03127nam 2200685 a 450 991082693580332120230801231942.01-280-77238-797866136831511-60344-331-2(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 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.)HistoryRanchersLawyersRanchers' spouses976.4/113Kleberg Robert Justus1853-1932.1717220Monday Jane Clements1941-1619902Vick Frances Brannen1935-1090674Kleberg Alice Gertrudis King1862-1944.1717221MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826935803321Letters to Alice4113188UNINA