CARL, PRINCE OF SOLMS-BRAUNFELS. _Texas, 1844-1845_.
Translation, Houston, 1936. OP.

COX, C. C. "Reminiscences," in Vol. VI of _Southwestern
Historical Quarterly_. One of the best of many pioneer
recollections published by the Texas State Historical
Association.

CROCKETT, DAVID. Anything about him.

DICK, EVERETT. _The Sod House Frontier_ (1937) and _Vanguards
of the Frontier_ (1941). Both OP. Life on north-
ern Plains into Rocky Mountains, but applicable to life
southward.

DOBIE, J. FRANK. _The Flavor of Texas_, 1936. OP. Considerable
social history.

FENLEY, FLORENCE. _Oldtimers: Their Own Stories_, Uvalde,
Texas, 1939. OP. Faithful reporting of realistic detail.
Southwest Texas, mostly ranch life.

FRANTZ, JOE B. _Gail Borden, Dairyman to a Nation_. University
of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1951. This biography of a
newspaperman and inventor brings out sides of pioneer life
that emphasis on fighting, farming, and ranching generally
overlooks.

GERSTAECKER, FREDERICK. _Wild Sports in the Far West_, 1860.
Dances are among the sports.