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More Zeal Than Discretion : The Westward Adventures of Walter P. Lane.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and SouthwestPublisher: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (265 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781603444118
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: More Zeal Than DiscretionDDC classification:
  • 976.4/05092;B
LOC classification:
  • F390.L25 -- B79 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Road to San Jacinto 1817-36 -- 2 Los Piratas De Tejas, 1836-37 -- 3 Red Lander, 1837-44 -- 4 Storming Monterrey, 1844-46 -- 5 The Fault of All Texans, 1846-48 -- 6 By Flood and Field, 1848-58 -- 7 Family, Community, and Secession, 1858-61 -- 8 The Marshal Ney of Texas, 1861-62 -- 9 Partisan Ranger, 1862-65 -- 10 Citizen Lane, 1865-87 -- 11 Recollections, 1874-91 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Walter P. Lane emigrated from Ireland as a young boy, fought in three wars, sailed the Texas coast with a privateer, and traveled to California and Arizona in search of gold. What drove this man, who in many ways typifies the adventurers who contributed to the westward expansion in the United States during the early nineteenth century? 264 pp. 11 b&w photos. Bib. Index. 35.00 cloth.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Road to San Jacinto 1817-36 -- 2 Los Piratas De Tejas, 1836-37 -- 3 Red Lander, 1837-44 -- 4 Storming Monterrey, 1844-46 -- 5 The Fault of All Texans, 1846-48 -- 6 By Flood and Field, 1848-58 -- 7 Family, Community, and Secession, 1858-61 -- 8 The Marshal Ney of Texas, 1861-62 -- 9 Partisan Ranger, 1862-65 -- 10 Citizen Lane, 1865-87 -- 11 Recollections, 1874-91 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Walter P. Lane emigrated from Ireland as a young boy, fought in three wars, sailed the Texas coast with a privateer, and traveled to California and Arizona in search of gold. What drove this man, who in many ways typifies the adventurers who contributed to the westward expansion in the United States during the early nineteenth century? 264 pp. 11 b&w photos. Bib. Index. 35.00 cloth.

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