Perilous voyages : Czech and English immigrants to Texas in the 1870s /
"Authors Lawrence H. Konecny and Clinton Machann take readers beyond the bare facts to the human stories of immigration from the point of view of English and Czech immigrants. These tales provide fascinating counterpoints to each other and to the glowing claims about Texas, such as those made i...
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Texas A & M University Press,
©2004.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University ;
no. 97. |
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| 260 | |a College Station : |b Texas A & M University Press, |c ©2004. | ||
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| 490 | 1 | |a Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University ; |v no. 97 | |
| 500 | |a Includes William Gilliam Kingsbury's 1877 pamphlet: A description of south-western and middle Texas (United States). | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-173) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Part I.W.G. Kingsbury and His Pamphlets for the Galveston, Harrisburg, and San Antonio Railroad -- Introduction -- A Description of South-Western and Middle Texas (1877) -- Part II. The Texas Diary of William Wright, February 13 July 1, 1879 -- The Diary -- Part III. The Wreck of the Missouri and Czech Immigration to Texas in 1873 -- The Emigrants -- The Ship -- The Last Voyage of the Missouri -- From Shipwreck to Storm -- End of the Journey -- Excerpts from Texas co cl̕ st hovǹ ̕(Texas as a Destination for Emigration, 1882). | |
| 520 | 1 | |a "Authors Lawrence H. Konecny and Clinton Machann take readers beyond the bare facts to the human stories of immigration from the point of view of English and Czech immigrants. These tales provide fascinating counterpoints to each other and to the glowing claims about Texas, such as those made in William Kingsbury's pamphlet, reprinted in its entirety in the first part of this book." | |
| 520 | 8 | |a "Perilous Voyages combines the original text of Kingsbury's 1877 pamphlet, a private diary kept by an Englishman named William Wright, and oral histories by descendants of Moravian immigrants to give insight into the historical context and rhetoric of Texas immigration. The realities faced by the early settlers stand in sharp relief to Kingsbury's sometimes extravagant claims."--Jacket. | |
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