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Poley Morgan: Son of a Texas Scalawag, A historical Novel

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This is the story of a 14-year-old boy whose father was tax assessor-collector of Smith County during Reconstruction Texas.

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Excerpt from Inside of Dust Jacket: This is the story of a 14-year-old boy whose father was tax assessor-collector of Smith County, Texas during Reconstruction Texas.

The author is Frank H. Smyrl, professor of history at the University of Texas at Tyler. He was Poley Morgan’s grandson, and he has used his personal knowledge and tales passed down through the generations to go with considerable research to make this story an authentic representation of the life of Poley Morgan and of those who lived during this sad state of affairs in the South.

The persons, places, and things in this novel are real, and this narrative is the author’s presentation of how things occurred, based on his personal knowledge and considerable research.

Additional Notes: Illustrated by Donald Van Horn. This historical novel was written for the juvenile market.

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Weight 0.75 lbs
Dimensions 9 × 6.25 × 0.5 in
Author

Frank H. Smyrl

ISBN

0910779007

Publisher

Book Publishers of Texas

Details

Copyright 1982, Hardcover with dust jacket, 65 pages