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THIS I CAN LEAVE YOU
A Woman's Days on the
Pitchfork Ranch
Mamie Sypert Burns
Mamie Burns warmly and humor-
ously writes of her years as First Lady of
one of Texas' oldest and largest ranches.
Her stories about the cowhands, cooks,
and gardeners, the Burns's many guests,
the informality of chuck-house meals,
the color of Christmas dances, and the
Pitchfork's grand tradition of hospitality
show us a kind of ranch life that disap-
peared when machines came to change
the way the big ranches are run. 324 pp.
Illus. $16.95
TEXAS COUNTRY
The Changing Rural Scene
Edited by Glen E. Lich
and Dona B. Reeves-Marquardt
Nine essays explore all aspects of rur-
al Texana, including the mindset of Tex-
ans, their relationship with the environ-
ment, and the origins of Texas place
names. Other topics include the fate of
the prairie frame house; a chronicle of
the cotton-, cattle-, and crude-based
Texas economy from the Civil War to
the 1980s; Lone Star literature; women
on the land; and early folk and modern
country music. The volume concludes
with a "folk-group sampler" that looks
at the ethnic fabric of rural
Texas. 280 pp. Illus.
$18.95
June Van CleefIN MEXICAN PRISONS
The Journal of Eduard Harhort,
1832-1834
Translated and edited by
Louis E. Brister
The journal of Eduard Harkort, writ-
ten during his two years of fighting and
imprisonment in Mexico, reveals the
feelings and activities of a brave man
who withdrew from nineteenth-century
corporate life to join the ragtag rebel
army of Gen. Santa Anna. Harkort ulti-
mately found himself in battle, before a
firing squad, and in prison. This self-
told tale of the engineer who fought
both for and against Santa Anna is thor-
oughly documented in notes and bib-
liography. 232 pp. $23.50
ESSAYS ON THE
MEXICAN WAR
Edited by Douglas W. Richmond
This timely anthology on the conflict
between Mexico and the United States
from 1846 to 1848 considers the mili-
tary, social, political, and diplomatic as-
pects of what is often referred to in
Mexico as the invasion yanqui. Included
are an account of President Polk's war-
time tour of New England; a description
of the disharmony between Polk and his
generals that led to weakened policy
formation; an informative study of
monarchist intrigues in Mexico during
the war; and a view of a soldier's life as
shown by the letters of Andrew Trussell,
a volunteer soldier. 120 pp. Illus. $17.50::-i , A\2 : 1VLJ.I Y
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