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The Resource Texas blood : seven generations among the outlaws, ranchers, Indians, missionaries, soldiers, and smugglers of the borderlands, Roger D. Hodge

Texas blood : seven generations among the outlaws, ranchers, Indians, missionaries, soldiers, and smugglers of the borderlands, Roger D. Hodge

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"An intoxicating, singularly illuminating history of the Texas borderlands from their settlement through seven generations of Roger D. Hodge's ranching family. What brought the author's family to Texas? What is it about Texas that for centuries has exerted a powerful allure for adventurers and scoundrels, dreamers and desperate souls, outlaws and outliers? In search of answers, Hodge travels across his home state--which he loves and hates in shifting measure--tracing the wanderings of his ancestors into forgotten histories along vanished roads. Here is an unsentimental, keenly insightful attempt to grapple with all that makes Texas so magical, punishing, and polarizing. Here is a spellbindingly evocative portrait of the borderlands--with its brutal history of colonization, conquest, and genocide; where stories of death and drugs and desperation play out daily. And here is a contemplation of what it means that the ranching industry that has sustained families like Hodge's for almost two centuries is quickly fading away, taking with it a part of our larger, deep-rooted cultural inheritance."--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
353 pages
Note
"This is a Borzoi Book."
Contents
  • Southwest toward home
  • Parables of first contact
  • The Texas road
  • Beyond here lies nothing
  • Ten guns, ten horses, ten wives
  • Overland
  • Motion of limbs
Isbn
9780307961402
Instance
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Texas blood : seven generations among the outlaws, ranchers, Indians, missionaries, soldiers, and smugglers of the borderlands
Title
Texas blood
Title remainder
seven generations among the outlaws, ranchers, Indians, missionaries, soldiers, and smugglers of the borderlands
Statement of responsibility
Roger D. Hodge
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"An intoxicating, singularly illuminating history of the Texas borderlands from their settlement through seven generations of Roger D. Hodge's ranching family. What brought the author's family to Texas? What is it about Texas that for centuries has exerted a powerful allure for adventurers and scoundrels, dreamers and desperate souls, outlaws and outliers? In search of answers, Hodge travels across his home state--which he loves and hates in shifting measure--tracing the wanderings of his ancestors into forgotten histories along vanished roads. Here is an unsentimental, keenly insightful attempt to grapple with all that makes Texas so magical, punishing, and polarizing. Here is a spellbindingly evocative portrait of the borderlands--with its brutal history of colonization, conquest, and genocide; where stories of death and drugs and desperation play out daily. And here is a contemplation of what it means that the ranching industry that has sustained families like Hodge's for almost two centuries is quickly fading away, taking with it a part of our larger, deep-rooted cultural inheritance."--Jacket
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1967-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Hodge, Roger D.
Dewey number
976.4
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
F391
LC item number
.H755 2017
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Hodge, Roger D.
  • Hodge, Roger D.
  • Hodge, Roger D.
  • Texas
  • Texas
  • Mexican-American Border Region
  • Mexican-American Border Region
Label
Texas blood : seven generations among the outlaws, ranchers, Indians, missionaries, soldiers, and smugglers of the borderlands, Roger D. Hodge
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Publication
Copyright
Note
"This is a Borzoi Book."
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-341) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Southwest toward home -- Parables of first contact -- The Texas road -- Beyond here lies nothing -- Ten guns, ten horses, ten wives -- Overland -- Motion of limbs
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
353 pages
Isbn
9780307961402
Lccn
2016053188
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • (OCoLC)969383374
  • (OCoLC)ocn969383374
Label
Texas blood : seven generations among the outlaws, ranchers, Indians, missionaries, soldiers, and smugglers of the borderlands, Roger D. Hodge
Publication
Copyright
Note
"This is a Borzoi Book."
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-341) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Southwest toward home -- Parables of first contact -- The Texas road -- Beyond here lies nothing -- Ten guns, ten horses, ten wives -- Overland -- Motion of limbs
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
353 pages
Isbn
9780307961402
Lccn
2016053188
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • (OCoLC)969383374
  • (OCoLC)ocn969383374

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