A People, a Place

Informationen zum Autor ROBERT W. SLEDGE is Professor Emeritus of History, McMurry University, and historian-in-residence for the Grady McWhiney Research Foundation. He has written several pieces on the history of Abilene, a place he has called home for the past forty-five years. Klappentext "A People! A Place" is a tale of industrious! ambitious people trying to prosper in a place with challenging climate and terrain. Zusammenfassung The Texas Pacific Railroad gave birth to Abilene in 1881. Among several dozen sister communities established along the T&P! the company designated the one at Milepost 407 to be 'the future great city of West Texas'. This book presents a tale of industrious! ambitious people trying to prosper in a place with challenging climate and terrain.

Klappentext

"A People, A Place" is a tale of industrious, ambitious people trying to prosper in a place with challenging climate and terrain.

Zusammenfassung
The Texas Pacific Railroad gave birth to Abilene in 1881. Among several dozen sister communities established along the T&P, the company designated the one at Milepost 407 to be 'the future great city of West Texas'. This book presents a tale of industrious, ambitious people trying to prosper in a place with challenging climate and terrain.