Biographical sketches reveal the rich heritage of the people of Texas. Information about a variety of people who have shaped the state of Texas, from early days to the present, is presented on one 8.5 x 11 double-sided card for each person. The individuals chosen for this set include people from many ethnicities and several centuries. There are adventurers and artists, congressmen and cattlemen, athletes and artists, women and men. For each of 40 people you will learn about the person's:
childhood
education
career
what each contributed to Texas and to our nation.
People Included are:
Lance Armstrong
Stephen F. Austin
Henry Bonilla
Jim Bowie
Chief Bowles
Jesse Chisholm
Henry Cisneros
Bessie Coleman
Davy Crockett
J. Frank Dobie
Miriam Ferguson
Henry Flipper
George Foreman
Henry B. Gonzalez
William Goyens
O. Henry
Buddy Holly
Sam Houston
Lady Bird Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Scott Joplin
Barbara Jordan
Mirabeau Lamar
Jane Long
Elisabet Ney
Chester Nimitz
Georgia O'Keefe
Cynthia Ann Parker
Quanah Parker
Selena Perez
Bill Pickett
Katherine Ann Porter
Ann Richards
Nolan Ryan
Juan Seguin
Katherine Stinson
Lee Trevino
William B. Travis
Babe Zaharias
Lorenzo de Zavala
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