Homesteads Ungovernable : : Families, Sex, Race, and the Law in Frontier Texas, 1823-1860 / / Mark M. Carroll.
When he settled in Mexican Texas in 1832 and began courting Anna Raguet, Sam Houston had been separated from his Tennessee wife Eliza Allen for three years, while having already married and divorced his Cherokee wife Tiana and at least two other Indian "wives" during the interval. Houston&...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2001 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- ONE. Ardent Adventurers and Borderland Beauties
- TWO. Eros and Dominion
- THREE. Intimacy and Subjugation
- FOUR. Turbulent Prairie Homes
- FIVE. Slip-knot Marriages and Patchwork Nests
- SIX. Iniquitous Partners
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliographical Commentary
- Index