{"product_id":"rip-fords-texas-9780292770348","title":"Rip Ford's Texas","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Republic of Texas was still in its first exultation over independence when John Salmon \"Rip\" Ford arrived from South Carolina in June of 1836. Ford stayed to participate in virtually every major event in Texas history during the next sixty years. Doctor, lawyer, surveyor, newspaper reporter, elected representative, and above all, soldier and Indian fighter, Ford sat down in his old age to record the events of the turbulent years through which he had lived. Stephen Oates has edited Ford's memoirs to produce a clear and vigorous personal history of Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e John Salmon Ford (1815-1897) was a charter member of the Texas State Historical Association. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Stephen B. Oates (1936-2021) was a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872509792530,"sku":"9780292770348","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a689703a-6db3-4379-99d2-a1753ce8696f.jpg?v=1737900174","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rip-fords-texas-9780292770348","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}