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Gregg Cantrell
Stephen F. Austin, the Father of Texas , has long been enshrined as an authentic American hero. This biography brings his private life, motives, personality and character into sharp focus…
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This is a groundbreaking biography of the founder of Anglo Texas. Gregg Cantrell’s portrait goes beyond the traditional interpretation of Austin as the man who spearheaded American Manifest Destiny. Cantrell…
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While the story of John B. Rayner is not widely known, this African American educator and Populist leader, the son of a politically powerful white slaveholder from North Carolina, was…
An engaging and meticulously researched history of Texas Populism and its contributions to modern American liberalism
Examines Texas’ pasts, featuring chapters by a wide range of scholars. This work talks about historians’ views of Texas in the nineteenth century and especially the significance of the Alamo…
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A broader, transnational approach to Texas’ secession from Mexico in the 1835-36 conflict. The result of the 48th Annual Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures, held at the University of Texas…
