Mystic Sails, Texas Trails : Captain Grimes, Shanghai Pierce, Range Wars, and Raising Texas.

This four-generation saga, written with Mickey Herskowitz, begins with Richard Grimes, who became a sea captain at the astonishing age of 21, and made the first of his fortunes carrying passengers from Mystic Seaport, Connecticut, to the West Indies. In 1821, he heard of the land grants being develo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Davant, Robert
Other Authors:	Herskowitz, Mickey
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Huntsville : Texas Review Press, 2017.
Subjects:	Grimes family. Grimes family 1800-1899 Pioneers > Texas > Biography. Frontier and pioneer life > Texas. Coastwise shipping > United States > History > 19th century. Ranching > Texas > History > 19th century. Cattle drives > Texas > History > 19th century. Biography & Autobiography / Historical. History / United States / 19th Century. Cattle drives Coastwise shipping Frontier and pioneer life Pioneers Ranching Texas > History > 19th century. Texas United States Electronic books. Biographies History Biographies.
Online Access:	Click for online access

Table of Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Prologue; Chapter 1
A Godly Massacre; Chapter 2
Bound for Texas; Chapter 3
Delightful Matagorda; Chapter 4
Hurricane; Chapter 5
Rebuild and Carry On; Chapter 6
Fannie's Diaries; Chapter 7
Houston's Last Fight; Chapter 8
War; Chapter 9
Aftermath; Chapter 10
Return to Texas; Chapter 11
Fate from a Hurricane; Chapter 12
Cattle Drives to Kansas; Chapter 13
Cattle in their Blood; Chapter 14
Up the Trail by Rail; Epilogue; Sources and Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Back Cover.

Mystic Sails, Texas Trails : Captain Grimes, Shanghai Pierce, Range Wars, and Raising Texas.

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