Winner of the Coral Horton Tullis, Summerfield G. Roberts, and Friends of the Dallas Public Library AwardsBecause Texas emerged from the western frontier relatively late in the formation of the antebe
Campbell (history, U. of North Texas) examines how Reconstruction affected and was viewed by people on the local level by separately examining six disparate counties in Texas of the 1860s and 70s. By
Gone to Texas engagingly tells 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 twenty-first century. Focusing on the stat
Gone to Texas engagingly tells 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 twenty-first century. Focusing on the sta
Governor of two states, president of an independent republic, and for thirteen years a United States senator, Sam Houston forged a life of great adventures, frequent controversy, and lasting achievem
Gone to Texas: A History of the Lone Star State engagingly tells 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 twenty-f
A leading text for undergraduate- and graduate-level courses, this book introduces widely used forms of remote sensing imagery and their applications in plant sciences, hydrology, earth sciences, and
As the great-great-granddaughter of Sam Houston and Margaret Lea, Madge Thornall Roberts played in her great-grandparents’ home in Independence, Texas, which had Santa Anna’s saddle in the upstairs ha
Historians have published countless studies of the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865 and the era of Reconstruction that followed those four years of brutally destructive conflict. Most of these wor
The laws that governed the institution of slavery in early Texas were enacted over a fifty-year period in which Texas moved through incarnations as a Spanish colony, a Mexican state, an independent re
