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Great Texas Books offers low-cost downloads of Texas histories, memoirs, biographies, journals, and reports in e-book formats. Our editions are superior to similar texts available elsewhere because we meticulously convert, proof, edit, and design each book. Our books contain none of the jumbled words and letters common to automated e-book conversions; they are entirely new editions designed for the 21st century reader of e-books.<br> <br> John J. Linn’s reminiscences are well known to Texas history scholars, but less familiar to general readers. The book is one of the first-person reflections on early Texas that has the hallmarks of both authenticity and personal interpretation. Written in 1883 by an octogenarian who spent his life as a trader, merchant, and soldier based in and around Victoria, the text begins with Austin’s colony and chronicles the state’s vicissitudes through the revolution, statehood and the Civil War. There is seldom any doubt about where Linn stands, whether the subject is Sam Houston, the Confederacy, or the many remarkable characters that populate his narrative. Linn views the past through lenses of his own coloring, but he relates the facts fairly, as he

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Author

Linn, John J. 1798-1885

Publisher

State House Press, 1986.

Published

1986

Language

EN

ISBN

9780938349013

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities

Updated

2026-03-24