Texas
- ISBN-10
- 1566565642
- ISBN-13
- 9781566565646
- Series
- Texas
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 312
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Interlink Publishing Group Incorporated
- Author
- Mary Jo Powell
Description
Powell's "Texas" begins with a panorama of the vast Texas landscape, from thepiney woods to Big Bend country, before turning to the people of the land nowcalled Texas.
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- 2021-09-10
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