The Texas Frontier and the Butterfield Overland Mail, 1858–1861

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2016. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0806152214 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear, 1 1/2" tape-repaired tear top of DJ spine. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 10.1 X 8.4 X 1.4 inches; 440 pages; "This is the story of the antebellum frontier in Texas, from the Red River to El Paso, a raw and primitive country punctuated by chaos, lawlessness, and violence. During this time, the federal government and the State of Texas often worked at cross-purposes, their confused and contradictory policies leaving settlers on their own to deal with vigilantes, lynchings, raiding American Indians, and Anglo-American outlaws. Before the Civil War, the Texas frontier was a sectional transition zone where southern ideology clashed with western perspectives and where diverse cultures with differing worldviews collided. This is also the tale of the Butterfield Overland Mail, which carried passengers and mail west from St. Louis to San Francisco through Texas. While it operated, the transcontinental mail line intersected and influenced much of the region's frontier history. Through meticulous research, including visits to all the sites he describes, Glen Sample Ely uncovers the fascinating story of the Butterfield Overland Mail in Texas." .