Recollections of early Texas

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For a single book to get the feel of early Texas, this is very good. It is largely reminisces, but that is offset by the grandson's excellent editing notes that point out errors or give further details.

There is some "man, we were good" attitude, but I believe that is understandable/5(8). Recollections of Early Texas book. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. A firsthand account of pioneer life in east Texas/5(1). Recollections of Early Texas: The Memoirs of John Holland Jenkins Anson Jones, John Holland Jenkins Snippet view - John Holland Jenkins Snippet view - Reviews: 1.

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[But] it was not untilwhen he was past sixty years old, that he began writing down the reminiscences that, as now put into book form, light up for whoever will read [them] the earliest days of early English-speaking Texas.". Recollections of early Texas. [John Holland Jenkins; John Holmes Jenkins] Home.

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We cannot accept orders for books or journals at this time. Readers may order directly from many independent bookstores via, and bookstore websites, as well as through major online retailers. Recollections of early Texas by John Holland Jenkins - historical marker info; 3 editions; First published in ; Subjects: Pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, Biography, History; Places: Texas; People: John Holland Jenkins (); Times: Republic, First published in part by the Dallas Morning News, Smithwick's recollections gained such popularity that they were published in book form, as The Evolution of a State, in This new edition of a Texas classic makes widely available for the first time in many years this "best of all books dealing with life in early Texas.".

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RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY TEXAS by John Holland Jenkins | Kirkus Reviews As edited by his grandson, John Holmes Jenkins, III, this first hand account of early days in the Lone Star state, the Republic of Texas, is a record of the incredible dangers and hardships suffered by the settlers in the late 's and early 's.

Recollections of Early Texas: Memoirs of John Holland Jenkins (Personal Narratives of the West Series) by John Holland Jenkins; Jenkins, John Holmes, III [Editor]; J.

Frank Dobie [Foreword]. University of Texas Press, Paperback. Very Good. Very good paperback copy, from a personal collection NOT ex-library. With foreword by J. Frank Dobie. The Evolution of a State, or, Recollections of Old Texas Days Texas Classics: : Smithwick, Noah, Shawl, Charles: BooksReviews: The resulting book, Recollections of Early Texas, was published by the University of Texas Press inon the day Jenkins graduated from high school, and has gone through several printings.

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Free shipping for many products!Jenkins published his first book Recollections of Early Texas History the year he graduated from high school. He went on to become a well-known dealer in antiquarian books and documents, primarily of Texas history.

Unlike many booksellers, he read much of what he bought and sold, resulting in his ten-volume Papers of the Texas Revolution.