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ONLINE

1st ed.

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2006

1 online resource (xiv, 222 p.) : ill., maps

ISBN 9781603445412 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 1585445207 (cloth : alk. paper)

ISBN 9781585445202 (cloth : alk. paper)

Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 25

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-209) and index

Discovering my Texas identity -- Writing as a tradition -- The Robertson papers -- Learning Texas history -- Sterling Clack Robertson, empresario -- The Alabama settlement -- The prayer on the Sabine -- Making a living -- The Comanche, Karankawa, Lipan Apache, and Tonkawa -- Political rumblings in the Alabama settlement -- The Alabama settlement at war -- The Texas revolution as myth and identity ritual -- Aftermath of the war : tragedy and humor -- Getting rid of wildness -- The wild woman of the Navidad -- The civilizing elites : Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson -- The end of slavery -- Remember who you are -- The macaroni road comes to Edna -- The migration to Uvalde -- Getting an education -- Family reunions.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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(OCoLC)632388767