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Gone to Texas
Randolph B. Campbell
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Description for Gone to Texas
Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Gone to Texas engagingly tells the story of the Lone Star State, from the arrival of humans in the Panhandle more than 12,000 years ago to the second decade of the twenty-first century. Focusing on the state's successive waves of immigrants, the book offers an inclusive view of the vast array of Texans, who often in conflict with each other and always in struggle with the land, created a history and idea of Texas.
Gone to Texas engagingly tells the story of the Lone Star State, from the arrival of humans in the Panhandle more than 12,000 years ago to the second decade of the twenty-first century. Focusing on the state's successive waves of immigrants, the book offers an inclusive view of the vast array of Texans, who often in conflict with each other and always in struggle with the land, created a history and idea of Texas.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190642396
SKU
V9780190642396
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About Randolph B. Campbell
Regents' Professor of History at the University of North Texas (Ph. D. at the University of Virginia); specializes in Early US National period and the History of Texas. Books include: Wealth and Power in Antebellum Texas (Texas A&M U Press, 1977); Sam Houston and the American Southwest (HarperCollins, 1993); and An Empire for Slavery (LSU Press, 1989).
Reviews for Gone to Texas
The best, most comprehensive account of the Lone Star saga that I know of; the place to start if you prefer Texas history to Texas mythology/" - Fritz Lanham, Houston Chronicle The new standard history of America's most unusual state. It is a balanced account, beautifully written, with verve and wit." - William H. Goetzmann, The University of Texas at ... Read more