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Sibley Jane Dunn <1924-> |
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Titolo |
Jane's window : my spirited life in West Texas and Austin / / Jane Dunn Sibley as told to Jim Comer ; foreword by T.R. Fehrenbach ; introduction by James L. Haley |
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College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, 2013 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (394 p.) |
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Collana |
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Clayton Wheat Williams Texas life series ; ; no. 14 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Women music patrons - Texas - Austin |
Music patrons - Texas - Austin |
Women philanthropists - Texas - Austin |
Philanthropists - Texas - Austin |
Austin (Tex.) Biography |
Fort Stockton (Tex.) Biography |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Prologue: Mahala Milligan -- Gifts from the past -- Growing up in Fort Stockton -- The university in wartime -- D.J. Sibley -- On my own -- An unconventional romance -- An 'old maid' no more -- Motherhood -- Preserving history and moving a church -- Our world explodes while I'm washing sheets -- Laguna Gloria -- The castle -- The symphony -- Symphony Square -- People I have been privileged to meet and to know -- Buzzard feathers and movie stars -- Rock art: not all masterpieces are in museums -- Lifetime friendships -- Around the world -- The Long Center -- Jake: 1950-1991 -- Mahala: 1952-2003 -- Hiram: 1957- -- D.J.: the great survivor -- The joys of unsolicited advice -- Appendix: Chronology: Jane Horton Dunn Sibley. |
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On the southern portion of what was known as the Sibley's Pezuna del Caballo (Horse's Hoof) Ranch in West Texas' Culberson County are two mountains that nearly meet, forming a gap that frames a salt flat where Indians and later, pioneers came to gather salt to preserve foodstuffs. According to the US Geological Survey, the gap that provides this |
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