Trails West: Tejas The Promised Land - Couverture souple

Meischen, Betty

 
9781403383426: Trails West: Tejas The Promised Land
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1403383421 ISBN 13 : 9781403383426
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2002

Synopsis

They packed up their Bibles and left behind them a life that had been filled with turmoil, peril and oppression. The horizon ahead of them to the west, that new Promised Land of Stephen F. Austin called Texas, was their destination. TH Farenbach summed it up best in his book Lonestar when he wrote, 'Like all truly successful emigrants, these Anglo-Celts abandoned a world in Europe they at heart hated. They were Israelites leaving Egypt. They had already burned most of their bridges to the traditional culture behind them when they sailed for America... They were bound for the Wilderness on an Old Testament trek to build the New Jerusalem. All such peoples, throughout history have been the most fitted to seize new ground. They were not going to retreat. They were poised to attack, a tough, hungry, numerous, riotous, and yet, curiously disciplined horde. They had no banners, armies or grand leaders, no real rationale for conquest. Their own sayings were, 'God helps them who help themselves' and 'there's no such thing as luck' and they were going West. Men like Crockett, Houston and Travis joined thousands of other Scots-Irish trailblazers, men of their own heart and breeding who had preceded them on the trek to Texas. These earliest pioneers, some whose names history has failed to record, paved the way for the more illustrious that followed, carving out the apple that would lead America to its Manifest Destiny. That prize was Texas. A handful of these brave colonists unknowingly descended from the stock of kings, and settled in a place that came to be known as Austin County, Texas.In 1822, James and Thomas Bell joined the westward trek of their kinsmen, leaving Florida for the wilds of Texas. In the years that followed, they would carve a vast plantation from a virgin wilderness. They fought hostile Indians, experienced disease, and faced the hardships of an uncivilized land. Along the way, both brothers found themselves in the arms of the lovel

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Présentation de l'éditeur

They packed up their Bibles and left behind them a life that had been filled with turmoil, peril and oppression. The horizon ahead of them to the west, that new Promised Land of Stephen F. Austin called Texas, was their destination. TH Farenbach summed it up best in his book Lonestar when he wrote, 'Like all truly successful emigrants, these Anglo-Celts abandoned a world in Europe they at heart hated. They were Israelites leaving Egypt. They had already burned most of their bridges to the traditional culture behind them when they sailed for America... They were bound for the Wilderness on an Old Testament trek to build the New Jerusalem. All such peoples, throughout history have been the most fitted to seize new ground. They were not going to retreat. They were poised to attack, a tough, hungry, numerous, riotous, and yet, curiously disciplined horde. They had no banners, armies or grand leaders, no real rationale for conquest. Their own sayings were, 'God helps them who help themselves' and 'there's no such thing as luck' and they were going West. Men like Crockett, Houston and Travis joined thousands of other Scots-Irish trailblazers, men of their own heart and breeding who had preceded them on the trek to Texas. These earliest pioneers, some whose names history has failed to record, paved the way for the more illustrious that followed, carving out the apple that would lead America to its Manifest Destiny. That prize was Texas. A handful of these brave colonists unknowingly descended from the stock of kings, and settled in a place that came to be known as Austin County, Texas.In 1822, James and Thomas Bell joined the westward trek of their kinsmen, leaving Florida for the wilds of Texas. In the years that followed, they would carve a vast plantation from a virgin wilderness. They fought hostile Indians, experienced disease, and faced the hardships of an uncivilized land. Along the way, both brothers found themselves in the arms of the lovel

Biographie de l'auteur

Betty Meischen is a seventh generation Texan who was born and raised in Bellville, Austin County, Texas. At Bellville High School, she was salutatorian of her class. Husband Del as well as all three of her children also graduated from BHS. So did Betty's parents and her two brothers. After graduating with honors from the University of Texas at Austin, she worked for the UT Balcones Research Center. She met her future husband Del at age fourteen but did not start dating him until she was attending UT. Del also graduated from UT with a degree in Aerospace Engineering. Following her marriage to Del, the couple spent the next five years at various Air Force Bases around the country where her husband served as a pilot. In 1975 with the end of the Viet Nam War, the family having now grown to four moved back to Bellville. Daughter Becky came along in 1976. After having worked in the family business for over two decades, Betty became a Realtor. Betty and Del also design, build and remodel houses in their spare time. In 1980, she obtained her pilot's license, as did her two sons Jeff and Scott. She also enjoys horseback riding, gardening, playing the piano and travel. Writing, however, has always been her first love. She has been doing historical research for over thirty years and has written for various publications. She also has written a book of poetry. This is her first novel to be published. It is based upon the true-life historical account of her third great grandfather James Bell who came to Austin County, Texas in 1822. This story is told in her newly published historical account From Jamestown to Texas. Her intention is to write a series of short novels based on the lives of the early pioneers that she has encountered in her study. Betty and husband Del have lived on the Cummings Hacienda in Bellville for twenty-seven years. They raised their three children there in the gently rolling, rural landscape of Austin County, Texas. The Hacienda is

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1403383421
ISBN 13 
9781403383426
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
192
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