Through Fire and Flood: The Catholic Church in Fronntier Texas, 1836-1900

by James Talmadge Moore

The political and military upheaval of 1836 in Texas left Catholics north of the Nueces River cut off from the ordinary ties binding them to the institutions of the church and ushered in an era of reorganization, evangelization, and change unprecedented in the North American Catholic church. James Talmadge Moore engagingly chronicles the history of the Catholic church in Texas from the point at which Carlos E. Casta eda ended his celebrated account...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585440760
• ISBN13: 9781585440764
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"