Alexaner Edwin Sweet

Alex Sweet's Texas

The Lighter Side of Lone Star History
Herausgeber: Eisenhour, Virginia

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Produktbeschreibung

A selection of Sweet's humorous essays about Texas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Univ of Chicago Behalf of University of Texas
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 1986
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780292703902
• ISBN-10: 0292703902
• Artikelnr.: 26431691

Autorenporträt

Virginia Eisenhour is the author of The Strand of Galveston and Galveston: A Different Place.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Acknowledgments
2. Introduction
3. Part One: The State
* La Salle in Texas
* The Texas Climate
* The Alamo
* The Texas Navy
* Immigration
* Swedes to the Sweet
* Land Agents
* The Old Veteran
* Lost Boundaries
* The Texas Rangers
* Portraits at the Capitol
4. Part Two: Cities
* San Antonio Sidewalks
* Ditches of San Antonio
* The San Antonio River
* San Antonio Elections
* Austin and San Antonio Compared
* Houston as a Seaport
* Galveston
* Peddlers
* Born on the Island
* The Galveston Cotton Exchange
5. Part Three: People
* Boys
* The Big Firecracker
* A Boyhood Memory
* The Texas Carrier Boy
* That Typical Texan
* General Sheridan, Texas, and Hell
* Lawyers
* Sweet in the Militia
* The Dentist
* Another Mystery Explained
* Houston Indians
* Ladies' Choice
6. Part Four: Life
* Border Troubles
* Eighty-five Little Indians
* A Mexican Revolution
* Throwing the Lasso
* Guide Posts
* Mail Delivery
* Country Store
* Billboards
* The Stovepipe Hat
* Spoofing Good Works
* The Circus
* H.M.S. Pinafore
* An Oil Painting
* Christmas
* New Year's Day Calls
7. Part Five: Natural Resources
* Northers
* Cattle
* The Chaparral Cock
* The Texas Red Ant
* The Tarantula
* The Horned Frog
* Mosquitoes
* The Centipede
* The Devil's Horse
* The Family Dog
* The Awful Coal Bug
* The Shark
* Tarpon and Redfish
* Parrots
* Chile con Carne
8. Bibliography
9. Index