Now You Hear My Horn: The Journal of James Wilson Nichols, 1820-1887
- ISBN-10
- 0292736606
- ISBN-13
- 9780292736603
- Pages
- 212
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1968
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Author
- James Wilson Nichols
Description
Jim Nichols was a lively, vigorous frontiersman who came to Texas about the time of its Revolution. As with many men of that day, Nichols' formal education was lacking, but he was a born writer with a vivid way of saying things. He had an abundance of exciting events to write about: fighting against Mexicans and Indians, Ranger activities, an attack by wolves, a buffalo stampede, and many other colorful episodes. Nichols' account is fast-moving, fascinating frontier history by a man who was really there.
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