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Land! : Irish pioneers in Mexican and revolutionary Texas /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davis, Graham
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: College Station, Tex. : Texas A & M University Press, [2002]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; no. 92.
Subjects:
Irish Americans > Texas > History > 19th century.
Pioneers > Texas > History > 19th century.
Businessmen > Texas > History > 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > Texas.
Land settlement > Texas > History > 19th century.
Texas > History > Revolution, 1835-1836.
Texas > History > To 1846.
San Patricio County (Tex.) > History > 19th century.
Refugio County (Tex.) > History > 19th century.
Texas > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The province of Texas in newly independent Mexico
  • The context of emigration: prefamine Ireland
  • Irish recruitment and the settlements of San Patricio and Refugio
  • The Irish and the Texas Revolution, 1835-36
  • The life of pioneer settlers in Texas
  • Ranching culture and the Texas cattle king: Thomas O'Connor of Refugio County.