Big wonderful thing : a history of Texas /

A tour de force by a New York Times best-selling author and master storyteller who captures the rich history of a state that sits at the center of the nation, yet defiantly stands apart.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harrigan, Stephen, 1948- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, [2019]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Harrigan, Stephen, 1948- Texas bookshelf.
Temas:
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
TEXAS > HISTORY.
Texas > History.
Texas.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Castaways
  • Golden cities
  • "Woe to us"
  • The lady in blue
  • Voyageurs
  • God's work
  • Filibusters
  • "God speed ye"
  • The Texas dream
  • The consequence of failure
  • Come and take it
  • "The Alamo is ours!"
  • Vengeance
  • Aftermath
  • Spartan spirit
  • "Savage ware fare"
  • The broken flagpole
  • Los diablos tejanos
  • The crisis of the crisis
  • Robbers and lawyers
  • Warriors and refugees
  • "I will never do it"
  • "With throbbing hearts"
  • Reconstructed
  • The end of Comancheria
  • Fenced in
  • The "peril" of legislation
  • Bipedal brutes
  • Scorpions and horny toads
  • A thousand little devils
  • Gushers
  • Light coming on the plains
  • Sediciosos
  • Pa
  • War at home and abroad
  • The blacksnake whip
  • Music and mayhem
  • The boy from the hill country
  • Centennial
  • Passionate ones
  • Texans at war again
  • The show of shows
  • A new Texas
  • Ye shall know the truth
  • The lord takes a sleeping pill
  • Giant
  • A gamblin' man
  • Welcome Mr. Kennedy
  • "El deguello" reprise
  • The voice of god
  • The tower
  • Vigil on the pedernales
  • A side to belong to
  • Don't be so self-righteous
  • Baptism of fire
  • Texans versus Texans
  • Epilogue. Davy Crockett's fairy palace.

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