Condition: Good – 190 Pages
This book tells in vivid, colorful fashion the story of eight of the most important forts of the Texas frontier during the last half of the nineteenth century. The forts whose biographies comprise the book were selected by a poll of twenty-five outstanding Texas historians. Then to write the spectacular stories of these key frontier forts the Editoral Board of Texian Press selected eight well-known historical writers. The result has been dramatic! The impressive color paintings of each fort was done by Melvin C Warren.
The forts included in this book are as follows:
- Fort Belknap by Kenneth F Neighbours
- Fort Bliss
by Joe B Frantz- Fort Brown
by Ben Procter- Fort Clark
by Dorman H Winfrey- Fort Concho
by Roger N Conger- Fort Davis
by James M Day- Fort Mason
by Harold B Simpson- Fort Sam Houston
by WC Nunn
Printed in 1966 – 190 pages – Hard bound with dust cover. Condition: Good.