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Download or read book The Rising and Setting of the Lone Star Republic (Classic Reprint) written by Mattie Jackson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-24 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Rising and Setting of the Lone Star Republic This volume is not fiction. It contains a series of thrilling historic stories, as given by the Texas pioneer settlers who experienced them and whose names are given with each narrative. They give through pen-pictures and 'old photographs, a vivid insight to Texas pio neer life of the best class of settlers. These stories of the good old grandmother days, which are so dear to children and adults of all ages, contain as true to life, as they can re member them, stories of the birth of our nat tion, The Texas Lone Star Republic and of her adoption at her own request by the United States. They tell of their many blessings and their reverses. It contains stories of the dangers of, and battles with the wild animals. They give their unbiased experience with the friendly and unfriendly tribes of Indians. Some of them tell of their relationship to the Mexican nation and of the two wars of Mexico. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.