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  • Journey to Texas, 1833

    de Detlef Dunt ...
    Traducido por Anders Saustrup ...
    In 1834, a German immigrant to Texas, D. T. F. (Detlef Thomas Friedrich) Jordt, aka Detlef Dunt, published Reise nach Texas, a delightful little book that praised Texas as "a land which puts riches in [the immigrant's] lap, which can bring happiness to thousands and to their descendants." Dunt's volume was the first one written by an on-the-ground observer to encourage German immigration to Texas, ... Leer más

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  • Friedrichsburg

    Colony of the German Furstenverein

    Traducido por James C. Kearney ...
    Founded in 1846, Fredericksburg, Texas, was established by German noblemen who enticed thousands of their compatriots to flee their overcrowded homeland with the prospect of free land in a place that was portrayed as a new Garden of Eden. Few of the settlers, however, were prepared for the harsh realities of the Texas frontier or for confrontation with the Comanche Indians. In his 1867 novel ... Leer más

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  • Duty to Serve, Duty to Conscience

    The Story of Two Conscientious Objector Combat Medics during the Vietnam War

    Despite all that has been written about Vietnam, the story of the 1-A-O conscientious objector, who agreed to put on a uniform and serve in the field without weapons rather than accept alternative service outside the military, has received scarce attention. This joint memoir by two 1-A-O combat medics, James C. Kearney and William H. Clamurro, represents a unique approach to the subject. It is a ... Leer más

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  • Inside the Texas Revolution

    The Enigmatic Memoir of Herman Ehrenberg

    Edición de James E. Crisp ...
    Herman Ehrenberg wrote the longest, most complete, and most vivid memoir of any soldier in the Texan revolutionary army.His narrative was published in Germany in 1843, but it was little used by Texas historians until the twentieth century, when the first—and very problematic—attempts at translation into English were made. Inside the Texas Revolution: The Enigmatic Memoir of Herman Ehrenberg is a ... Leer más

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  • The Forty-Eighters on Possum Creek

    A Texas Civil War Story

    The Forty-Eighters of Possum Creek: A Texas Civil War Story is a departure for State House Press. This remarkable work of vintage historical fiction focuses on the life of one young man, Kuno Sartorius, who grows up and comes of age in a community of educated German immigrants during the waning months of the Civil War. Author William Trenckmann serialized the novel in his newspaper, Das Bellville ... Leer más

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  • No Hope for Heaven, No Fear of Hell

    The Stafford-Townsend Feud of Colorado County, Texas, 1871-1911

    Two family names have come to be associated with the violence that plagued Colorado County, Texas, for decades after the end of the Civil War: the Townsends and the Staffords. Both prominent families amassed wealth and achieved status, but it was their resolve to hold on to both, by whatever means necessary, including extra-legal means, that sparked the feud. Elected office was one of the paths to ... Leer más

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    Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

    de S. C. Gwynne ...
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  • Blood and Thunder

    de Hampton Sides ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of Ghost Soldiers comes an eye-opening history of the American conquest of the West—"a story full of authority and color, truth and prophecy" (The New York Times Book Review).In the summer of 1846, the Army of the West marched through Santa Fe, en route to invade and occupy the Western territories claimed by Mexico. Fueled by the new ideology of “Manifest ... Leer más

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    An Uncommon History of 1776

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  • The Alamo

    John Myers Myers authored sixteen books, including Doc Holliday and Tombstone's Early Years, also available as Bison Books. ... Leer más

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  • Hue 1968

    A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam

    de Mark Bowden ...
    The author of Black Hawk Down vividly recounts a pivotal Vietnam War battle in this New York Times bestseller: "An extraordinary feat of journalism". —Karl Marlantes, Wall Street JournalIn Hue 1968, Mark Bowden presents a detailed, day-by-day reconstruction of the most critical battle of the Tet Offensive. In the early hours of January 31, 1968, the North Vietnamese launched attacks across South ... Leer más

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  • Coffee

    The Epic of a Commodity

    de H.E. Jacob ...
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