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Eleazar Louis Ripley Wheelock had fortunate beginnings as the grandson of the founder of Dartmouth College. But he would not take the easy route in life. His personal odyssey would lead him through poverty in pioneer Ohio, climactic battles in the War of 1812, law studies in Kentucky, peril on the Arkansas frontier, and finally, in 1824, an arduous journey to a new land that would define the man: Texas. There he became a settler with Robertson's Colony and subsequently led a life of adventure as a captain of the Texas Rangers, silver miner, founder of a fort and town, Indian agent, surveyor,...

Twentieth Century Girl is a philosophical look back at almost a century of change in America. The author has lived through remarkable times: World War II and the subsequent military upheavals; social unrest and the fundamental change in the character of the American people; the development of the technological age, with all of its as yet unknown consequences; the attack on the American way of life by Islamic extremists and the threat they pose to the very survival of the country. She has crossed the Atlantic forty-four times and visited four continents. In her travels, she has explored the...