George W. Brackenridge: Maverick Philanthropist

Author/Contributor(s):	Sibley, Marilyn McAdams
Publisher:	University of Texas Press
Date:	01/01/1973
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Marilyn McAdams Sibley's study of George W. Brackenridge is the first biography of an important and, for his time, unusual Texan. It presents new material concerning the Mexican cotton trade during the Civil War, on the beginnings of banking in Texas, and on higher education in Texas.