The Galveston Era, the Texas Crescent on the Eve of Secession
by Fornell, Earl Wesley
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Austin (1961): University of Texas Press. First Edition. Octavo. The author describes with clarity the interrelated events, the decisions, and the conflicts that went into the development of Galveston ad the Texas Gulf during the years 1845-1860. He also portrays the people and their way of life along with some of the notables who helps to shape the destiny of Texas.355pp., bound in a pale green pictorial cloth lettered and decorated in brow. A fine bright copy in a near fine clipped pictorial dust jacket with only minor finger soiling.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019559
- Title
- The Galveston Era, the Texas Crescent on the Eve of Secession
- Author
- Fornell, Earl Wesley
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Place of Publication
- Austin (1961)
- Keywords
- First Edition 1st Dust Jacket Texas Galveston civil War
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana; Texas;
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Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
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