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David Kokernot: Rogue Solider of the Texas Revolution by Alan Barber (review)

David Kokernot: Rogue Solider of the Texas Revolution by Alan Barber (review) Book Reviews David Kokernot: Rogue Solider of the Texas Revolution. By Alan Barber. (Sandpoint, Idaho: Kullyspel Press, 2012. Pp. 312. Illustrations, maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN 9780985036201, $26.95 cloth.) Kokernot Field in Alpine is to Texas what Shea Stadium is to Massachusetts: a mecca for diehard baseball aficionados. Herbert Kokernot Jr., who operated the large 06 Ranch in the nearby Davis Mountains, built the stadium in the 1940s for the Alpine Cowboys. Less well known is that Herbert Kokernot traced his roots to an important figure of the Texas Revolution, David L. Kokernot (1805­1892). Thanks to a recent biography by Alan Barber, a distant descendant, we now have a marvelous account of this most unusual (and controversial) figure. David Kokernot was born in Amsterdam, Holland, in 1805, the son of Ashkenazi Jews. His family made the move to the New World in 1817, settling in New Orleans, where they set up a mercantile business. The family prospered, but young David, who combined physical vigor and restless ambition, found the settled life of a shopkeeper much too humdrum. These traits led to a life full of adventure (and misadventure). The sea appealed to him initially. He made several http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southwestern Historical Quarterly Texas State Historical Association

David Kokernot: Rogue Solider of the Texas Revolution by Alan Barber (review)

Kearney, James C.
Southwestern Historical Quarterly , Volume 117 (2) – Sep 18, 2013
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Book Reviews David Kokernot: Rogue Solider of the Texas Revolution. By Alan Barber. (Sandpoint, Idaho: Kullyspel Press, 2012. Pp. 312. Illustrations, maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN 9780985036201, $26.95 cloth.) Kokernot Field in Alpine is to Texas what Shea Stadium is to Massachusetts: a mecca for diehard baseball aficionados. Herbert Kokernot Jr., who operated the large 06 Ranch in the nearby Davis Mountains, built the stadium in the 1940s for the Alpine Cowboys. Less well known is that Herbert Kokernot traced his roots to an important figure of the Texas Revolution, David L. Kokernot (1805­1892). Thanks to a recent biography by Alan Barber, a distant descendant, we now have a marvelous account of this most unusual (and controversial) figure. David Kokernot was born in Amsterdam, Holland, in 1805, the son of Ashkenazi Jews. His family made the move to the New World in 1817, settling in New Orleans, where they set up a mercantile business. The family prospered, but young David, who combined physical vigor and restless ambition, found the settled life of a shopkeeper much too humdrum. These traits led to a life full of adventure (and misadventure). The sea appealed to him initially. He made several

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Published: Sep 18, 2013

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