German Seed in Texas Soil by Terry G. Jordan

Cover image: first-party in-hand capture, 2026-07-24 (TODO-75 intake).

By Terry G. Jordan · printing TBD (first published 1966)

Bibliographic detail

  • Author: Terry G. Jordan
  • Publisher: TBD — verify in-hand
  • Year: TBD — verify in-hand (first published 1966)
  • Format: Paperback; pagination/ISBN TBD — verify in-hand

Physical description

Red illustrated paperback. A price sticker and spine-foot label visible on the cover suggest a used or ex-library copy — to be verified in-hand. Condition and physical details TBD — to be recorded on the bibliographic sweep.

Provenance

Long-held shelf copy; acquisition source, date, and price are unrecorded. Registered to the research library from the 2026-07-24 shelf-photography session. Accession: HH-BOOK-2026-0033.

Why it matters

The standard study of German immigrant farming and settlement in nineteenth-century Texas. The families at the heart of this project — the Mengers of the soap works and the Hoffmanns of the coffee company — belong to the German San Antonio world Jordan maps, and his framework grounds the project’s claims about German-Texan business networks.


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