Excerpt from Memoirs of Mary A. Maverick Samuel Augustus Maverick, my husband, was born July 23rd, 1803, at Pendleton, South Carolina. His parents were Samuel Maverick and his wife Elizabeth Anderson. She was the daughter of General Robert Anderson, of South Carolina, and of Revolutionary note, and his wife Ann Thompson of Virginia. Samuel Maverick was once a prominent merchant of Charleston, S.C., where he had raised himself from the almost abject poverty, to which the war of the Revolution had reduced his family, to a position of great affluence. It is said of him that he sent ventures to the Celestial Empire, and that he shipped the first bale of cotton from America to Europe. Some mer cantile miscarriage caused him subsequently to withdraw from, and close out, his business, and he retired to Pendle ton District* in the north west corner of South Carolina, at the foot of the mountains. Here he spent the balance of his days, and invested and speculated largely in lands in South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.

In addition to Mary's published Memoirs, the Mavericks left a rich store of family papers, including letters, journals, and business materials. The author uses these to vividly portray the dramatic story of these two important Texas pioneers.

So, what would Mary Ann do? As the sweet, polite, and thoughtful Mary Ann Summers from Kansas in the hit series Gilligan’s Island, Dawn Wells created an unforgettable and beloved character that still connects with people fifty years from the show’s debut in 1964. As the “good girl” among the group of castaways on a tiny island, she was often positioned against the glamorous and exotic Ginger Grant, played by Tina Louise, prompting many to ask: Are you a Ginger or a Mary Ann? This book not only helps readers answer that question for themselves but also sends the inspirational and heartwarming message that yes, good girls do finish first. Part self-help, part memoir, and part humor—with a little classic TV nostalgia for good measure—What Would Mary Ann Do? contains twelve chapters on everything from how Mary Ann would respond to changes in today’s culture to addressing issues confronting single women and mothers. Wells brings along her fellow characters from Gilligan’s Island to illustrate certain principles, such as incorporating the miserly Thurston Howell III (Jim Backus) in a discussion on money. Anecdotal sidebars also describe fascinating facts and compelling memories from the show, as well as some trivia questions to challenge fans and followers. Illustrated with photographs from Wells’s private collection, this book provides inspiring lessons from TV’s favorite good girl.

Classic Texas story of pioneer life by one of its founding mothers

Unbound hectograph copy of manuscript memoirs of Texas pioneer Mary Ann Adams Maverick dated 1881, recording details of her large family and the enslaved people in their household; life in and around San Antonio before and after Texas statehood; events of the Mexican-American War and Civil War; and interactions and conflicts with local tribes, including captivity narratives of Matilda Lockhart and Mrs. Webster (f. 37r-40r). In an "Apology" (f. 4r), which is not included in the edition published in 1921, Mary's son George Madison Maverick describes working with the contents of his mother's diary entries, arranging subject matter in chronological order, and dividing the book into chapters. This item is one of two known copies of the hectograph edition of five or six made for family members in East Hampton, New York, in 1896, according to George's daughter Rena Maverick Green (Samuel A. Maverick, Texan: 1830-1870, privately printed, 1952, p. xiv). The leaves were originally stabbed and sewn along the top edge, and the former sewing thread is housed following the final leaf. Text is on the recto only of each leaf and its legibility varies widely, with the text on some leaves too faint to be read. The original pagination seems to anticipate a printed edition, with the dedication and preface on the same leaf assigned different page numbers (p.1 and p. 3, on f. 2r) and another leaf marked "pp. 69-78 (estimated)" (f. 69r). Citations in this record are to the pagination as it appears on the lower left recto of most leaves, treated as foliation, except for the first four leaves (f. 1r is an unpaginated title page; f. 2r has sections paginated 1 and 3; f. 3r is the table of contents, paginated 4; and f. 4r is George's Apology, with original pagination 4 1/2 and a later note, "(Temporary page)").

Mary Jane has travelled to all corners of the globe, to large cities to the outskirts and tiny islands off the coast of continents. This book is testament to her travels, discoveries and adventures. A mixture of laughter and sadness it is a reflection of her time spent abroad to date. Her love of travel takes her to Ben Nevis in Scotland, Mont Blanc in France, naked on a Chinese Junk, kicking a nuclear submarine and even visiting a secretive US military base. She has seen iconic buildings like Antonio Gaudi's buildings in Spain, the Taj Mahal, St Basil's Cathedral and even climbed the foothills of Mount Everest to basecamp! This is an intriguing book filled with amazing travel stories, the story of Mary Jane Walker.

Entirely new edition; not a scan of an old book. Mary Maverick's memoirs are a Texas classic. They chronicle a strong, brave woman shepherding her family through tumultuous times on the raw Texas frontier.First settling in a rustic home in 1838 San Antonio with her husband, the legendary Samuel Maverick, the family was forced to flee invading Mexican forces during the famed Runaway Scrape. They settled again in Gonzales, but Sam was in San Antonio when Mexican General Woll captured the town, taking Sam prisoner and confining him in the notorious Perote Prison.After Sam was released, the Mavericks moved to the windswept Matagorda Peninsula-with Mary so sick on the journey that they laid boards in the wagon to make a bed-before returning to San Antonio two years later.Sam and Mary had ten children; four died before they reached the age of eight. During the Civil War, four of Mary's sons served in the Confederate Army. Though Sam had been in the center of the storm during the Texas Revolution, he was approaching 60 years of age when the Civil War broke out; he spent the war with Mary, serving as a judge and mayor of San Antonio.Notable characters pepper the narrative, including Alexander Somervell, Jack Hays, Dr. George Cupples, Deaf Smith, Cherokee Chief Bowles, Matilda Lockhart, Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, Mirabeau Lamar, Juan Seguin, and too many others to mention. This is not a typical frontier wife's memoir-it is a first-hand account of the founding of Texas.