BIBFRAME Work

Title

Saltgrass prairie saga

Type

• Monograph
• Text

Contribution

• Burnett, Jim (aut)

Subject

• German American families--Texas (LCSH)
• Frontier and pioneer life--Texas (LCSH)
• Texas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 (LCSH)
• Women immigrants--Texas--Social conditions--19th century (LCSH)
• German Americans--Texas--Social life and customs--19th century (LCSH)

Genre Form

• Biographies (LCGFT)

Language

• English

Illustrative Content

• illustrations
• maps

Classification

• DDC: 929.20973 (Assigner: dlc)
• LCC: F395.G3 S87 2025 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography
• index

Summary

"Texas during the Civil War period is often viewed through the lenses of military tactics and the state's role in the Confederacy. But what was life like for the families who endured wartime separation? How did women ensure stability at home while their husbands, fathers, and brothers were ordered away to risk their lives? How did families remain connected despite separation and the pressures of survival? In Saltgrass Prairie Saga, John and Johanette Stengler, with their seven children in tow, leave the central a small German village of Dietz and land in Galveston on New Year's Eve, 1845: two days after Texas officially joined the Union. The world this family enters is contextualized through military reports, newspaper articles, personal correspondence, and local and state records. Significantly, author Jim Burnett ensures the voices of woman are preserved. The book is complete with maps, illustrations, and photographs. Blending life and settlement on the frontier, the early years of the Texas cattle trade, the waves of immigration during the period, and the impact of the Civil War, Saltgrass Prairie Saga offers a fresh view of a pivotal period in Texas history"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

The Old Country -- To the Rhine and Beyond -- A City Built of Boards -- A County Called "Liberty" -- The Family Adds a Texan -- Plenty of Beeves -- Prairie Harvest -- Rivers, Roads, and Railroads -- Upheaval -- Mustered -- Sabine Pass -- The Unseen Enemy -- Doctor Stengler -- Disbanded -- Regrouping -- Under Fire -- Adapting -- Year's End -- "The Heavy Roll of Artillery" -- From Saddles to Steamers -- An Expensive Solution -- Eagle Grove -- "A Country Laid in Waste" -- Pickets, Pastures, and Postmen -- Raising the Flag in Texas -- A "Most Extraordinary Feat" -- Fire and Ice -- Soldiers Young and Old -- Uncertainty -- Finale -- Home Again -- Legacy -- Appendix 1: List of Key Characters -- Appendix 2: Abbreviations.

Authorized Access Point

Burnett, Jim. Saltgrass prairie saga

Geographic Coverage

• Texas

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:13:15.148152+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23955869

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc