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Call of the Southwest: Stories for Young Texans
Call of the Southwest: Stories for Young Texans
by J. A. Rickard, Professor of History and Government Texas College of Arts and Industries in Kingsville, TX
and Clyde Inez Martin, Associate Professor of Elementary Education at the University of Texas at Austin
Published by W.S. Benson & Company, copyright 1955
Hardback book of 319 pages. Each story includes “Things To Do,” for discussion and review. (See photo for sample.) A few poems are also scattered throughout the book.
Book is like new, except for young child’s scribbles on inside of front cover, title page and first page of Table of Contents. (See photo.)$2.00 -
Messenger on the Battlefield (Lone Star Heroines series)
Isabelina is happy in 1835 when her older sister, Feliciana, accepts the marriage proposal of a handsome Mexican soldier. At 11, Isabelina is old enough to help plan the wedding! But then Texas goes to war against Mexico, and Isabelinaís family is divided. Should they remain true to their Mexican heritage or fight for their new homeland?
The Lone Star Heroines series brings to life real events in Texas history and shows young readers how girls living during those exciting times experienced and even contributed to those dramatic events. Each book in the series includes a chapter of background stories and pictures of the actual people who lived them.$3.75$8.95
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