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Ella Elgar Bird Dumont

An Autobiography of a West Texas Pioneer

By Ella Elgar Bird Dumont; Edited by Tommy J. Boley; Introduction by Emily Cutrer
University of Texas Press

A woman's memoir rich with details of the frontier era in Texas.

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The Evolution of a State, or, Recollections of Old Texas Days

By Noah Smithwick; Illustrated by Charles Shawl
University of Texas Press

Eyewitness to so much Texas history, Smithwick recounts his life and adventures in a simple, straightforward style, with a wry sense of humor.

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The Wind

University of Texas Press

The story of Letty, a delicate girl who is forced to move from lush Virginia to desolate West Texas.

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Coronado's Children

Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the Southwest

By J. Frank Dobie; Illustrated by Charles Shaw; Introduction by Frank H. Wardlaw
University of Texas Press

Texas has its share of legendary treasure, and Dobie records the lore of lost mines and forgotten stashes of coin.

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The Prisoners of Perote

University of Texas Press

A soldier's account of the Mier expedition.

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