Description |
1 online resource (xii, 249 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 31 |
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Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 31
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Contents |
Introduction -- The road to San Jacinto (1817-36) -- Los piratas de Tejas (1836-37) -- Red lander (1837-44) -- Storming Monterrey (1845-46) -- The fault of all Texans (1846-48) -- By flood and field (1848-58) -- Family, community, and secession (1858-61) -- The Marshal Ney of Texas (1861-62) -- Partisan ranger (1862-65) -- Citizen Lane (1866-86) -- Recollections (1874-91) -- Epilogue |
Summary |
"Walter P. Lane emigrated from Ireland as a young boy, fought in three wars, sailed the Texas coast with a privateer, and traveled to California and Arizona in search of gold. What drove this man, who in many ways typifies the adventurers who contributed to the westward expansion in the United States during the early nineteenth century? As Jimmy L. Bryan Jr. reveals in this superbly researched and nuanced work, Walter P. Lane, like many men of his generation, was driven in part by his ideals of gender, ethnicity, and nationality. In this first full-length biography of Lane, Bryan has exhaustively mined personal papers, memoirs, contemporary sources, and archived collections to produce a portrait, not only of an individual who exemplifies "the proud military tradition of Texas," but also of the times in which Lane lived and the principles that fired his imagination and stoked his ambition."--Jacket |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Lane, Walter P. (Walter Paye), 1817-1892.
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SUBJECT |
Lane, Walter P. (Walter Paye), 1817-1892 fast |
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Texas. Militia -- Biography
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Texas. Militia fast |
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Veterans -- Texas -- Biography
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Generals -- Texas -- Biography
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Mexican War, 1846-1848.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Generals
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Veterans
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Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85134265
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140205
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Texas
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781603444118 |
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1603444114 |
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