LEADER 03127nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910826935803321 005 20230801231942.0 010 $a1-280-77238-7 010 $a9786613683151 010 $a1-60344-331-2 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046095 035 $a(EBL)1100947 035 $a(OCoLC)794234071 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000582007 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11383408 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000582007 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10540166 035 $a(PQKB)11482917 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15838 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1100947 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10561943 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL368315 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1100947 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046095 100 $a20111116d2012 uy i 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLetters to Alice $ebirth of the Kleberg-King Ranch dynasty /$fedited and annotated by Jane Clements Monday and Frances Brannen Vick ; with a foreword by Thomas H. Kreneck 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCollege Station, Tex. $cTexas A&M University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (210 p.) 225 1 $aGulf Coast books ;$vno. 22 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60344-471-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPrologue, 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. 330 $a In the summer of 1881, Robert Justus Kleberg rode across the hot, dusty South Texas brush country to the palatial home of Capt. Richard King to consult with the cattle baron about attending to his legal affairs. On that same journey, the young lawyer also first laid eyes on Alice King, "Princess of the Wild Horse Desert." Neither of their lives would ever be the same. Published for the first time in this book, the love letters written by Kleberg to Alice Gertrudis King provide a glimpse of the lives of two of the most influential people in Texas history. Editors Jane Clements Mon 410 0$aGulf Coast books ;$vno. 22. 606 $aRanchers$zTexas$vBiography 606 $aLawyers$zTexas$vBiography 606 $aRanchers' spouses$zTexas$vBiography 607 $aKing Ranch (Tex.)$xHistory 615 0$aRanchers 615 0$aLawyers 615 0$aRanchers' spouses 676 $a976.4/113 700 $aKleberg$b Robert Justus$f1853-1932.$01717220 701 $aMonday$b Jane Clements$f1941-$01619902 701 $aVick$b Frances Brannen$f1935-$01090674 701 $aKleberg$b Alice Gertrudis King$f1862-1944.$01717221 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826935803321 996 $aLetters to Alice$94113188 997 $aUNINA