River Valley -- Second exploration of Texas-Mexico border -- The border after signing of treaty -- Epilogue -- Methods used to locate trail of 1848 expedition -- Article XI of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo -- Approximate GPS locations of 1848 campsites -- Afterword
Book Synopsis Burs Under the Saddle by : Ramon Frederick Adams
Download or read book Burs Under the Saddle written by Ramon Frederick Adams and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This immense book, by a noted bibliographer of the West, is beyond question the fairest, most complete and most learned evaluation of printed references to western outlaws to appear until now....It will stand for many years, solid as a rock amid the flooding maelstrom of western myth and legend, pointing up the truth about those men of the past who lived by their wits and their guns. It will be impossible for anyone studying that era and such men to do so without reference to this volume."—Los Angeles Times "Adams turns again to the books and histories of the western gunmen and outlaws and critically examines 425 titles, most of which rate as ’burs’ under his saddle. Ramon Adams’ plea is that the writers must stop compounding each other’s errors into legend. In this book, with great skill and without malice, he has pointed out past mistakes. His book should be in the essential baggage of every writer on western outlaws and on every library shelf."—American West "The value of this book to writers and historians of the badman tradition cannot be overestimated, for Adams has replaced rumors, myths, and falsehoods with documented historical facts. It is a book for all conscientious students of and writers on the American West; henceforth, any writer of ’authentic Western history’ who refuses to check with Adams should be, as the judge said to Billy the Kid in one legend, 'hanged by the neck until dead, dead, dead.'"—Southwest Review
Book Synopsis The Trial of the British Soldiers, of the 29th Regiment of Foot, for the Murder of Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, and Patrick Carr, on Monday Evening, March 5, 1770 by :
Download or read book The Trial of the British Soldiers, of the 29th Regiment of Foot, for the Murder of Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, and Patrick Carr, on Monday Evening, March 5, 1770 written by and published by . This book was released on 1807 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Maverick written by Lewis F. Fisher and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-30 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By definition, a maverick is a “lone dissenter” who “takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates” or “a person pursuing rebellious, even potentially disruptive policies or ideas.” The word maverick has evolved in the English language from being the term for an unbranded stray calf to a label given to a nontraditional person to a more extreme “uncontrollable individualist, iconoclast, unstable nonconformist.” The word has grown into an adjective (“he made a maverick decision”) and become a verb (mavericking or mavericked). Of all the words that originated in the Old West and survive to the present day, author Lewis Fisher notes, maverick has been called the least understood and most corrupted. But where did the word come from? The word’s definition is still such a mystery that Merriam-Webster lists it in the top 10 percent of its most-looked-up words. All of the origin stories agree it had something to do with Samuel A. Maverick and his cattle, but from there things go amok rather quickly. Was Sam Maverick a cattle thief? A legendary nonconformist who broke the code of the West by refusing to brand his calves? A Texas rancher who believed branding cattle was cruelty to animals? A runaway from South Carolina who branded all the wild cattle he could find and ended up with more cattle than anyone else in Texas? Samuel A. Maverick was a notable landholder and public figure in his own time, but his latter-day fame is based on the legend that he was a cattle rancher. No amount of truth-telling about maverick seems to have slowed the tall tales surrounding the word’s origination. Maverick: The American Name That Became a Legend is a whodunit, a historical telling of the man who unwittingly inspired the term, the family it’s derived from, the cowboys who embraced it as an adjective meaning rakish and independent, the curious inquirers intrigued by its narrative, and the appropriators who have borrowed it for political fame. Texas historian (and secondhand Maverick by marriage) Lewis Fisher has combed through Maverick family papers along with cultural memorabilia and university collections to get at the heart of the truth behind the far-flung Maverick legends. Maverick follows the history of the word through the “Maverick gene” all the way to Hollywood and uncovers the mysteries that shadow one of our country’s iconic words. Taken as a whole, the book is a fascinating portrayal of how we form, use, and change our language in the course of everyday life, and of the Maverick family’s ongoing relationship to its own contributions, all seen through the lens of a story featuring cowboys, Texas Longhorns, rustlers, promoters, movie stars, athletes, novelists, lawyers, mayors, congressmen, and senators—to say nothing of named maverick brands ranging from Ford cars and air-to-ground missiles to computer operating systems, Vermont maple syrup, and Australian wines. Ironically, given its literal meaning as unbranded, maverick is a brand name that helped shape the history of the American West and represents the ideal of being true to oneself.
Book Synopsis The Trial of the British Soldiers, of the 29th Regiment of Foot by : William Wemms
Download or read book The Trial of the British Soldiers, of the 29th Regiment of Foot written by William Wemms and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Trial of William Wemms, James Hartegan, William McCauley, ... Soldiers in His Majesty's 29th Regiment of Foot, for the Murder of Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, ... on ... the 5th of March, 1770. At the Superior Court of Judicature, ... Held at Boston, the 27th Day of November, 1770, ... by :
Download or read book The Trial of William Wemms, James Hartegan, William McCauley, ... Soldiers in His Majesty's 29th Regiment of Foot, for the Murder of Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, ... on ... the 5th of March, 1770. At the Superior Court of Judicature, ... Held at Boston, the 27th Day of November, 1770, ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1771 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Devils River written by Patrick Dearen and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his newest book, Devils River, Patrick Dearen traces the 400-year history of the notorious river from the time of the first Spanish explorers to the modernization of southwestern Texas and the coming of the railroad. He vividly retells stories of Indian encounters, train robberies, and other horrific events that prove just how the name “Devils River” was coined. With his inimitable style, the author weaves together a variety of themes--military events, including the Civil War and stories about the Texas Rangers; the development of the first mail lines; and the introduction of cattle and sheep raising--into a comprehensive account of the violence and bloodshed surrounding the Devils River. The nature of the river’s history is such that very few anecdotes have happy endings, but Devils River contains stories of triumphs as well as disasters. Although this is an excellent account for historians studying the west, it is also very accessible to others with little or no background in early western history.
Book Synopsis The Trial of W. Wemms, J. Hartegan, W. McCauley, H. White, M. Killroy, W. Warren, J. Carrol, and H. Montgomery, Soldiers in His Majesty's 29th Regiment of Foot, for the Murder of C. Attucks, S. Gray, H. Maverick, J. Caldwell, and P. Carr, on Monday Evening, the 5th of March, 1770, at the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Assize, and General Goal Delivery, Held at Boston, the 27th Day of November, 1770 ... Taken in Short-hand by H. Hodgson by : William WEMMS
Download or read book The Trial of W. Wemms, J. Hartegan, W. McCauley, H. White, M. Killroy, W. Warren, J. Carrol, and H. Montgomery, Soldiers in His Majesty's 29th Regiment of Foot, for the Murder of C. Attucks, S. Gray, H. Maverick, J. Caldwell, and P. Carr, on Monday Evening, the 5th of March, 1770, at the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Assize, and General Goal Delivery, Held at Boston, the 27th Day of November, 1770 ... Taken in Short-hand by H. Hodgson written by William WEMMS and published by . This book was released on 1771 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Devils River written by Louis F. Aulbach and published by Louis F. Aulbach. This book was released on 2005-02 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Texas Women Writers by : Sylvia Ann Grider
Download or read book Texas Women Writers written by Sylvia Ann Grider and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical survey of over 150 years of Texas women writers, including fiction and nonfiction authors, poets, and dramatists.
Book Synopsis American State Trials by : John Davison Lawson
Download or read book American State Trials written by John Davison Lawson and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets Principally Relating to America by : Edward P. Boon
Download or read book Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets Principally Relating to America written by Edward P. Boon and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Catalogue of the American Library of the Late Samuel Latham Mitchill Barlow by : Samuel Latham Mitchill Barlow
Download or read book Catalogue of the American Library of the Late Samuel Latham Mitchill Barlow written by Samuel Latham Mitchill Barlow and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Index to American State Trials written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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