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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Gray Eagle Gray Eagle Rita Kerr A Creek Indian boy, Gray Eagle, learns the ways of his people in Alabama territory in the late 1700s. OL100855W
Juan Seguin Juan Seguin Rita Kerr A member of an early San Antonio family, he opposed the dictatorship of Santa Anna and joined the fight for a free Texas. OL16812516W
The ghost of Panna Maria The ghost of Panna Maria Rita Kerr Recounts the daily life of Anna Maria and her family in Panna Maria, the first Polish settlement in Texas. OL18324092W
Buttercup and Bully Goat Buttercup and Bully Goat Rita Kerr Buttercup, a lamb living in the Texas hill country, learns how the Spanish brought the first sheep to Texas and becomes friends with the goat that she thought was such a bully. OL18905078W
Texas cavalier Texas cavalier Rita Kerr A biography of the young lawyer from South Carolina who died at the Alamo after joining the Texans in their fight for freedom from Mexico. OL18958346W
Texas marvel Texas marvel Rita Kerr Fictionalized boyhood adventures of Doctor Marvel Sellers, an early Texas pioneer, and his family in the nineteenth century. OL19193615W
Tex's tales Tex's tales Rita Kerr Picked up by a tornado and swept away from his family in nineteenth-century Texas, a dog has some exciting adventures in the frontier wilderness before making his way home again. OL19196287W
A wee bit of Texas A wee bit of Texas Rita Kerr While Grandfather Mouse, the smartest mouse in Texas, reads "A Wee Bit Of Texas" to the mice at one of their weekly meetings, the old tom cat creeps closer and closer. Who will save the day? OL19207097W
The immortal 32 The immortal 32 Rita Kerr Thirty-two men answer Colonel William Travis's plea for help and cross enemy lines to help defend the Alamo in 1836. OL22926917W
The Texas orphans The Texas orphans Rita Kerr Having ridden the Orphan Train from New York City to Texas in 1904, Eddie and Tommy start an exciting new life in a small country town. OL23534720W
The Texas cowboy The Texas cowboy Rita Kerr In 1876, Teb and his family leave Kansas with 1800 head of cattle to make the long, hard journey to settle in Texas, fulfilling Teb's dream of beoming a cowboy. OL23612102W