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PublicAffairs 2013; US$ 26.99Texas may well be America?s most controversial state. Evangelicals dominate the halls of power, millions of its people live in poverty, and its death row is the busiest in the country. Skeptical outsiders have found much to be offended by in the state?s politics and attitude. And yet, according to journalist (and Texan) Erica Grieder, the United States... more...
Jane's Window
Texas A&M University Press 2013; US$ 35.00On the southern portion of what was known as the Sibley?s Pezuna del Caballo (Horse?s Hoof) Ranch in West Texas? Culberson County are two mountains that nearly meet, forming a gap that frames a salt flat where Indians and later, pioneers came to gather salt to preserve foodstuffs. According to the US Geological Survey, the gap that provides this... more...
Pidge, Texas Ranger
Texas A&M University Press 2013; US$ 29.95Thomas C. (Pidge) Robinson came to Texas from Virginia at the age of 27, fleeing a feud with a neighbor who opposed Robinson?s amorous intentions toward the neighbor?s sister. He joined the Texas Rangers in 1874, serving with legendary Capt. Leander H. McNelly?s Washington County Volunteer Militia Company A. He earned the rank of first lieutenant... more...
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into Texas Expanded Edition
Portable Press 2013; US$ 16.95Packed with 60 new pages, Uncle John?s Bathroom Reader Plunges into Texas Bigger and Better! is bigger and badder than the previous edition. This cowboy-sized collection of Texas talents, truisms, and tales offers fans everything they love about the Lone Star State: its colorful history, fascinating figures, good grub, bona fide Texas brews, and... more...
Old Red
Texas State Historical Assn Press 2013; US$ 22.50Tucked away in a corner of the University of Texas Medical Branch campus stands a majestic relic of an era long past. Constructed of red pressed brick, sandstone, and ruddy Texas granite, the Ashbel Smith Building, fondly known as Old Red, represents a fascinating page in Galveston and Texas history. It has been more than a century since Old Red... more...
The Battle of San Jacinto
Texas State Historical Assn Press 2013; US$ 9.95Part of the inscription on the base of the San Jacinto Monument reads: "Measured by its results, San Jacinto was one of the decisive battles of the world." James W. Pohl, a noted military historian, tells the exciting story of the pivotal battle of the Texas Revolution. more...
The Battle of the Alamo
Texas State Historical Assn Press 2013; US$ 9.95The dramatic story of one of the most famous events in Texas history is told by Ben H. Procter. Procter describes in colorful detail the background, character, and motives of the prominent figures at the Alamo?Bowie, Travis, and Crockett?and the course and outcome of the battle itself. This concise and engaging account of a turning point in Texas... more...
José Antonio Navarro
Texas State Historical Assn Press 2013; US$ 39.90The first biography to appear in more than a generation on the most influential Tejano leader of the nineteenth century, José Antonio Navarro: In Search of the American Dream in Nineteenth-Century Texas fills one of the most glaring gaps in the current historical literature on Texas. The product of a lifetime of research by author David McDonald,... more...
Through Time and the Valley
University of North Texas Press 2013; US$ 18.36









