Hot Off The Presses

2 BOOKS ABOUT ROBERTSON COUNTY WERE RELEASED IN APRIL 2003

Historical Recollections Of Robertson County:
With Biographical & Historical Notes On The Pioneers & Their Families

By Richard Denny Parker. Edited By Nona Clement Parker, 1954, Anson Jones Press, Salado, Texas, 254 pages, index, maps. The original Historical Recollections Of Robertson County book was published in 1954 and has been out-of-print for many, many years. A special edition has just been reprinted by the Robertson County Historical Commission as a fundraising project. This county history book details the development of Robertson County by the original settlers through the mid-20th century. It contains family history & historic information on Benchley, Bremond, Calvert, Franklin, Hearne, Mount Vernon, Owensville, Port Sullivan, & Wheelock. The table of contents is at Historical Recollections Of Robertson County. This book is a must-have for the serious Robertson County researcher and central Texas history buff. Contact clazhome@msn.com for purchase information & credit card sales.
Cost: $35 + $4 shipping & handling = $39.00

Texian Odyssey: The Life & Times Of A Forgotten Patriot Of The Republic Of Texas,
Colonel Eleazar Louis Ripley Wheelock

By Mary Foster Hutchinson. Eleazar Louis Ripley Wheelock had fortunate beginnings as the grandson of the founder of Dartmouth College. But he would not take the easy route in life. His personal odyssey would lead him through poverty in pioneer Ohio, climactic battles in the War of 1812, law studies in Kentucky, peril on the Arkansas frontier, and finally, in 1824, an arduous journey to a new land that would define the man: Texas. There he became a settler with Robertson's Colony and subsequently led a life of adventure as a captain of the Texas Rangers, silver miner, founder of a fort and town, Indian agent, surveyor, rancher, land agent, lawyer, and political hopeful. Texian Odyssey is a valuable addition to the record of largely forgotten settlers who came to Texas by the thousands and created a great state out of nothing but courage and sweat. Released April 2003, $24.95, Eakin Press, P. O. Box 90159, Austin, Texas 78709, 800.880.8642, www.eakinpress.com.

COMING IN THE FALL OF 2003

Lone Star Stalag:
The Story Of The World War II German Prisoner Of War Camp Of Hearne, Texas

By Texas A&M University Anthropology Professor Dr. Michael Waters. This book is slated for release by the Texas A&M University Press in the Fall of 2003.