George W. Brackenridge: Maverick Philanthropist

By Marily Sibley

"George W. Brackenridge (1832-1920) was a paradox to his fellow Texans. A Republican in a solidly Democratic state, a financier in a cattleman's country, a Prohibitionist in the goodtime town of San Antonio, he devoted his energies to making a fortune--only to give it to philanthropic causes. ... Marilyn McAdams Sibley's study of ... Brackenridge is the first biography of an important and, for his time, unusual Texan. It presents new material concerning the Mexican cotton trade during the Civil War, on the beginnings of banking in Texas, and on higher education in Texas"--

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292727011
• ISBN13: 9780292727014
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.