Maria Von Blücher's Corpus Christi: Letters from the South Texas Frontier, 1849-1879 Volume 5

by Maria von Blucher and Maria Augusta Von Blucher

Book Overview

In 1849, a young German bride and her husband stepped off a ship in Corpus Christi Bay to establish their home in the new frontier settlement. For the next three decades Maria von Bl cher wrote letters home describing the hardships of droughts and Indian and bandit raids, the chaos of the American Civil War, the discomforts of pioneer living, the joys and heartbreaks of family life, and the development of a town that her descendants would help to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1603442235
• ISBN13: 9781603442237
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"