Robert E. Lee in Texas

Rister, Carl Coke

ISBN 10: 0806136421 / ISBN 13: 9780806136424

Published by University of Oklahoma Press, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Robert E. Lee in Texas
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806136421
• ISBN 13: 9780806136424
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Robert E. Lee in Texas introduces a little known phase of the great General’s career―his service in Texas during the four turbulent years just preceding the Civil War. In this account Carl Coke Rister takes us with Lee to his lonely posts on the border, and we share with him the hazardous and often fruitless chases after bands of American Indians and Mexicans. We see through the eyes of the “Academy man” the raw life on the frontier and hear through his own words his impressions of the country and people.

 

About the Authors

Carl Coke Rister was a research professor of history at the University of Oklahoma. His many books include Southern Plainsmen; Border Captives: The Traffic in Prisoners by the Southern Plains Indians, 1835-1875; Land Hunger: David L. Payne and the Oklahoma Boomers; and Border Command: General Phil Sheridan in the West. 

Jerry Thompson is Regents Professor of History at Texas A&M International University and the author of numerous books on the history of Texas and the American Southwest, including Cortina: Defending the Mexican Name in Texas.