Author: John Lynwood WarrenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Motley County (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
The Matadors, 1879-1951
Author: John Lynwood WarrenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Motley County (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
Includes Part 1A: Books
Ella Elgar Bird Dumont
Author: Ella Elgar Bird DumontPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292772157
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
A crack shot, expert skinner and tanner, seamstress, sculptor, and later writer—a list that only hints at her intelligence and abilities—Ella Elgar Bird Dumont was one of those remarkable women who helped tame the Texas frontier. First married at sixteen to a Texas Ranger, she followed her husband to Comanche Indian country in King County, where they lived in a tepee while participating in the final slaughter of the buffalo. Living off the land until the frontier was opened for ranching, Ella and Tom Bird typified the Old West ideals of self-sufficiency and generosity, with a hesitancy to complain about the hard life in the late 1800s. Yet, in one important way, Ella Dumont was unsuited for life on the frontier. Endowed with an instinctive desire and ability to carve and sculpt, she was largely prevented from pursuing her talents by the responsibilities of marriage and frontier life and later, widowhood with two small children. Even though her second marriage, to Auguste Dumont, made life more comfortable, the realities of her existence still prevented the fulfillment of her artistic longings. Ella Bird Dumont’s memoir is rich with details of the frontier era in Texas, when Indian depredations were still a danger for isolated settlers, where animals ranged close enough to provide dinner and a new pair of gloves, and where sheer existence depended on skill, luck, and the kindness of strangers. The vividness and poignancy of her life, coupled with the wealth of historical material in the editor’s exhaustive notes, make this Texas pioneer’s autobiography a very special book.
Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 906
Book Description
The Rampaging Herd
Author: Ramon Frederick AdamsPublisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Writings on American History
Author: The Southwestern Historical Quarterly
Author: Library of Congress Catalogs
Author: Library of CongressAntiquarian Bookman
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1208
Book Description
Subject Catalog
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description