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Frontier Ways
Sketches of Life in the Old West
University of Texas Press
A lively description of life in the frontier American West.
The Spanish Element in Texas Water Law
University of Texas Press
A history of how Spanish law influenced the development of Texas water law.
The Muse in Mexico
A Mid-Century Miscellany
Edited by Thomas Mabry Cranfill
University of Texas Press
A collection of Mexican fiction, poetry, and art from the mid-twentieth century.
The Individuality of Portugal
A Study in Historical-Political Geography
University of Texas Press
The factors that caused Portugal to become a separate nation when other regions of the Iberian peninsula became part of Spain.
The Cradle of Erewhon
Samuel Butler in New Zealand
By Joseph Jones
University of Texas Press
An examination and interpretation of the ways in which Samuel Butler's few crucial years in New Zealand affected his life and work, particularly Erewhon and Erewhon Revisited.
Rich’s Farewell to Military Profession, 1581
Edited by Thomas Mabry Cranfill; By Barnaby Rich
University of Texas Press
The present edition affords an opportunity to read Rich's tales in the form in which Elizabethans knew them.
James Stephen Hogg
A Biography
University of Texas Press
A biography of the first native Texan to serve as the state's governor.
Milton and This Pendant World
University of Texas Press
Believing that Milton has a vital message for the modern world, Whiting has abandoned the usual pattern for examining a poet—study of versification, meter, and other poetic devices—in favor of an exposition of the spiritual and moral meaning of Milton’s
With His Pistol in His Hand
A Border Ballad and Its Hero
University of Texas Press
The true story behind a border ballad, the creation of the ballad, and the ballad's evolution over time.
New Letters to the Tatler and Spectator
Edited by Richmond P. Bond
University of Texas Press
Ninety-six letters to the Tatler and the Spectator, representing what was probably the largest extant body of unpublished material relating directly to the two journals, appeared for the first time in print in this book.
The Viennese Revolution of 1848
By R. John Rath
University of Texas Press
An evaluation of the revolution from the point of view of the political ideologies of 1848.
Platero and I
By Juan Ramón Jiménez; Translated by Eloïse Roach
University of Texas Press
This lyric portrait of life in a remote Andalusian village is the masterpiece of Juan Ramón Jiménez, the Spanish poet awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Mythology and Values
An Analysis of Navaho Chantway Myths
University of Texas Press
A study of a society’s cultural values through the lens of its mythology.
Lucky 7
A Cowman's Autobiography
University of Texas Press
This book came to be written from the longing memory of a time-stranded cowman; he tells his story in the hard-punching, gritty language, direct humor, and attachment to bald fact and frank opinion that characterize the true Westerner.
Brann and the Iconoclast
University of Texas Press
The story of a newspaperman and his satirical publication.
Naval Power in the Conquest of Mexico
University of Texas Press
The first detailed treatment in English of the use of ships in the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
Why the Chisholm Trail Forks and Other Tales of the Cattle Country
By Andy Adams; Edited by Wilson M. Hudson
University of Texas Press
A sparkling collection of tales told around Western campfires.
They Tell of Birds
Chaucer, Spenser, Milton, Drayton
University of Texas Press
This book, a study of birds as they are presented by four great English poets, inquires into the extent and sources of their knowledge of birds and analyzes the methods by which they adapted that knowledge for poetic purposes.
A Political History of the Texas Republic, 1836-1845
University of Texas Press
The first book to examine the fledgling nation from the point of view of its dynamic political life.
The Silver Cradle
Las Posadas, Los Pastores, and Other Mexican American Traditions
University of Texas Press
Originally published in 1955, The Silver Cradle is the story of a year in the life of the Mexican American people of San Antonio, Texas.
The Road to Spindletop
Economic Change in Texas, 1875–1901
By John Stricklin Spratt; Illustrated by Ed Bearden
University of Texas Press
An economic history of Texas in the late nineteenth century.
Rebel Private Front and Rear
By William Andrew Fletcher; Edited by Bell Irvin Wiley
University of Texas Press
A line soldier’s account of the Civil War without heroics.
Twenty-one Texas Short Stories
Edited by William Peery
University of Texas Press
A collection of stories about Texas by Texans that appeared in leading magazines in the first half of the twentieth century.
Sam Houston, the Great Designer
University of Texas Press
A biography of Sam Houston that examines seriously his role as an American statesman.
Gustav Dresel's Houston Journal
Adventures in North America and Texas, 1837-1841
University of Texas Press
The diary of a German businessman in the Texas Republic.
Galveston Island, or, A Few Months off the Coast of Texas
The Journal of Francis C. Sheridan, 1839–1840
By Francis C. Sheridan; Edited by Willis W. Pratt
University of Texas Press
The travel diary of a young Irishman in the British diplomatic service.
Barnaby Rich
A Short Biography
University of Texas Press
The biography of an Elizabethan soldier and courtier.
The Tidelands Oil Controversy
A Legal and Historical Analysis
University of Texas Press
A study of a precedent-making Supreme Court decision regarding whether states or the federal government have ownership of the fishing and mineral rights of the marginal sea.
Gulf To Rockies
The Heritage of the Fort Worth and Denver–Colorado and Southern Railways, 1861–1898
By Richard C. Overton; Illustrated by Reginald Marsh
University of Texas Press
A chapter in the business and economic history of the American West and the story of two of the most colorful railroad builders of the nineteenth century.
The Florida of the Inca
Translated by John Grier Varner and Jeannette Varner; By Garcilaso de la Vega
University of Texas Press
The story of Hernando de Soto's expedition.
The Anatomy of Eleven Towns in Michoacán
University of Texas Press
An examination of what factors create the personalities of eleven towns in Mexico.
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