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Rip Ford's Texas
Rip Ford's Texas
Rip Ford's Texas
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An original source history detailing the years of Texas’s independence and annexation from a nineteenth-century Texas Ranger and politician.
 
The Republic of Texas was still in its first exultation over independence when John Salmon “Rip” Ford arrived from South Carolina in June of 1836. Ford stayed to participate in virtually every major event in Texas history during the next sixty years. Doctor, lawyer, surveyor, newspaper reporter, elected representative, and above all, soldier and Indian fighter, Ford sat down in his old age to record the events of the turbulent years through which he had lived. Stephen Oates has edited Ford’s memoirs to produce a clear and vigorous personal history of Texas.

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Release dateJun 28, 2010
ISBN9780292789203
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    Great biography if you enjoy learning about Texas history. John "Rip" Ford is certainly is not as well known as I think he should be. He was a significant participant in much of mid 19th century Texas history. He was a great man, in my opinion.

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