Letters to Alice : birth of the Kleberg-King Ranch dynasty /

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"In the summer of 1881, Robert Justus Kleberg rode across the hot, dusty South Texas brush country to the palatial home of Capt. Richard King to consult with the cattle baron about attending to his legal affairs. On that same journey, the young lawyer also first laid eyes on Alice King, "P...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kleberg, Robert Justus, 1853-1932
Other Authors: Monday, Jane Clements, 1941-, Vick, Frances Brannen, 1935-, Kleberg, Alice Gertrudis King, 1862-1944
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Gulf Coast books ; no. 22.
Subjects:
Kleberg, Robert Justus, > 1853-1932 > Correspondence.
Kleberg, Alice Gertrudis King, > 1862-1944 > Correspondence.
Kleberg, Robert Justus, > 1853-1932.
Kleberg, Alice Gertrudis King, > 1862-1944.
Kleberg, Alice Gertrudis King, > 1862-1944
Kleberg, Robert Justus, > 1853-1932
Ranchers > Texas > Biography.
Lawyers > Texas > Biography.
Ranchers' spouses > Texas > Biography.
Ranchers > Texas > Biographies.
Ranchers > Conjoints > Texas > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Lawyers
Ranchers
Ranchers' spouses
King Ranch (Tex.) > History.
Texas
Texas > King Ranch
Electronic books.
Biography
personal correspondence.
Biographies
History
Personal correspondence
Personal correspondence.
Biographies.
Correspondance privée.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue, 1853-1883
  • A desert empire
  • Princess of the Wild Horse Desert
  • A young lawyer establishes himself
  • Tragedy strikes
  • A friendship deepens
  • The love letters, 1884-1887
  • My dear little heart
  • My little darling
  • My little pet
  • My darling little wife
  • Epilogue, 1887-2011
  • The children of Robert and Alice
  • The dynasty
  • The empire continues.

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