A Priest, A Prostitute, and Some Other Early Texans : the Lives Of Fourteen Lone Star State Pioneers.
This unique collection of short biographies of the Lone Star State's most colorful characters includes headliners Father Miguel Muldoon, the Irish-Spanish Catholic priest and diplomat who helped convert Protestants in order to settle Austin, and six-foot-two prostitute and hotelkeeper Sarah Bow...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Blue Ridge Summit :
Globe Pequot Press,
2016.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A Priest, A Prostitute, And Some Other Early Texans; Contents; PREFACE; 1. FATHER MICHAEL MULDOON: Muldoon's Catholics; 2. SARAH BOWMAN: She Gave Solace to Many-in Many Ways; 3. AYLETT C. BUCKNER: They Called Him "Strap"; 4. SOPHIA PORTER: Paul Revere in a Dress; 5. MOLLIE BAILEY: She Played the Center Ring; 6. BASS OUTLAW: Ranger Little Wolf; 7. LIZZIE JOHNSON WILLIAMS: Educator, Trail Boss, Rancher, Miser; 8. WILD MAN OF THE NAVIDAD: "The Thing That Comes"; 9. ADAH ISAACS MENKEN: Was She Really Naked?; 10. THREE-LEGGED WILLIE: Justice and Independence Above All.
- 11. MADAM CANDELARIA: Was She at the Alamo-or Wasn't She?12. JAMES BRITON BAILEY: He's Still Looking for His Jug; 13. MARTHA WHITE MCWHIRTER: She Who Was Sanctified; 14. MILTON FAVER: The Baron of West Texas; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR.