Download or read book Reminiscences of Fifty Years in Texas written by John Joseph Linn and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John J. Linn's reminiscences are well known to Texas history scholars, but less familiar to general readers. The book is one of the first-person reflections on early Texas that has the hallmarks of both authenticity and personal interpretation. Writtenin 1883 by an octogenarian who had been an early trader, merchant, and soldier based in and around Victoria,[1] the text begins with Austin's colony and chronicles the state's vicissitudes through the revolution, statehood and the Civil War.