02200nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10492846 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 101217s2011 txuac sb 001 0ceng d 2010053385 1603444238 (cloth : alk. paper) 1603444335 (e-book) 9781603444231 9781603444330 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)759158575 n-us-tx F395.J5 O76 2011eb 976.4/004924 22 Ornish, Natalie. Pioneer Jewish Texans [electronic resource] / Natalie Ornish ; foreword by Sara Alpern. 1st Texas A&M University Press ed. College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2011. xii, 362 p. : ill., ports. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction to a people -- The adventurers : conquistadors and the search for freedom -- The soldiers : Jews in the battles for Texas independence -- The colonizers : opening Texas's lands west -- The statesmen : constructing a republic and a nation -- The ranchers : giants of Texas's great cattle herds -- The financiers : new frontiers in banking -- The wildcatters : from pipes to oil leases -- The humanitarian : Galveston and the gateway immigration movement -- The great merchants : some called them princes -- The significant merchants : laying the economic foundation for Texas's future -- The educators : the Paul Reveres of education -- The artists : vanguards in the arts -- The doctors and other healers : from the Alamo to the Nobel Prize -- The lawyers : justice for all. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Jews Texas Biography. Texas Biography. Electronic books. local Alpern, Sara. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10492846 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 228135 228135