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A young girl kidnapped by Indians and spirited away; a man shot, scalped, and left for dead but rescued when a friend dreams that he yet lives; a group of young boys frolicking in a creek who witness a brutal murder; all within the city of Austin! Not the modern city, but the frontier version, in which Anglo settlers and black slaves walked dusty streets sparsely lined by log cabins and Indian encampments popped up occasionally on the edge of town. The stories in Jeffrey Kerr’s The Republic of Austin not only bring to life those long-gone days but, through maps, photographs, and the paintings of artist Ray Spivey, tie them to the modern cityscape. Read this book to discover the vibrant past that pulsates yet among us.
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Written by the People of Austin. The 127 stories included in this book are a sampling of the stories submitted to the University of Texas Humanities Institute between April and August 2003. In response to the Humanities Institute’s call for short family histories, personal experiences, and citizen’s visions of life in and around Austin, nearly 800 residents of greater Austin wrote down and sent in some piece of their lives.
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Written by the People of Austin. The 127 stories included in this book are a sampling of the stories submitted to the University of Texas Humanities Institute between April and August 2003. In response to the Humanities Institute’s call for short family histories, personal experiences, and citizen’s visions of life in and around Austin, nearly 800 residents of greater Austin wrote down and sent in some piece of their lives.
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By Joe Edgar Manrey. This thorough history combines excellent scholarship with delightful images from the Austin History Center collections to spotlight Austin’s earliest days as a creative capital.
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Dr. James M. Coleman. A thorough study of medicine in the early decades of Austin and Texas. Valuable to students and scholars of health care as well as to Austin history buffs
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Edited by Katherine Drake Hart and Elizabeth Kemp. HB.Excerpts of the voluminous correspondence of Governor Elisha M. Pease and wife Lucadia, from one of the Austin History Center’s most important manuscript collections. A touching and stirring look at the “First Family of Austin” and of life in early Austin.
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Edited by Audray Bateman Randle.Classic images of Austin and Austinites from the History Center collections grace this handsomely illustrated work.
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Annotated by Katherine Hart. Learn about the household hints, and home remedies of the Pease family in the 1850s.
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