Reminiscences of Mary Crownover Rabb, wife of John Rabb

One of the fiew firsthand accounts of early Texas life was written by a pioneer woman, Mary Crownover Rabb, who came to Texas "about the 15 of december" 1823. Wanting her children and grandchildren to have authentic documentation of her and her husband, John Rabb's, experiences in early Texas, she turned out an earnest narrrative, replete with phonetic spelling and quain sayings, that stands as a monument to frontier women. In her lively account of Texas life she captured the hearty vernacular of her Anglo-American friends and neighbors in erly nineteenth-century Texas. Written over one hundred years ago, Mary Rabb's Reminiscences reman a testament to the Texas frontierswoman who helped to build a state in spite of the numerous perils of wilderness life.