Bøger af Edward Stiff

In this captivating travelogue, Stiff provides a detailed account of his experiences as an emigrant to Texas in the mid-19th century. This book is a valuable resource for historians and anyone interested in the history of Texas and the American West.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Title: A new history of Texas: being a narration of the adventures of the author in Texas, and a description of the soil, climate, productions, minerals, towns, bays, harbours, rivers, institutions, and manners and customs of the inhabitants of that country ... and embracing a condensed statement of interesting events in Texas, from the first European settlement in 1692, down to the present time: and a history of the Mexican War ...Author: Edward StiffPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP00546900CollectionID: CTRG10178448-BPublicationDate: 18470101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: The text, in part, is identical with that of "The Texan emigrant: being a narrative of the adventures of the author in Texas ... By Col. Edward Stiff." Cincinnati, 1840.Collation: 320, [16] p.: ill.; cm

Title: The Texan emigrant: being a narration of the adventures of the author in Texas, and a description of the soil, climate, productions, minerals, towns, days, harbors, rivers, institutions, and manners adn customs of the inhabitants of that country: together with the principal incidents of fifteen years revolution in Mexico: and embracing a condensed statement of interesting events in Texas, from the first European settlement in 1692, down to the year 1840.Author: Edward StiffPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP03332700CollectionID: CTRG00-B1031PublicationDate: 18400101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Reissued, anonymously, in 1847 with some additions (The war with Mexico, [24] pages) under title "A new history of Texas."Collation: 367 p., [1] leaf of plates: ill., fold. map; 20 cm

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