; Edited with an Introduction by C. L. Sonnichsen. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and end-paper maps. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not price clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. No names or marks in the text. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. Fine condition in fine dust jacket. A volume in the Chisholm Trail Series of Texas Christian University Press. ; The Chisholm Trail Series; Vol. 3; Black-and-white photographs; 8vo.; 137 pages.

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Title: FROM RADDLESNAKES TO ROAD AGENTS: ROUGH TIMES ON THE FRIO.
Publisher: Texas Christian University Press, Fort Worth
Publication Date: 1985
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0912646942
ISBN 13: 9780912646947
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition
Condition: F/F
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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A lively memoir of a girl who grew up in the brush pastures and cotton patches of Frio County, south of San Antonio, during the post Civil War period. Fan Bramlette saw her family survive drouths and floods, neighborhood feuds and Indian attacks.

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C. L. Sonnichsen (1901-1991) was Benedict Professor of English at the University of Texas, El Paso. Among his many books are "The Mescalero Apaches "and "Tucson: The Life and Times of an American City".

C. L. Sonnichsen (1901-1991) was Benedict Professor of English at the University of Texas, El Paso. Among his many books are "The Mescalero Apaches "and "Tucson: The Life and Times of an American City".

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