Publication: Clarendon Press, 1945, Clarendon
First edition. Thick 8vo. Inscribed by the author on the front fly leaf. Cloth, xv [1], 648 pp., titles stamped in black on the front cover and spine, introduction, illustrated, index. West Texas history with special emphasis on Wheeler County and her relations to the other counties of long ago as told by the few remaining "old timers" and the records. Filled with first person memories, biographies, stories of Indian depredations and fights, pioneer negroes, ranching and cowboys, religion, prohibition, oil industry, newspapers, a chapter on brands, and much more. Excellent source for researching pioneers of the Eastern Texas Panhandle. A very good copy of a scarce book.
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