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Sutherland, Anne H.

The Robertsons, the Sutherlands, and the making of Texas [electronic resource] / by Anne H. Sutherland. - 1st ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2006. - xiv, 222 p. : ill., maps. - Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 25 . - Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 25. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-209) and index.

Discovering my Texas identity -- Writing as a tradition -- The Robertson papers -- Learning Texas history -- Sterling Clack Robertson, empresario -- The Alabama settlement -- The prayer on the Sabine -- Making a living -- The Comanche, Karankawa, Lipan Apache, and Tonkawa -- Political rumblings in the Alabama settlement -- The Alabama settlement at war -- The Texas revolution as myth and identity ritual -- Aftermath of the war : tragedy and humor -- Getting rid of wildness -- The wild woman of the Navidad -- The civilizing elites : Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson -- The end of slavery -- Remember who you are -- The macaroni road comes to Edna -- The migration to Uvalde -- Getting an education -- Family reunions.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.






Sutherland, Anne--Family.
Robertson family.
Sutherland family.


Scots-Irish--History.--Texas
Scots-Irish--Texas--Biography.


Texas--History.
Texas--Biography.


Electronic books.

F395.S4 / S87 2006eb

976.4
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