The Robertsons, the Sutherlands, and the making of Texas / by Anne H. Sutherland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sutherland, Anne H.

Series:

Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 25.

Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sutherland, Anne--Family.

Sutherland, Anne.

Robertson family.

Sutherland family.

Scots-Irish--Texas--History.

Scots-Irish.

Scots-Irish--Texas--Biography.

Texas--History.

Texas.

Texas--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Anne H. Sutherland explores just how the experiences of two of the early Anglo land-grant families--the Robertsons and the Sutherlands--shaped Texas events and how they handed down those experiences from one generation to another, transforming two Scots-Irish families into what in hindsight we have branded Anglo-Texans. 240 pp. 11 cartoons. 1 b&w photo. 2 maps. Chart. Table. Bib. Index. $29.95 cloth

Contents:

Discovering my Texas identity

Writing as a tradition

The Robertson papers

Learning Texas history

Sterling Clack Robertson, empresario

The Alabama settlement

The prayer on the Sabine

Making a living

The Comanche, Karankawa, Lipan Apache, and Tonkawa

Political rumblings in the Alabama settlement

The Alabama settlement at war

The Texas revolution as myth and identity ritual

Aftermath of the war : tragedy and humor

Getting rid of wildness

The wild woman of the Navidad

The civilizing elites : Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson

The end of slavery

Remember who you are

The macaroni road comes to Edna

The migration to Uvalde

Getting an education

Family reunions.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-209) and index.

ISBN:

1-299-05364-5

1-60344-541-2

OCLC:

632388767