{"product_id":"the-evolution-of-a-state-or-recollections-of-old-texas-days-paperback","title":"The Evolution of a State, or, Recollections of Old Texas Days - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNoah Smithwick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I was but a boy in my nineteenth year, and in for adventure when I started out from Hopkinsville, Kentucky, with all my worldly possessions, consisting of a few dollars in money, a change of clothes, and a gun, of course, to seek my fortune in this lazy man's paradise.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNoah Smithwick was an old man, blind and near his ninetieth year, when his daughter recorded these words. He had stayed on in \"paradise\"-Texas-from 1827 to 1861, when his opposition to secession took him to California. \u003ci\u003eThe Evolution of a State\u003c\/i\u003e is his story of these \"old Texas days.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA blacksmith and a tobacco smuggler, Noah Smithwick made weapons for the Battle of Concepción, and he fought in that battle. With Hensley's company, he chased the Mexican army south of the Rio Grande after the Battle of San Jacinto. Twice he served with the Texas Rangers. In quieter times, he was a postmaster and justice of the peace in little Webber's Prairie.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEyewitness to so much Texas history, Smithwick recounts his life and adventures in a simple, straightforward style, with a wry sense of humor. His keen memory for detail-what the people wore, what they ate, how they worked and played- vividly evokes the sights, sounds, and smells of the frontier.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst published in part by the \u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News, \u003c\/i\u003e Smithwick's recollections gained such popularity that they were published in book form, as \u003ci\u003eThe Evolution of a State, \u003c\/i\u003e in 1900. This new edition of a Texas classic makes widely available for the first time in many years this \"best of all books dealing with life in early Texas.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoah Smithwick was an old man, blind and near his ninetieth year, when his daughter recorded these words. He had stayed on in 'paradise'--Texas--from 1827 to 1861, when his opposition to secession took him to California. The Evolution of a State is his story of these 'old Texas days.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter his Texas years, Noah Smithwick (1808-1899) spent the rest of his life in California. He was one of the first members of the Texas State Historical Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 9.15 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 1983\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45308005351526,"sku":"9780292720459","price":40.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/YkcwWTRmT0tpK2VycFl1UUE5NnJBZz09.webp?v=1774151428","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-evolution-of-a-state-or-recollections-of-old-texas-days-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}