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"and Are We Yet Alive?": A History of the Northwest Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church
ISBN: 9781933337357 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) In 2010, the present Northwest Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church will celebrate its 100th anniversary. At its birth, the conference began with nearly two hundred strong churches and another two hundred part-time "school house" churches within its charge.
During its first forty years, it grew at a rapid pace; but, in the mid-1960s, began to experience a gradual decline which continues to this day. This study explores the conference's reasons for growth, the challenge of conflict and decline, and its efforts to find renewal and revival. At the same time, it celebrates the... In 2010, the present Northwest Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church will celebrate its 100th anniversary. At its birth, the conference bega...
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141,12 |
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C.C. Slaughter: Rancher, Banker, Baptist
ISBN: 9780806142937 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Born during the infant years of the Texas Republic, C.C. Slaughter (1837 1919) participated in the development of the southwestern cattle industry from its pioneer stages to the modern era. Trail driver, Texas Ranger, banker, philanthropist, and cattleman, he was one of America s most famous ranchers. David J. Murrah s biography of Slaughter, now available in paperback, still stands as the definitive account of this well-known figure in Southwest history. A pioneer in West Texas ranching, Slaughter increased his holdings from 1877 to 1905 to include more than half a million acres of land... Born during the infant years of the Texas Republic, C.C. Slaughter (1837 1919) participated in the development of the southwestern cattle industry ... |
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82,71 |
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Oil, Taxes, and Cats: A History of the Devitt Family and the Mallet Ranch
ISBN: 9780896724600 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 247 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Many of the great Texas ranches established during the cattle boom of the 1880s became immediate business successes, but as time passed, many of them failed. Oil, Taxes, and Cats is the story of one of the survivors and of the family that kept it alive. David Mantz DeVitt, a young New York newspaperman, came to Texas in 1880 and became co-owner of the Mallet Ranch in 1895. Although he lacked practical experience in the livestock business, DeVitt managed to parlay his small investment into a 100,000-acre cattle operation that continues to operate today. DeVitt s two sons were killed in...
Many of the great Texas ranches established during the cattle boom of the 1880s became immediate business successes, but as time passed, many of them ...
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68,10 |
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The Rise and Fall of the Lazy S Ranch
ISBN: 9781623499716 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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111,91 |
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The Rise and Fall of the Lazy S Ranch
ISBN: 9781648434211 / Angielski / 15-01-2026 Książka dostępna od: 15-01-2026 |
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Rollie Burns: Or an Account of the Ranching Industry on the South Plains
ISBN: 9781585440559 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) In 1925, when Rollie Burns turned sixty-eight, like many old-timers he decided it was time to write down his reminiscences of a long, full life on the West Texas plains. Born in 1857 in Missouri, he had been brought to Texas by his parents about the beginning of the Civil War, and he grew up near Denison, then the only shipping point on the cattle trail north and a fascinating place for boys who were to become cowboys. One month short of his sixteenth birthday Burns ran away from home to join a scouting expedition to the Texas Panhandle, and by the time he settled in the Lubbock area in 1881,...
In 1925, when Rollie Burns turned sixty-eight, like many old-timers he decided it was time to write down his reminiscences of a long, full life on the...
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82,71 |
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Historic Tales of the Llano Estacado
ISBN: 9781467146548 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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91,69 |
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This I Can Leave You: A Woman's Days on the Pitchfork Ranch
ISBN: 9781585440757 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) When D Burns arrived at the mighty Pitchfork Ranch as the new manager in 1942, he walked straight into the hostility of a lot of longtime hands who did not want to take orders from an outsider. Gradually, though, D and his wife, Mamie, won allies and made a place for themselves on the historic spread. For the next twenty-three years Mamie jotted down stories about the cowhands, the cooks and gardeners at the Big House, the many guests, and her own lively family.
Her stories reveal life as it was on an isolated ranch during the war years and the years of change that followed. The Pitchfork... When D Burns arrived at the mighty Pitchfork Ranch as the new manager in 1942, he walked straight into the hostility of a lot of longtime hands who di...
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125,94 |
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Caprock Chronicles: More Tales of the Llano Estacado
ISBN: 9781540250179 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
cena:
156,66 |