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Alex Sweet's Texas : the lighter side of Lone Star history / Alexaner Edwin Sweet and edited by Virginia Eisenhour.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sweet, Alexaner Edwin, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Texas--History--Anecdotes.
- Texas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (284 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin, Texas : University of Texas Press, [1986]
- Summary:
- A selection of Sweet's humorous essays about Texas.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1: The State
- La Salle in Texas
- The Texas Climate
- The Alamo
- The Texas Navy
- Immigration
- Swedes to the Sweet
- Land Agents
- The Old Veteran
- Lost Boundaries
- The Texas Rangers
- Portraits at the Capitol
- Part 2: Cities
- San Antonio Sidewalks
- Ditches of San Antonio
- The San Antonio River
- San Antonio Elections
- Austin and San Antonio Compared
- Houston as a Seaport
- Galveston
- Peddlers
- Born on the Island
- The Galveston Cotton Exchange
- Part 3: People
- Boys
- The Big Firecracker
- A Boyhood Memory
- The Texas Carrier Boy
- That Typical Texan
- General Sheridan, Texas, and Hell
- Lawyers
- Sweet in the Militia
- The Dentist
- Another Mystery Explained
- Houston Indians
- Ladies' Choice
- Part 4: Life
- Border Troubles
- Eighty-five Little Indians
- A Mexican Revolution
- Throwing the Lasso
- Guide Posts
- Mail Delivery
- Country Store
- Billboards
- The Stovepipe Hat
- Spoofing Good Works
- The Circus
- H. M. S. Pinafore
- An Oil Painting
- Christmas
- New Year's Day Calls
- Part 5: Natural Resources
- Northers
- Cattle
- The Chaparral Cock
- The Texas Red Ant
- The Tarantula
- The Horned Frog
- Mosquitoes
- The Centipede
- The Devil's Horse
- The Family Dog
- The Awful Coal Bug
- The Shark
- Tarpon and Redfish
- Parrots
- Chile con Carne
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Sweet, Alexaner Edwin Alex Sweet's Texas
- ISBN:
- 9780292748101
- 0292748108
- OCLC:
- 884576171
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