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LONE STARS, VOLUME II
A Legacy of Texas Quilts, I93 6-1986
By Karoline Patterson Bresenhan
and Nancy O'Bryant Puentes
Beginning where Volume i left off, this lavishly illustrated
work presents 8 of the finest quilts done by
modern Texas quilters, using designs that range from
traditional to abstract to experimental.
I95 pages, 81/4 x Ii3/4 inches, I30 color
and 65 black-and-white illustrations
$39.95 cloth $24.95 paperback
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LONE STARS, VOLUME I
A Legacy of Texas Quilts, I836-I93 6
By Karoline Patterson Bresenhan
and Nancy O'Bryant Puentes
Sixty-two masterpieces of quilt art and their stories.
156 pages, 81/2 x i i inches, I I o color
and 33 black-and-white illustrations $24.95 paperbackSOLDIERS OF MISFORTUNE
The Somervell and Mier Expeditions
By Sam W. Haynes
A new look at the ill-fated Somervell and Mier expeditions
of i842 that culminated in the famous "black
bean episode" in which Texas prisoners drew white or
black beans to determine who would be executed by
their Mexican captors. $24.95 cloth
New in paper
THE RAGGED REBEL
A Common Soldier in W. H. Parsons' Texas
Cavalry, i86I-i865
By B.P. Gallaway
"Gallaway, in viewing the war through the eyes of a
sensitive young man, has provided an important source
in nineteenth-century social history. . . . This book is a
valuable addition to the growing field that intertwines
social and military history."
-Southwestern Historical Quarterly
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THE BEXAR ARCHIVES, 1717-1836
A Name Guide
Compiled and edited by Addn Benavides, Jr.
The sine qua non of manuscript sources for colonial
Texas, the B6xar Archives is maintained at the University
of Texas at Austin. This complete name guide-a
compilation of the 80,795 documents that make up the
Archives-will allow researchers, historians, and genealogists
to readily locate particular information about
thousands of individuals who wandered across Texas
during its formative years.
Published in association with the University of Texas
Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio
i 95 pages, 61/8 x 91/4, 6 illustrations $60.00 cloth
TEXANS IN REVOLT
The Battle for San Antonio, 1835
By Alwyn Barr
A thorough military history that depicts the battle of
Bexar, the longest campaign in the Texas Revolution.
This siege, which culminated in a Texan victory in
December i835, set the stage in i836 for the battles for
the Alamo, Goliad, and San Jacinto. $I8.95 clothA HISTORY OF HISPANIC THEATRE
IN THE UNITED STATES
Origins to 1940
By Nicolas Kanellos
A definitive study of the development of Hispanic theatre
from the mid-nineteenth century until the beginning
of World War II, organized around the cities where
this theatre was active, including Los Angeles, San
Antonio, New York, and Tampa.
$38.00 cloth $5i.95 paper
THE SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS
AND THEIR SYSTEM OF LAND TENURE
By Felix D. Almardz, Jr.
This well-researched volume traces the changes in
landownership as the San Antonio missions passed
from sacred to secular owners in the late eighteenth
and early nineteenth centuries. $12.95 clothUniversity of Texas Press
BOX 78I9 AUSTIN, TEXAS 78713
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