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Turn Your Eyes Toward Texas Pioneers Sam and Mary Maverick
by Marks, Paula Mitchell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0890963800
- ISBN 13
- 9780890963807
- Seller
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The Woodlands, Texas, United States
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About This Item
College Staion, Texas: Texas A & M University Press. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0890963800 . A history of Sam and Mary Maverick of Texas. Sam Maverick arrived in Texas on the eve of the Texas Revolution and died in 1870, he participated in many important events including the Siege of Bexar, the defense of the Alamo, the independence convention at Washington-on-the-Brazos, minutemen expeditions against Indians, the Chihuahuan Expedition of 1848, mayor of San Antonio, congressman of the republic, and seccession commissioner for Texas during the Civil War. Mary, who may have been the first Anglo-American woman to settle in the San Antonio area, kept their pioneer home and raised their family. Mary kept a detailed diary and published her memoirs, Paula Mitchell Marks used Mary's diary and the rich store of Maverick family papers to write this combined biography. Front board slightly bowed. Spine slightly slanted. Spine gently bumped at both ends. No previous owner marks. Dust jacket is bright with only minimal wear along the edges. Dust jacket now protected in Mylar. Ships same or next business day well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 323 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 78240
- Title
- Turn Your Eyes Toward Texas Pioneers Sam and Mary Maverick
- Author
- Marks, Paula Mitchell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0890963800
- ISBN 13
- 9780890963807
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press
- Place of Publication
- College Staion, Texas
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- 0890963800
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