[PDF] Texas Yankee eBook

Author : Sophia Dembling
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 17,53 MB
Release : 2001-12-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1461625661

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In Texas "Yankee" is a loose term covering a lot of ground. If you're not a Texan or a southerner, you're a Yankee and therefore, to many Texans, suspect. There are many rites of passage to being a Yankee in Texas: the first time you spot a pickup with a gun rack; the first time you realize that a week is a long time to go without Mexican food; the first time you recognize a change in seasons; your first thunderstorm; your first honky-tonk. Culture Shock in Texas can be intense and is exacerbate by local rules of propriety that tell us to keep out mouths shut. But here in this book we are going to talk all about it with good old Yankee outspokenness. We'll clear the air, share experiences, orient newcomers, and have some good laughs.

Author : Will Cook
Publisher : Magna Golden West
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,32 MB
Release : 2014-10
Category : Large type books
ISBN : 9781842629604

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Published by arrangement with Golden West Literary Agency.

Author : Stephen A. Townsend
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 47,50 MB
Release : 2006-01-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1585444871

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In 1863 the Union capture of Texas was viewed as crucial to the strategy to deny the Confederacy the territory west of the Mississippi and thus to break the back of Southern military force. Overland, Texas supplied Louisiana and points east with needed goods; by way of Mexico, Texas offered a detour around the blockade of Southern ports and thus an economic link to England and France. But Union forces had no good base from which to interdict either part of the Texas trade. Their efforts were characterized by short, unsuccessful forays, primarily in East and South Texas. One of these, which left New Orleans on October 26, 1863, and was known as the Rio Grande Expedition, forms the centerpiece of this book. Stephen A. Townsend carefully traces the actions—and inaction—of the Union forces from the capture of Brownsville by troops under Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, through the advance up the coast with the help of Union Loyalists, until General Ulysses S. Grant ordered the abandonment of all of Texas except Brownsville in March 1864. Townsend analyzes the effects of the campaign on the local populace, the morale and good order of the two armies involved, U.S. diplomatic relations with France, the Texas cotton trade, and postwar politics in the state. He thoughtfully assesses the benefits and losses to the Northern war effort of this only sustained occupation of Texas. No understanding of the Civil War west of the Mississippi—or its place in the Union strategy for the Deep South—will be complete without this informative study.

Author : Dennis A. Connole
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 27,68 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780761839835

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Dennis "Joe" Connole was an ordinary soldier. He spent four years, three months, and seventeen days in the U.S. Army during World War II. From March 1942 until December 1943, he was a member of the 26th "Yankee" Division on Coast Patrol duty in Maine. In early 1944, Joe Connole shipped out to the European Theater of Operations (ETO), where he joined the 36th "Texas" Division as a replacement: thus, a "Yankee" in the "Texas Army." In June 1944, he received a Purple Heart for shrapnel wounds inflicted in Italy.

Author : Jerry Orange
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 39,63 MB
Release : 2014-12-12
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ISBN : 9781503336780

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Texas Yankee: Honeymoon is the sequel to Texas Yankee: Homecoming. It is the continuing story of Joshua and Sarah Granger rebuilding their lives after the Civil War tore them apart. In Texas Yankee: Honeymoon, Joshua and Sarah Granger work together to build their dreams in the beautiful Central Texas Hill country in 1868. It is a time of growth for Texas as well as Joshua and Sarah and their adopted son Luke. But with that growth comes growing pains. Joshua and Sarah deal with the daily struggle of newlyweds building a ranch as well as personal struggles that test their relationship and puts them both in danger of being killed. Like most of us Joshua and Sarah experience success and hardship in business and friendships. When an honorable decision goes bad and Joshua lands in jail, the family pulls together. Texas Yankee: Honeymoon is a wild ride for a young family who sticks together through good times and bad even if it means the possibility of getting carried off or killed by Comanche, hung by vigilantes, or going to prison.