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1 online resource (201 pages) |
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A Priest, A Prostitute, And Some Other Early Texans; Contents; PREFACE; 1. FATHER MICHAEL MULDOON: Muldoon's Catholics; 2. SARAH BOWMAN: She Gave Solace to Many-in Many Ways; 3. AYLETT C. BUCKNER: They Called Him "Strap"; 4. SOPHIA PORTER: Paul Revere in a Dress; 5. MOLLIE BAILEY: She Played the Center Ring; 6. BASS OUTLAW: Ranger Little Wolf; 7. LIZZIE JOHNSON WILLIAMS: Educator, Trail Boss, Rancher, Miser; 8. WILD MAN OF THE NAVIDAD: "The Thing That Comes"; 9. ADAH ISAACS MENKEN: Was She Really Naked?; 10. THREE-LEGGED WILLIE: Justice and Independence Above All |
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11. MADAM CANDELARIA: Was She at the Alamo-or Wasn't She?12. JAMES BRITON BAILEY: He's Still Looking for His Jug; 13. MARTHA WHITE MCWHIRTER: She Who Was Sanctified; 14. MILTON FAVER: The Baron of West Texas; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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This unique collection of short biographies of the Lone Star State's most colorful characters includes headliners Father Miguel Muldoon, the Irish-Spanish Catholic priest and diplomat who helped convert Protestants in order to settle Austin, and six-foot-two prostitute and hotelkeeper Sarah Bowman, who fought as bravely as a man among the Rangers and was buried with full military honors. These are just two of the pioneers who helped build the state amidst wars with Seminoles and Mexicans, gold rushes, and cavalry formations. These fourteen vivid accounts of extraordinary lives are like no othe |
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Print version record |
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Pioneers -- Texas -- Biography
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas -- Anecdotes
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Frontier and pioneer life
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Pioneers
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Texas
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Anecdotes
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781493026159 |
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1493026151 |
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