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The Texas Sampler: Historical Recollections
The Texas Sampler Historical Recollections Author:Lisa Waller Rogers A Texas Sampler is a tribute to the remarkable people who settled Texas. Excerpts from diaries, letters, and memoirs written by real Texans reveal the history of this great state. See the past through the eyes of a German farmwife, a slave, a Comanche chief, a Spanish conquistador, a homeless girl, a blacksmith, and a seasick bride. Read the las... more »t letters of heroes William Barrett Travis and Davy Crockett. Enjoy colorful western art by such masters as Frederic Remington, George Catlin, and William Tylee Ranney. Stories about cowboys and Indians, horny toads and panthers, ghosts and pirates ensure that A Texas Sampler will be loved by both young and old.« less