Rough Times, Tough Fiber: A Fragmentary Family ChronicleTracing the movements of the Haley, Evetts and Puett families from Virginia through the Tennessee backwoods, the deep South, and on to Texas, this book provides both genealogy and colorful insight into the sorrows of Indian removal, and the lives of Texan ranchers and cowboys through the experiences of these families. |
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Thereby that famous trail , the Natchez Trace , ' came into being , and the tales of its hardships and hazards , * Ramsey , History of Tennessee , Chicago and Nashville , 1887 , p .
Thereby that famous trail , the Natchez Trace , ' came into being , and the tales of its hardships and hazards , * Ramsey , History of Tennessee , Chicago and Nashville , 1887 , p .
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He expanded it into a great rambling structure of many rooms , named it Mingo and converted it not only into a plantation head- quarters but a convenient inn and stopping place for travelers on the Trace that passed at the foot of the ...
He expanded it into a great rambling structure of many rooms , named it Mingo and converted it not only into a plantation head- quarters but a convenient inn and stopping place for travelers on the Trace that passed at the foot of the ...
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For diversion as he rode , or as he sat in the cool shade of its spacious , rambling house above the Natchez Trace , his mind certainly turned back , at times , to the vivid men and events of his unusual career .
For diversion as he rode , or as he sat in the cool shade of its spacious , rambling house above the Natchez Trace , his mind certainly turned back , at times , to the vivid men and events of his unusual career .
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THE LAND There Is Just Something About It | 1 |
To Troubled Texas | 9 |
Bill Everts and Allie Puett | 21 |
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Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | Rough Times, Tough Fiber: A Fragmentary Family Chronicle |
| Autor/in | James Evetts Haley |
| Verlag | Palo Duro Press, 1976 |
| Original von | University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitalisiert | 7. Nov. 2007 |
| Länge | 196 Seiten |
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