{"product_id":"the-franco-texan-land-company-virginia-h-taylor-9780292781818","title":"The Franco-Texan Land Company","description":"\u003cp\u003e The Franco-Texan Land Company was formed, ostensibly, by the French bondholders of the Memphis, El Paso, and Pacific Railroad in an attempt to salvage their investments through sale of lands in the railroad's Texas land grant. Most of the land company's wealth, however, went into the pockets of unscrupulous local managers and directors, and another railroad eventually built a road across Texas along the Memphis, El Paso, and Pacific right of way. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Despite their unsavory histories, the land company and its railroad parent played an important part in the development of Northwest Texas. Virginia Taylor's account of their activities furthers the study of the role of land companies in the settlement of the United States and adds interesting sidelights on one of the immigrant groups that left the imprint of Europe on frontier Texas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Virginia H. Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292781814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292781818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d","brand":"Virginia H. Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086466134271,"sku":"9780292781818","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d2252971-a015-4d1b-8071-f7c2828a9206.jpg?v=1769094827","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-franco-texan-land-company-virginia-h-taylor-9780292781818","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}