Recollections of Western Texas, 1852-55

by William Wright

When brothers William and John Wright arrived in the United States from Ireland in 1850 and could find no other suitable employment, they joined the U.S. Army's Regiment of Mounted Rifles, which served on the Texas frontier. Their description of their experiences is unusual on several counts: it is a view of Texas in the 1850s, when personal accounts were rare, and it is written from the point of view of visitors to this nation. And because the Wrights...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896724360
• ISBN13: 9780896724365
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Length: 109 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"