Reminiscences of Fifty Years in Texas
Author: John Joseph Linn
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 424
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKJohn J. Linn's reminiscences are well known to Texas history scholars, but less familiar to general readers. The book is one of the first-person reflections on early Texas that has the hallmarks of both authenticity and personal interpretation. Writtenin 1883 by an octogenarian who had been an early trader, merchant, and soldier based in and around Victoria,[1] the text begins with Austin's colony and chronicles the state's vicissitudes through the revolution, statehood and the Civil War.