Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations by J. Frank (James Frank) Dobie
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_9_ How the Early Settlers Lived DESPITE THE FACT that the tendency of a majority of early day rememberers has been to emphasize Indian fights, killings, and other sensational episodes, chronicles rich in the everyday manners and customs of the folk are plentiful. The classic of them all is Noah Smithwick's _The Evolution of a State_, listed below. See also "Backwoods Life and Humor," "Pioneer Doctors," "Women Pioneers," "Fighting Texians." BARKER, E. C. _The Austin Papers_. Four volumes of sources for any theme in social history connected with colonial Texans. BATES, ED. F. _History and Reminiscences of Denton County_, Denton, Texas, 1918. A sample of much folk life found in county histories. BELL, HORACE. _On the Old West Coast_, New York, 1930. Social history by anecdote. California. OP. BRACHT, VIKTOR. _Texas in 1848_, translated from the German by C. F. Schmidt, San Antonio, 1931. Better on natural resources than on human inhabitants. OP. |
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