William C Griggs: 2 books
Parson Henry Renfro
Free Thinking on the Texas Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
The years following the Texas Revolution held even more turbulent events as diverse droves of pioneers crossed the Sabine and Red Rivers to start new lives in Texas. Early Texas society contended with religious issues, family life in a rugged environment, and the Civil War. This cultural history was...
The Confederados
Old South Immigrants in Brazil
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 1998
This collection of essays--which also includes a previously unpublished narrative by an original settler-- examines the fascinating experiences of southern Confederate exiles in Brazil and their continuing legacy.
During the late 1860s Southerners dissatisfied with the outcome of the Civil...