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Bison book volume BB115
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"Letters of a Woman Homesteader" is the fascinating true tale of life on the American frontier by Elinore Pruitt Stewart. First published in 1914, Stewart's work is a collection of 26 letters written by Stewart from 1909 to 1914 which follow her adventures in Wyoming. Born Elinore Pruitt in 1876 in Chickasaw Nation territory in modern day Oklahoma, her birth father died when she was very young and her mother and step-father both died when Stewart...
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Bison book volume BB343
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Amid the embroiling conflicts of frontiersmen, Mexicans, and war in Texas, 1837, William "Big-Foot" Wallace left his hometown of Virginia to avenge the deaths of his brother and cousin, soldiers executed by Mexicans. Upon joining the Texas Rangers, Wallace was swept into the clashes at Salado Creek, Hondo River, and the Battle of Monterrey during the Mexican-American War. Measuring at 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 240 pounds, Big-Foot Wallace...
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Bison book volume BB109
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xx, 386 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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American Indian Life" is a work co-authored by Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons and C. Grant La Farge. The book focuses on the ethnography and cultural aspects of American Indian life, shedding light on the traditions, beliefs, and customs of Indigenous peoples in North America. Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons and C. Grant La Farge's work likely offers a valuable ethnographic perspective on American Indian life, serving as an informative and respectful...
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A classic from the Lone Star State, John Graves' Goodbye to a River is a poignant narrative of one man's journey by canoe down the river of his memories. Along the way, he describes the colorful Texas landscape and recounts its rich history. When Graves learns that the river he knew and loved as a youth-the Brazos in north-central Texas-is slated to be dammed at multiple points, he understands that things will never be the same.
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