Texas Indian Fighters: Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas - Hardcover

Sowell, A. J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0938349058 ISBN 13: 9780938349051

Publisher: State House Press, 2004

Synopsis

Originally published in 1900 as Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas, this volume has been praised by reviewers for more than a century. J. Frank Dobie said it is "meaty with the character of ready-to-fight but peace-seeking Texas pioneers."

Joe B. Frantz, renowned Texas historian, wrote: "Sowell has a feature writer's eye for a good story and his sensitivity for change of pace and mood."

The author was a native of Texas, a Texas Ranger who used a pen as well as he used his gun. His readable volume describes Indian fights and the activities of famous Texas Rangers in detail. Included in these accounts are first-hand recollections of Texas Rangers Bigfoot Wallace and Benjamin F. Highsmith and Mrs. Hannah Berry's description of her encounters with Davy Crockett and Josiah Wilbarger.

The reprint edition is a replica of the original 1900 volume, complete with a new index added when State House Press published the book as Texas Indian Fighters in 1986.

About this title

Review:

"Sketch after sketch (132 sketches in 844 pages) of men who lived and died on the frontier of Texas. Entertainingly written with the liberal use of humorous anecdotes." -- American West

About this edition

• Publisher: State House Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0938349058
• ISBN 13: 9780938349051
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 874