MEMOIRS OF MARY A. MAVERICK ARRANGED BY MARY A. MAVERICK AND HER SON GEO. MADISON MAVERICK

San Antonio: The Alamo Printing Co., 1921. 136pp. Photographs. Frontis. portrait of Mary Maverick with her children. Facsimiles. Tan pictorial wrappers. First edition, first state with errors on pages 63 & 69. Bump to the foot of the spine, else a crisp, fine copy. Jenkins, BTB 140: “These memoirs of the wife of Samuel Maverick comprise one of the most interesting and important narratives of life in Texas during the 1830s and 1840s….The memoirs are engrossing and colorful… Insights into the lives of famous Texans are numerous.” Dobie, Life & Lit. pp. 57&62: “Essential.” King, Women on the Cattle Trail, p. 17: “Good account of early days in the Austin and San Antonio area.” Tate, The Indians of Texas 2089: “Includes eyewitness account of the 1840 Council House Fight in San Antonio, description of the Tonkawas, and a Ranger fight with Comanches.” The appendix gives the true origin of the term “maverick” as well as her husband’s experiences in the cattle business. Mrs. Maverick was the first American woman to settle in San Antonio. An especially nice copy of book that is difficult to find in collector’s condition.