Texas"A book about oil and water, rangers and outlaws, Anglos and Hispanics, frontier and settlement, money and power...James Michener is something rare and valuable: an honorable craftsman doing honorable work....He manages to make history vivid and palatable to the reader." THE BOSTON GLOBE Texas. A land of sprawling diversity and unparalleled richness; a dazzling chapter in the history of our nation, a place like no other on earth. Through the remarkable lives of four families, this epic saga spans four centuries and two continents and charts the dramatic formation of several great dynasties from the age of the conquistadors to the present day. A richly compelling novel of a proud people eager to meet the challenge of the land, TEXAS is James Michener's most magnificent achievement. From the Paperback edition. |
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... husband could identify the culprit, and since the husband had held the horse for nearly half an hour, he could easily identify it, but the owner denied that he had been in that part of the village and the wronged husband got no ...
... husband could identify the culprit, and since the husband had held the horse for nearly half an hour, he could easily identify it, but the owner denied that he had been in that part of the village and the wronged husband got no ...
Page 605
... husband had once described: 'An animal. Good with a gun, but an animal.' Panther's message was blunt: 'Don't marry ... husband's name, Rachel frowned, as if Komax had been unfair in bringing into the discussion that fine man, that ...
... husband had once described: 'An animal. Good with a gun, but an animal.' Panther's message was blunt: 'Don't marry ... husband's name, Rachel frowned, as if Komax had been unfair in bringing into the discussion that fine man, that ...
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... husband's black cavalrymen by refusing ever to speak to them; to her they did not exist, except when she was talking with the other wives. Then she called the Buffalo Soldiers 'those apes,' and lamented that it was they who prevented ...
... husband's black cavalrymen by refusing ever to speak to them; to her they did not exist, except when she was talking with the other wives. Then she called the Buffalo Soldiers 'those apes,' and lamented that it was they who prevented ...
Contents
THE MISSION 59 | 35 |
EL CAMINO REAL 127 | 50 |
THE SETTLERS 191 | 102 |
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