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Gone to Texasby Randolph B. Campbell
Oxford University Press 2004; US$ 29.95Tells the story of the Lone Star State from the arrival of humans in the Panhandle more than 10,000 years ago to the opening of the 21st Century. Focusing on the state's successive waves of immigrants, it offers an inclusive view of the array of Texans who, often in conflict with each other and the land, created a history and an idea of Texas. more...
A Line in the Sandby Randy Roberts; James S. Olson
Simon & Schuster 2001; US$ 13.99In late February and early March of 1836, the Mexican Army under the command of General Antonio López de Santa Anna besieged a small force of Anglo and Tejano rebels at a mission known as the Alamo. The defenders of the Alamo were in an impossible situation. They knew very little of the events taking place outside the mission walls. They did not have much of an understanding of Santa Anna or of his government in Mexico City. They sent out contradictory messages, they received contradictory communications, they moved blindly and planned in the dark. And in the dark early morning of March 6, they died. In that brief, confusing, and deadly encounter, one of America's most potent symbols was born. The story of the last stand at the Alamo... more...
Quest for Tejano Identity in San Antonio, Texas, 1913-2000by Richard Buitron
Routledge 2004; US$ 113.00This book surveys the people, events, and conditions that shaped Mexican American identity in the Southwestern United States after 1913. more...
Lone Star Justiceby Robert M. Utley
Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 27.95A history of the Texas Rangers, from their origins as fighters on the Texas frontier, to their role as lawmen of the Old West. The author shows how, under the leadership of men like Jack Hays and Ben McCulloch, these fiercely independent fighters became a well-trained, cohesive team. more...
Life in Laredoby Robert D. Wood
University of North Texas Press 2004; US$ 19.96Based on documents from the Laredo Archives, this work shows the evolution and development of daily life in a town under the flags of Spain, Mexico, and the United States. Robert D. Wood, S.M., presents the first one hundred years of history and culture in Laredo up to the mid-nineteenth century. more...
Life of the Marlowsby William Rathmell; Robert K. DeArment
University of North Texas Press 2004; US$ 11.96Rathmell's book, biased in favor of the five Marlow brothers, has long been out of print. Robert K. DeArment has sifted through the evidence and presents an objective, annotated edition. Readers can judge for themselves: were the Marlows as law-abiding as Rathmell claims? more...
The Mason County "Hoo Doo" War, 1874-1902by David Johnson
University of North Texas Press 2006; US$ 19.96In 1874, the "Hoo Doo" War erupted in the Texas Hill Country of Mason County. The author analyzes the myths and legends surrounding the feud and presents an account of what happened in Mason County - a case study in frontier violence of the bloodiest kind. more...
Saving the Big Thicketby James J. Cozine
University of North Texas Press 2004; US$ 27.96The Big Thicket of East Texas, which at one time covered over two million acres, served as a barrier to civilizations throughout most of historic times. This text is a classic account of the region's history and a play-by-play narrative of the prolonged fight for the Big Thicket Preserve. more...
Texasby Inc. Weigl Publishers
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. 2008; US$ 13.69Texas: The Lone Star State, is a part of the Discover America Series. Texas celebrates the people and culture with beautiful images and engaging facts as well as describing the history, industry, environment, and sports that make this state unique. more...
A Texas Cowboyby Charles Siringo; Richard Etulain
Penguin Group Inc. 2000; US$ 12.99After a nomadic childhood, Charles Siringo signed on as a teenage cowboy for the noted Texas cattle king, Shanghai Pierce, and began a life that embraced all the hard work, excitement, and adventure readers today associate with the cowboy era. He "rid the Chisholm trail," driving 2,500 heads of cattle from Austin to Kansas; knew Tascosa-now a historic monument-when it was home to raucous saloons, red light districts, and a fair share of violence; and led a posse of cowboys in pursuit of Billy the Kid and his gang. First published in 1885, Siringo's chronicle of his life as a itchy-footed boy, cowhand, range detective, and adventurer was one the first classics about the Old West and helped to romanticize the West and its myth of the American... more...









