Mary Austin Holley : A Biography.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Rebecca Smith.

Series:

Elma Dill Russell Spencer Foundation Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (482 pages)

Place of Publication:

Basel/Berlin/Boston : University of Texas Press, 1962.

Summary:

Mary Austin Holley found life challenging and made it interesting for others. As wife and widow of Horace Holley, eminent orator, clergyman, and educator, and as cousin and friend of Stephen F. Austin, founder of the first Texas colony, she formed friendships among important people. From New Haven to New Orleans and Brazoria, Texas, she was beloved. The panorama of her life, described in vivid detail by a former head of the English Department at Texas Christian University, transports the reader to the tempestuous early years of the American Republic and, finally, to Texas during its colonization and early Republic years. Throughout this charming book Mrs. Holley's "intuition for important people" brings the reader into the company of many of America's great and accomplished: Noah Webster, John Quincy Adams, President and Mrs. Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Sam Houston, and many others.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

MAPS

1. Childhood·s Home, 1784-1794

2. Sentimental Courtship, 1795-1805

3. Salisbury Honeymoon, 1805

4. Greenfield Hill, 1805-1808

5. Hostages to Fortune, 1808-1809

6. By Stage to Boston, 1809-1811

7. High Tide, 1811-1817

8. The Field Is Wider ... , 1817-1818

9. Harvest More Abundant, 1818-1821

10. The Past Revisited, 1821-1822

11. Green Holly and Thistle, 1822-1825

12. On Leaving Kentucky, 1826-1827

13. Radiant Phoenix, 1827-1829

14. Good Hope, 1830-1831

15. Dear Cousin, 1831-1835

16. Texan Song of Liberty, 1835

1836

17. On the Wing, 1837-1840

18. Sunny Island, 1840-1841

19. The New Texas, 1841-1844

20. Madame Holley, 1844-1846

Acknowledgments: People and Places

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-292-76710-2

OCLC:

1309037315