Mary Austin Holley: A Biography

Mary Austin Holley: A Biography

by Rebecca Smith Lee
Mary Austin Holley: A Biography

Mary Austin Holley: A Biography

by Rebecca Smith Lee

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Overview

Mary Austin Holley found life challenging and made it interesting for others. As wife and widow of Horace Holley, eminent orator, clergyman, and educator, and as cousin and friend of Stephen F. Austin, founder of the first Texas colony, she formed friendships among important people. From New Haven to New Orleans and Brazoria, Texas, she was beloved.

The panorama of her life, described in vivid detail by a former head of the English Department at Texas Christian University, transports the reader to the tempestuous early years of the American Republic and, finally, to Texas during its colonization and early Republic years. Throughout this charming book Mrs. Holley's "intuition for important people" brings the reader into the company of many of America's great and accomplished: Noah Webster, John Quincy Adams, President and Mrs. Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Sam Houston, and many others.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780292750982
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 01/01/1962
Series: Elma Dill Russell Spencer Foundation Series , #2
Edition description: REPRINT
Pages: 480
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.08(d)

About the Author

Rebecca Smith Lee was a professor of English at Texas Christian University.

Table of Contents

  • List of Illustrations
  • Genealogical Charts
  • 1. Childhood’s Home, 1784-1794
  • 2. Sentimental Courtship, 1795-1805
  • 3. Salisbury Honeymoon, 1805
  • 4. Greenfield Hill, 1805-1808
  • 5. Hostages to Fortune, 1808-1809
  • 6. By Stage to Boston, 1809-1811
  • 7. High Tide, 1811-1817
  • 8. The Field Is Wider..., 1817-1818
  • 9. Harvest More Abundant, 1818-1821
  • 10. The Past Revisited, 1821-1822
  • 11. Green Holly and Thistle, 1822-1825
  • 12. On Leaving Kentucky, 1826-1827
  • 13. Radiant Phoenix, 1827-1829
  • 14. Good Hope, 1830-1831
  • 15. Dear Cousin, 1831-1835
  • 16. Texan Song of Liberty, 1835-1836
  • 17. On the Wing, 1837-1840
  • 18. Sunny Island, 1840-1841
  • 19. The New Texas, 1841-1844
  • 20. Madame Holley, 1844-1846
  • Acknowledgments: People and Places
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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