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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: John James Dix Subtitle: A Texan Author: Dan R. Manning Narrator: Bob Rundell Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins Language: English Release date: 11-06-15 Publisher: Goldminds Publishing, LLC Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: History, American Publisher's Summary: Not many have experienced as much of Texas history firsthand as John James Dix. At the age of seven, he came to Texas with his family, arriving in Stephen F. Austin's colony, and listened to the stories of his father, who fought in the early battles of the Texas Revolution under heroes of the Republic - Austin and Travis. He drove steers, worked under General Zachary Taylor in the Mexican-American War, and, after he married, was a neighbor to Richard King on the Santa Gertrudis Ranch. He became a Texas Ranger and rode with John Salmon Old Rip Ford. These were only a few of Dix's many adventures, and in this detailed biography, Dan R. Manni