Cimarron (novel)
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Cimarron is a novel by Edna Ferber, published in April 1930 and based on development in Oklahoma after the Land Rush. The book was adapted into a critically acclaimed film of the same name, released i
First edition (Doubleday, Doran)
Photograph of the 1893 Oklahoma Land Rush, depicted in Ferber's book and films.
Cover from a 1930 edition.
Temple Lea Houston
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Temple Lea Houston was an American attorney and politician who served from 1885 to 1889 in the Texas State Senate. He was the last-born child of Margaret Lea Houston and Sam Houston, the first elected
Cimarron (novel)
…and her fixation on expanding her own sphere of influence, which as a woman, was traditionally her home. The character of Yancey Cravat is based on Temple Lea Houston, last child of Texas icon Sam Houston. Temple Houston was a brilliant trial lawyer known for his flamboyant courtroom theatrics. He was also a competent…
Houston as a young man in Texas c. 1880s
Chicago Tribune, June 21, 1896
Temple Lea Houston Grave, Elmwood Cemetery, Woodward, Oklahoma