The Elusive Eden : Frank McMullan's Confederate Colony in Brazil by William C. Griggs. University of Texas Press, Austin, 1987. Illustrated 218 page stated first edition trade paperback in very good condition with crease on spine - no interior markings or other glaring flaws.
Written by a direct descendant of the McMullan family, The Elusive Eden is the first study of Frank McMullan's colony. The book sheds new light on a forgotten episode of Texas and Latin American history. Drawing on a vast body of unpublished documentary material, some still in private hands, it opens a new vista on the troubled years following the Civil War.
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