About this title: This remarkable collection of letters written by a U.S. Army officer's wife during five years on the South Texas frontier is among the most significant collections of letters published in recent years. Helen Chapman and her husband William, the first quartermaster at Fort Brown, were two influential founding citizens of Brownsville, Texas. An intelligent and insightful New Englander, Helen Chapman used her pen to chronicle their frontier experience and to comment on social conditions along the Rio Grande. An intimate and affectionate record of the Chapmans' life from 1848-1852, these vivid ...
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Edition: Limited/Numbered
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Texas State Historical Ass'n, Austin, TX
Date published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780876111154ISBN:0876111150
Description: Fine. No Jacket/fine Slipcase. Limited & Numbered Edition. 8vo-over 8"-9" Tall Octavo. xxvi, 410 pp, quarterbound w/cream cloth w/maroon leather w/gilt lettering w/cream cloth covered slipcase, #50 of 70 cc's. Helen and William Chapman were important Texas pioneers who left a record of early days of Texas statehood along the Rio Grande. The book is a personal chronicle of Helen and William Chapman of their daily life during the formative years of Brownsville from 1848 through 1852. The Chapmans ... read more
Edition: First Limited Edition.
Binding: Hardcover.
Publisher: The Texas State Historical Assoc., Austin
Date published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780876111154ISBN:0876111150
Description: Book condition: As New. Book issued without a jacket. Standard Book Size. Helen and William Chapman were important Texas pioneers who left a extraordinary record of the early days of Texas statehood along the Rio Grande. 410 pages, appendix, bibliography, index. This is the Limited Edition (#23 of 70) bound in one-quarter leather and three-quarters cloth. Gold titles on the leather spine. No dust jacket as issued. Book is housed in a matching cloth slip case. Book and slip case are in Fine, as ... read more
Edition: Limited Edition
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Texas State Historical Assoc, Austin
Date published: 1992
Description: Very clean, tight book in bright, unworn 3/4 cloth boards, no dustjacket as issued, slipcase fine but for three tiny spots of faint soiling, near fine. "Helen Chapman's Letters from the Texas Military Frontier, 1848-1852". Limited edition, No. 2 of 70 copies. 8vo, 410pp, appendices, bibliog, index. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Texas State Historical Society
Date published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780876111154ISBN:0876111150
Description: New in New jacket. 410 pages, maps, illustrations, LIMITED edition 1 of 70 numbered copies, leather spine in slipcase. Chapman's husband was the first Quartermaster at Fort Brown. Her letters from 1848-1852 give an insight into life in the military, Brownsville, and the surrounding area. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Texas State Historical Assn, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
Date published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780876111154ISBN:0876111150
Description: New in New jacket. Letters from Army Oficer's wife during five years on the South Texas Frontier. Social conditions along the Rio Grande in mid 19th Century. Interesting, thoughtful and forthright opinions on topics from childcare to slavery and international relations. Editor's text provides background. Appendices and index. read more
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