Ornish, Natalie.

Pioneer Jewish Texans [electronic resource] / Natalie Ornish ; foreword by Sara Alpern. - 1st Texas A&M University Press ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2011. - xii, 362 p. : ill., ports.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to a people -- The adventurers : conquistadors and the search for freedom -- The soldiers : Jews in the battles for Texas independence -- The colonizers : opening Texas's lands west -- The statesmen : constructing a republic and a nation -- The ranchers : giants of Texas's great cattle herds -- The financiers : new frontiers in banking -- The wildcatters : from pipes to oil leases -- The humanitarian : Galveston and the gateway immigration movement -- The great merchants : some called them princes -- The significant merchants : laying the economic foundation for Texas's future -- The educators : the Paul Reveres of education -- The artists : vanguards in the arts -- The doctors and other healers : from the Alamo to the Nobel Prize -- The lawyers : justice for all.


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Jews--Texas--Biography.


Texas--Biography.


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