Texas Rangers, Ranchers, And Realtors. James Hughes Callahan And The Day Family In The Guadalupe River Basin

THOMAS O. MCDONALD

Publication: University of Oklahoma Press, 2021, Norman

First edition. Thick 8vo. Cream-colored cloth, titles stamped in black on the spine, xv [blank], 621 pp., frontispiece [map], preface, acknowledgments, illustrated, portrait, maps, tables, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. "In telling the true tale of why James Hughes Callahan crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico in 1855, author Thomas O. McDonald destroys a decade-old myth. Using great primary-source research, Texas Ranger, Ranchers, and Realtors shows that Callahan and his extended family were yeoman pioneers of the Old South who found great opportunity in the Guadalupe River Basin. There is something here for everyone interested in antebellum Texas. This book belongs on every Texas bookshelf." ..... Richard McCaslin. As new, unread copy in dust jacket.

Inventory Number: 48385