Early Times in Texas; Or, the Adventures of Jack Dobell

In 1835, Texas offered young men like John C. Duval a chance for action and glory. That year he and his brother, Burr, the sons of a former governor of Florida, organized a volunteer company called the "Mustangs." Like Davy Crockett, they were fired up "to give the Texans a helping hand on the road to freedom" from Mexican rule. The first chapters of Early Times in Texas lead up to the Goliad Massacre on Palm Sunday 1836, in which Burr (referred to as Captain D-) was killed. John was luckier. After a hair-raising escape from Goliad, he wandered across the countryside, dodging the Mexicans and living by his wits.

 

The diary that Duval kept during these exciting months was the basis for Early Times in Texas, which was published more than fifty years later, in 1892. In the intervening years he was a Ranger known as "Texas John" and later was recognized as one of Texas's first men of letters, the author of The Adventures of Big-Foot Wallace.

Summary

In 1835, Texas offered young men like John C Duval a chance for action and glory. This book, based on the diary kept by Duval, contains chapters that lead up to the Goliad Massacre on Palm Sunday 1836. After a hair-raising escape from Goliad, John wandered across the country-side, dodging the Mexicans and living by his wits.

Product details

• Authors: John C Duval, John C. Duval, John Crittenden Duval, Rebecca Smith Lee
• Assisted by: Mabel Major (Editor), Rebecca W Smith (Editor), Rebecca W. Smith (Editor)
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.1986
• EAN: 9780803265677
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-6567-7
• No. of pages: 286
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 202 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 340 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, History - U.S., HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General