03184nam 2200697 a 450 991046349420332120200520144314.01-280-77238-797866136831511-60344-331-2(CKB)3170000000046095(EBL)1100947(OCoLC)794234071(SSID)ssj0000582007(PQKBManifestationID)11383408(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000582007(PQKBWorkID)10540166(PQKB)11482917(MiAaPQ)EBC1100947(MdBmJHUP)muse15838(Au-PeEL)EBL1100947(CaPaEBR)ebr10561943(CaONFJC)MIL368315(EXLCZ)99317000000004609520111116d2012 uy iengur|n|---|||||txtccrLetters to Alice[electronic resource] birth of the Kleberg-King Ranch dynasty /edited and annotated by Jane Clements Monday and Frances Brannen Vick ; with a foreword by Thomas H. Kreneck1st ed.College Station, Tex. Texas A&M University Press20121 online resource (210 p.)Gulf Coast books ;no. 22Description based upon print version of record.1-60344-471-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue, 1853-1883 -- A desert empire -- Princess of the Wild Horse Desert -- A young lawyer establishes himself -- Tragedy strikes -- A friendship deepens -- The love letters, 1884-1887 -- My dear little heart -- My little darling -- My little pet -- My darling little wife -- Epilogue, 1887-2011 -- The children of Robert and Alice -- The dynasty -- The empire continues. In the summer of 1881, Robert Justus Kleberg rode across the hot, dusty South Texas brush country to the palatial home of Capt. Richard King to consult with the cattle baron about attending to his legal affairs. On that same journey, the young lawyer also first laid eyes on Alice King, "Princess of the Wild Horse Desert." Neither of their lives would ever be the same. Published for the first time in this book, the love letters written by Kleberg to Alice Gertrudis King provide a glimpse of the lives of two of the most influential people in Texas history. Editors Jane Clements MonGulf Coast books ;no. 22.RanchersTexasBiographyLawyersTexasBiographyRanchers' spousesTexasBiographyKing Ranch (Tex.)HistoryElectronic books.RanchersLawyersRanchers' spouses976.4/113Kleberg Robert Justus1853-1932.876206Monday Jane Clements1941-876207Vick Frances Brannen1935-876208Kleberg Alice Gertrudis King1862-1944.876209MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463494203321Letters to Alice1956710UNINA