"'The Story of Frontier Religion' could have been told in a great many ways, many of them dull. Here, however, interpretative matter has been kept to a minimum and source material selected with an unerring sense of humor. . . . There are chapters on the styles of preaching and of praying, the phenomena of revivalism, the church as a disciplinary force, frauds and 'bad men' who preached, scoffers and trouble-makers, the fiercely jocular competition among the various sects, and the hard lot of circuit ministers."--Virginia Kirkus' Bulletin. "This is an admirable piece of research, unpedantic...
"'The Story of Frontier Religion' could have been told in a great many ways, many of them dull. Here, however, interpretative matter has been kept to ...
The state of Texas holds an interesting and important place in the history of the United States, and this volume explores those men and women who have helped to shape the course of the state by serving as governor.
For example, Miriam V. Ferguson (1925-1927, 1933-1935) was the first woman governor of the state. She won the governorship by promising that she would work with her husband, former Texas governor, James E. -Farmer Jim- Ferguson (1915-1917), assuring Texans that they would have -two governors for the price of one.-
As in the story of the Fergusons, The Governors of...
The state of Texas holds an interesting and important place in the history of the United States, and this volume explores those men and women who h...
-One of the best books on this outlaw, based on scholarly research.- -Adams No. 767, Six Guns and Leather
-The narrative is true, documented research and easy reading.- -Irving Ward-Steinman
In many parts of the South and the Southwest today, they still speak in quiet awe of the intrepid John Murrel-highwayman, bandit, cutthroat, and slaver who spread organized terror through dozens of early nineteenth-century towns.
From Tennessee and Arkansas to Georgia eastward, and to the Mexican border westward, Murrel carved a special niche for himself as one of the first American...
-One of the best books on this outlaw, based on scholarly research.- -Adams No. 767, Six Guns and Leather
