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William Barrett Travis: A Biography
ISBN: 9781934645062 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Meet the twenty-six year old lawyer who commanded Texas most famous garrison for thirteen incredible days and penned the words, "I shall never retreat or surrender-victory or death."
William Barrett Travis is the first scholarly biography of the legendary Alamo commander. Historian Archie P. McDonald treats his subject not merely as a god-like hero, but as the complete human being that he was. The result is an in-depth study that searches for an understanding of Travis character and multifaceted personality. The result is an exciting and entertaining, but above all contemplative analysis of... Meet the twenty-six year old lawyer who commanded Texas most famous garrison for thirteen incredible days and penned the words, "I shall never retreat...
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77,51 |
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Never Without Honor: Studies of Courage in Tribute to Ben H. Procter
ISBN: 9781622880034 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "Never Without Honor" features essays written in Memory of Ben H. Procter, a beloved mentor and friend who taught many people most of what they know about the practice of history, and even more about life. Historians, particularly those who practice their craft through appointments in higher education, fall into distinct categories: those known for publications; those who concentrate on teaching; and those who excel in teaching and sharing the yield of their research with others through spoken and written words. Ben Procter's record places him firmly in the latter camp. His book, "Not Without...
"Never Without Honor" features essays written in Memory of Ben H. Procter, a beloved mentor and friend who taught many people most of what they know a...
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103,34 |
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Hurrah for Texas: The Diary of Adolphus Sterne: 1838-1851
ISBN: 9781681790848 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In Texas historiography the "Sterne Diary" is well known for its richness of material, its vividness of description, and its many incisive and human comments about the dramatis personae of the Republic of Texas. The diarist, Nicholas Adolphus Sterne, was born in Cologne, Germany, on April 5, 1801, and migrated to America sixteen years later as a fugitive from the oppressions of his native land. Settling first at New Orleans, he later moved to the Texas-Mexican frontier town of Nacogdoches where he remained until his death in 1852. Here he became an urbane, sophisticated... In Texas historiography the "Sterne Diary" is well known for its richness of material, its vividness of description, and its many incisive and huma... |
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86,80 |
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Texas: A Compact History
ISBN: 9781933337159 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Texas "a whole other country"-a slogan that promotes tourism as much within the Lone Star State as elsewhere-is familiar to native Texans and those adopted sons and daughters who "got here just as quickly as they could." Texas is as varied as East Texas timberland, hundreds of miles of seashore, prairies of the Central and High Plains, and the dry desert of far West Texas. When traveling abroad and asked, "Where are you from?" residents of forty-nine of the United States usually respond, "the USA." Nearly every citizen of the Lone Star State will answer "Texas " The world encourages such...
Texas "a whole other country"-a slogan that promotes tourism as much within the Lone Star State as elsewhere-is familiar to native Texans and those ad...
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108,59 |
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Texas?: What Do You Know about the Lone Star State?
ISBN: 9780875651200 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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103,93 |
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Back Then Again: Simple Pleasures and Everyday Heroes
ISBN: 9781936205066 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Red River Radio, an affiliate of National Public Radio, headquartered in Shreveport, Louisiana, supplements their broadcast of the Morning Edition for five minutes each Friday at 7:35 a.m. for "The comments of our own Dr. Archie McDonald."
Broadcast to large portions of Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and East Texas, McDonald's comments are memories of growing up in the South of the 1940s and 1950s, his collegiate and grad school activities during the 1960s, and other miscellaneous adventures that have ushered him into the 21st Century. But, a broadcast takes a few minutes and then... Red River Radio, an affiliate of National Public Radio, headquartered in Shreveport, Louisiana, supplements their broadcast of the Morning Edition for...
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57,24 |
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Stephen F. Austin State University Jacks
ISBN: 9781531647124 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Stephen F. Austin State University opened its doors in 1923, and its administrators instituted intercollegiate athletics almost immediately. Over the next eight decades, the Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks--team names derived from the areas predominant forest products industries--participated successfully in the Lone Star, Gulf Star, and Southland Conferences. Such outstanding Lumberjacks as James Silas, Mark Moseley, and Jeremiah Trotter have even gone on to successful careers in the NBA and NFL. This book offers readers a retrospective look at the success of SFAs athletic programs, as well as the...
Stephen F. Austin State University opened its doors in 1923, and its administrators instituted intercollegiate athletics almost immediately. Over the ...
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124,28 |
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Nacogdoches
ISBN: 9781531651886 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Nacogdoches derives its name from the Caddo tribe that once lived in central East Texas along Banita and LaNana Creeks. Franciscan father Antonio Jesus de Margil established a mission for the Caddo people there in 1716. In 1779, Antonio Gil Y'Barvo founded the puebla of Nacogdoches and built the Stone House, or Stone Fort, the town's most enduring symbol of European influence. Nacogdoches served as headquarters for one of three administrative districts in Texas under Mexican authority and played a significant role in the Texas Revolution before stabilizing into a predominately rural and...
Nacogdoches derives its name from the Caddo tribe that once lived in central East Texas along Banita and LaNana Creeks. Franciscan father Antonio Jesu...
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124,28 |
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Archie - The Memoir of Archie McDonald
ISBN: 9789768244420 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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155,01 |
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Archie P. McDonald: A Life in Texas History
ISBN: 9781623494612 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Historian Archie P. McDonald (1935 2012) retired in 2008 as director of the East Texas Historical Association and editor of the East Texas Historical Journal after thirty-seven years of service. A beloved professor and author of numerous books, he charted the course of the ETHA and served as leader of several organizations. He was an inspiration to countless students, colleagues, and others who share a common appreciation for Lone Star history. Dan K. Utley sat down with McDonald on several occasions to capture and preserve his experiences for posterity.
The resulting memoir not... Historian Archie P. McDonald (1935 2012) retired in 2008 as director of the East Texas Historical Association and editor of the East Texas Historic...
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98,90 |
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