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Old Books About Martin Parmer
"The Texan Star," "The Texan Scouts" and "The Texan Triumph"
Something old is something new for descendants of Martin Parmer. A series of fictional
books written in 1912 and 1913 by Joseph A. Altsheler can now be found on the Internet and you can read two of them for
free. Click on the links below.
In this series, Martin Palmer was portrayed by Altsheler as a bigger than life
scout and frontiersman during the Texas Revolution. It is a lot of fun to read.
The Texan Star (1912)
The Texan Scouts (1913)
The Texan Triumph (1913)
You can order re-printed copies of all three volumes on line at Amazon.com in hardback
and paperback.
In "The Texan Star," Martin Palmer appears for the first time in the chapter
entitled, "The Ring Tailed Panther." When he appears in the story, he is heading toward Gonzales for the battle in 1835.
Martin Palmer as the Ring Tailed Panther is one of the main characters in all three books.
The Texan Star
Joseph A. Altsheler - Handbook of Texas
Below and on the following pages is the entire book, The Texan Scouts. It is a fictional account of the Texas Revolution
in which Martin Palmer, The Ring Tailed Panther, is one of the main characters. Written by Joseph Altsheler and originally
published in 1913, The Texan Scouts is the second volume of his Texas Revolutionary series in which Ned Fulton is the main
character. Now in the public domain, these books are a lot of fun to read. The first book in the series was The
Texan Star. I will include that book soon here or on the Texas History Page site.
The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Texan Scouts, by Joseph A. Altsheler
This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give
it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net
Title: The Texan Scouts
A Story of the Alamo and Goliad
Author: Joseph A. Altsheler
Release Date: May 4, 2005 [eBook #15767]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TEXAN SCOUTS***
E-text prepared by David Garcia
and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net)
from
page images generously made available by
the Kentuckiana Digital Library
THE TEXAN SCOUTS
A STORY OF THE ALAMO AND GOLIAD
BY
JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER
AUTHOR OF
"THE TEXAN STAR," "THE QUEST OF THE FOUR," "THE SCOUTS OF THE VALLEY," ETC.
APPLETON-CENTURY-CROFTS, INC.
NEW YORK
1913
FOREWORD
"The Texan Scouts," while a complete story in itself, continues the fortunes of Ned Fulton and his friends,
who were the central characters in "The Texan Star." One of the central characters in both books is frontiersman Martin
Palmer, The Ring Tailed Panther.
CONTENTS
| chapter |
|
page |
| I. |
In The Storm |
1 |
| II. |
The Captives |
20 |
| III. |
The Fight with Urrea |
37 |
| IV. |
The Cabin in the Woods |
56 |
| V. |
Santa Anna's Advance |
78 |
| VI. |
For Freedom's Sake |
97 |
| VII. |
The Herald of Attack |
113 |
| VIII. |
In the Alamo |
129 |
| IX. |
The Flag of No Quarter |
146 |
| X. |
Crockett and Bowie |
161 |
| XI. |
The Desperate Defence |
178 |
| XII. |
Before the Dictator |
198 |
| XIII. |
To the Last Man |
219 |
| XIV. |
The News of the Fall |
243 |
| XV. |
In Another Trap |
261 |
| XVI. |
Fannin's Camp |
281 |
| XVII. |
The Sad Surrender |
298 |
| XVIII. |
The Black Tragedy |
318 |
| XIX. |
The Race for the Boat |
330 |
| XX. |
The Cry for Vengeance |
351 |
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