Texas
A History
Will be published approx. on 29. August 1984
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-393-30173-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is the story of how a myth began, with the Texas Revolution against Mexico, cattle drives, and "hyperactive" Texas Rangers, and became embodied in larger-than-life figures, from Sam Houston to "Speaker Sam" Rayburn, from the explorer La Salle to L. B. J. It is also the story of a state larger than its myth, a Confederate state that contained enclaves of pro-Union German-Americans, a football-loving state that produced musicians of the sensitivity of Scott Joplin and Van Cliburn, a western state that also is Southern, Mexican, and Spanish in its influences.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
366 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-30173-1 (9780393301731)
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Joe Bertram Frantz was a historian and the Prescott Webb Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) is a national association that preserves and interprets state and local history.