The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 80, July 1976 - April, 1977 Page: 282
492 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 23 cm.View a full description of this periodical.
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Dog Ghosts and Other Texas
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Negro Preacher Tales from the
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By J. Mason BrewerProgressives and Prohibition-
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Texas Democrats in the
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By Lewis L. GouldThe Galveston Era
The Texas Crescent on the
Eve of Secession
By Earl Wesley Fornell
Woodcuts by Lowell Collins
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