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The Alamo And The Texas War For Independence
Da Capo Press 2009; US$ 17.00Reissued on the 165th anniversary of the War: A strategic examination of one of America's most dramatic battles more...
Alamo Story
Taylor Trade Publishing 2000; US$ 10.99The author captures the entire Alamo history in a cohesive and slowing narrative that brings the people and the drama to life with a sense of vivid reality and detailed based on years of research. more...
Alamo Traces
Taylor Trade Publishing 2003; US$ 19.95Never wavering in its search for the bedrock of fact, this book is a methodical, piece-by-piece dismantling of what we thought we knew and a convincing speculation about what might have really happened during that courageous fight for independence. more...
Along the Texas Forts Trail
University of North Texas Press 1997; US$ 11.96Antebellum Jefferson, Texas
University of North Texas Press 2012; US$ 44.00Founded in 1845 as a steamboat port at the entryway to western markets from the Red River, Jefferson was a thriving center of trade until the steamboat traffic dried up in the 1870s. Jefferson was the unofficial capital of East Texas, but it was also typical of boom towns in general. This title examines the frontier town. more...
Arsenal of Defense
Texas State Historical Assn Press 2011; US$ 24.95Named after Mexican War general William Jenkins Worth, Fort Worth began as a military post in 1849. More than a century and a half later, the defense industry remains Fort Worth's major strength with Lockheed Martin's F-35s and Bell Helicopter's Ospreys flying the skies over the city. Arsenal of Defense: Fort Worth's Military Legacy covers the entire... 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...
Beyond the Alamo
The University of North Carolina Press 2008; US$ 24.00Introducing a new model for the transnational history of the United States, Raul Ramos places Mexican Americans at the center of the Texas creation story. He focuses on Mexican-Texan, or Tejano, society in a period of political transition beginning with the year of Mexican independence. Ramos explores the factors that helped shape the ethnic identity... more...









