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The article explores the philosophy of the Texas Revolution. Topics discussed include the adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836, the Texas revolutionaries' language of freedom and rights, and the Texas Revolution as a prelude to the Confederate States of America's effort to forge an independent nation centered on slavery.

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly is a publication that provides information on historical events and achievements. It announces the upcoming 129th Annual Meeting, which will focus on Juneteenth and the activism of Opal Lee. The article also congratulates Texas students who participated in the National History Day contest and highlights their accomplishments. It announces the establishment of the Gail and Chuck Swanlund Award for Best Texas History Anthology and provides details on how to apply. The article concludes with information on self-published historical works and upcoming events related to Texas history. The University Hotel at SHSU is hosting book signings, sales, raffles, and exhibits, with special rates available for early registrations. The Texas Historical Commission is hosting day camps for children at various historic sites throughout the state. H-E-B grocery stores sponsor "Free First Sundays" at the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin, allowing individuals to tour the museum and participate in special programs. Two books are highlighted: "Doodle Bugs & Dowsers: A History of Unusual Ways to Search for Oil" by Dan Plazak and "Shearing Sheep and Goats the Texas Way: Legacy of Pride" by Robert Aguero. The TSHA thanks its life members for their support and provides a list of individuals and organizations that are members of the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). The list includes individuals from various cities in Texas and other states, as well as corporate members and affiliate programs. The TSHA welcomes new and returning members, [Extracted from the article]

This essay explores the relationship between memory and images, using art as a surrogate for our personal archive. It is based on the discovery of an old family photo album that provided missing links to an ancestral history originating in the South. The author examines the many ways we construct our identities and reclaim our sense of self by connecting to the past and breaking the silences that surround pain and trauma. These examinations were facilitated by the visual archive, creating space for healing. By merging an imagined history constructed through visual art with these newly found images, the piece charts a path of wayfinding through a physical journey to Texas that became a spiritual catalyst for the exploration of self. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the historical background and evolution of racial discrimination in Texas from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century, focusing on the construction of ideological hegemony by the Anglo society. Through a multifaceted analysis, it examines the rise and consolidation of white supremacy in Texas during this period, exploring three primary contexts. Firstly, it investigates the ideological reconstruction of Texas history based on white supremacist narratives propagated by the Anglo society. Secondly, it analyzes the production of discourse through national myths and popular culture, exploring how these reinforced white-centric narratives while marginalizing the historical contributions of non-white groups, particularly Mexican Americans. Thirdly, it examines the systematic oppression and discrimination against the Mexican population in Texas, focusing on the violent activities of vigilante groups such as the Texas Rangers, and the resulting institutionalization of social structural discrimination. A distinctive feature of this study is its approach to illuminating the experiences and lives of native Tejanos by reviewing discussions in relatively lesser-known books on Texas history, rather than directly analyzing the Anglo society's leading role in the ideological reconstruction of Texas history. This alternative historiographical approach not only demonstrates the distortions and omissions present in mainstream historical narratives but also provides a foundation for a more comprehensive and balanced understanding of Texas history. Ultimately, the study aims to contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the complex racial dynamics that shaped Texas history and continue to influence its [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly journal recently held its 128th Annual Meeting, which was attended by 639 individuals from various locations. The meeting included scholarly sessions, receptions, banquets, and a performance by Clay Walker. The journal also awarded prizes for excellence in education and research. The article also highlights upcoming events such as the San Jacinto Patrons Dinner and Symposium, Texas History Day, and the Thirteenth Annual Civil War Symposium. The Texas State Library and Archives Commission will release new research webinars, and Angelo State University received a grant to create teaching and learning materials focused on history. H-E-B grocery stores continue to sponsor "Free First Sundays" at the Bullock Texas State History Museum, and staff members will conduct oral history interviews and scanning at the Levi Jordan Plantation. Fort Concho will host weekly historical presentations and a Frontier Day event. The text also mentions various books related to Texas history, including "A History to Remember: TCU in Purple, White, and Black" by Frederick W. Gooding Jr., Sylviane Ngandu-Kalenga Greensword, and Marcellis R. Perkins, which explores the racial aspects of TCU's history. The text also mentions the Alliance for Texas History, which is hosting its first public event, a symposium, at Texas Christian University. The given text is a list of individuals and organizations that are members of the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), a non-profit organization that promotes the preservation and understanding of Texas [Extracted from the article]

This article describes the development and public performances of La Liga de la Decencia, a new play presented as part of the 2023 New Works Festival at the University of Texas at Austin. Inspired by the cabaret scene and teatro de revista of the 1940s in Mexico City, La Liga de la Decencia combines live performance and video art to explore how hegemonic gender and social norms shaped by the emergent nationalism of postrevolutionary Mexico continue to oppress femme and queer bodies today across the US–Mexico border. Through satire, parody, and dance, La Liga de la Decencia problematizes the social, class, and gender norms as established by the cultural elite and the state. Following research-based theatre as an inquiry process, this article describes how writing and directing this play allowed for a deeper understanding of the dynamics of a historical period. By mixing facts, fiction, and critical commentary, La Liga de la Decencia investigates history through embodiment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article titled "Bridging Cultures: Reflections on the Heritage Identity of the Texas-Mexico Borderlands" discusses the cultural complexities and connections of the Texas-Mexico Borderlands. The collection of interdisciplinary essays explores the region's ecosystems, Indigenous people, Spanish conquest, built environment, celebrations, shared identities, visual images, family ties, and the militarization of the border. The book offers valuable insights into the region's cultural heritage and the shared history between the two countries. It is a significant piece of scholarship for those interested in the history and cultural dynamics of the Texas-Mexico Borderlands. [Extracted from the article]

This article examines how Texan Revolutionaries portrayed the Texas Revolution as a struggle for modernity. In particular, numerous Anglo-Texans created a narrative in which they cast Santa Anna at the helm of a counter-enlightenment restoring Ancien Régime values. The Revolutionaries drew upon the discourse of the Mexican politician and Texas co-founder Lorenzo de Zavala. This article contests the portrayal of the Texas Revolution as a White and Anglo movement. This manuscript contributes to the historiography by examining Zavala's influence on the language of the Texas Revolution. Together, Zavala and the Texas Revolutionaries accused Santa Anna of fighting for monarchy and aristocracy. Furthermore, Texan revolutionaries argued the imminent restoration of Catholicism threatened their cherished liberties and freedoms. This was all the while Anglo-Texans portrayed their secession as a struggle for reason, virtue, and happiness. This analysis primarily utilizes the Mirabeau Lamar Papers to discern the sentiments and expressions of numerous individuals involved in the Texas Revolution. The following study contributes to the lacuna in the history of ideas in the Texas Republic. Furthermore, this article links Texas to the broader historiography of Atlantic Revolutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Here it might be helpful to pose a pair of questions: Absent aggressive moves by the Mexican government and military toward centralization in Coahuila and Texas, would Texians have rebelled in late 1835 over the status of slavery? 31 Randolph B. Campbell, I An Empire for Slavery: The Peculiar Institution in Texas, 1821-1865 i (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989), 48. 32 Declaration, Martin Perfecto de Cós, July 5, 1835, John W. Smith Papers, 1822-1934, Col 917, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas. And absent any threats to the status of slavery in Texas at that time, would Texians have rebelled over aggressive moves of the Mexican government and military toward centralization in Texas? It is not clear that Lack included Texas-born combatants in his tables.[76] Alamo defenders are included in the overall total of 3,685.) The presence of thirty-seven volunteers from Gonzales who died at the Alamo is another factor. [Extracted from the article]

Mission Concepción was one of the oldest mission sites in eighteenthcentury Spanish Texas. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, The Woodlands, TX Ascendant Advisors Group, LLC, Houston, TX Butler and Sons Books, Rosenberg, TX C.H. Guenther & Son, Inc. San Antonio, TX Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX Encap Investments, L.P. Houston, TX Energy Future Holdings, Dallas, TX Fieldstone Partners LLC, Houston, TX First National Bank, Panhandle, TX Hidalgo, Banfill, Zlotnik & Kermali, P.C. Houston, TX Hirsch & Westheimer, P.C. Houston, TX Houston Chronicle Library, Houston, TX Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio, TX KNA Partners, Houston, TX M Capital Advisors, San Antonio, TX Marathon Financial Insurance Company, O'Fallon, IL Ned S. Holmes Investments, Inc. Houston, TX Primoris Services Corporation, Dallas, TX Sophienburg Museum & Archives, New Braunfels, TX Southern Steel Company, San Antonio, TX Sydtran, L.P. Houston, TX Texas Historical Foundation, Austin, TX Texas History.com, Grand Junction, CO Collection Deadlines If you have anything you would like to announce in the July 2023 issue of the Southwestern Historical Quarterly, please send it to Ryan Schumacher at ryan.schumacher@tshaonline.org by May 5, 2023. Largely because of his works on the Spanish colonial period of Texas history, he was made an honorary member of the Order of Granaderos y Damas de Gálvez of the in 1981, an Alcalde of the City of San Antonio, an honorary admiral of the Texas Navy, an honorary Son of the Republic of Texas, a Knight of San Jacinto, and historian of the Texas Connection to the American Revolution Association. [Extracted from the article]

The book "Civil Rights in Black and Brown: Histories of Resistance and Struggle in Texas" is a compilation of oral histories collected by the Civil Rights in Black and Brown (CRBB) Oral History Project. The project aimed to document the experiences of Black and Latino Texans in the second half of the twentieth century, particularly their struggles against racial discrimination. The book is organized into four parts, focusing on African Americans in East Texas, Chicanos in South and West Texas, Black-Latino coalition building in major cities, and the oral history project itself. The chapters provide nuanced accounts of various historical events and challenge popular narratives that downplay social justice movements in Texas history. The book serves as a valuable resource for understanding the experiences of Black and Latino communities in Texas and their ongoing fight against systemic racism. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the history of politics and race in Texas, focusing on the violence and conflicts that occurred in the region. It highlights the high homicide rates during the Civil War and the post-war period, particularly in Burnet County. The author suggests that the violence among settlers subsided after the Civil War due to a united front against common threats. The article also mentions a book titled "A Single Star and Bloody Knuckles: A History of Politics and Race in Texas" by Bill Minutaglio, which explores the role of racial diversity in Texas politics and the desire of white Texans to dominate Black and Mexican people. Another book mentioned is "Changing Perspectives: Black-Jewish Relations in Houston during the Civil Rights Era" by Allison E. Schottenstein, which examines the evolving relationship between the African American and Jewish communities in Houston. [Extracted from the article]

"The German Texas Frontier in 1853: Ferdinand Lindheimer's Newspaper Accounts of the Environment, Gold, and Indians" by Daniel J. Gelo and Christopher J. Wickham explores the unique experiences of German settlers in the Texas Hill Country during the mid-1800s. The authors focus on Ferdinand Lindheimer, a German botanist and newspaper editor, who chronicled the struggles and hopes of German settlers as they built a new life on the Texas frontier. The newspaper addresses topics such as the German settlers' work ethic, environmental factors, cultural differences, and Indian relations. The book provides valuable insight into the history of German Texans and the challenges they faced on the frontier. [Extracted from the article]

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Arnoldo De León's book, "Mexican Americans in West Texas: The Borderlands of the Edwards Plateau and the Trans-Pecos," fills a historical gap in the Mexican-American history of Texas. De León explores the story of people of Mexican descent in West Texas from colonial times to the modern era, highlighting their contributions and perseverance. The book argues that the history of Mexican Texans in the Edwards Plateau and Trans Pecos regions is just as valuable as that in the Texas-Mexico border and South Texas. De León provides a thorough examination of how Mexican Americans have shaped West Texas, covering topics such as labor, religion, accommodation, and the unique experiences of Mexican Americans in the region. The book is a valuable resource for students and scholars interested in Tejano history and the complexities of Mexican American contributions to West Texas. [Extracted from the article]

"Cattle, Cotton, Corn: A History of Central Texas Middle-Class Ranches, 1880–1930" by Watson C. Arnold is a book that explores the economic and social changes experienced by middle-class ranching families in Central Texas during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Arnold, a retired physician and Vietnam War veteran, conducted extensive research on his own family's farming and ranching operations, using daily business records and personal interviews to bring their stories to life. The book examines how these families adapted to shifts in the agricultural industry, from subsistence farming to ranching, cotton farming, and eventually livestock raising. It also delves into the impact of factors such as the railroad, market fluctuations, and technological advancements on their livelihoods. The book provides valuable insights into the history of agriculture in Texas and will be of interest to researchers studying various aspects of life in the region during this time period. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses various weather events and climate-related topics. It mentions that global air temperatures exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time, although this does not breach the target set in the Paris Agreement. The article also highlights the impact of the recent El Niño event on global sea surface temperatures and predicts a transition to La Niña. It mentions the record warmth in the UK and a cold event in Mongolia called dzud. Additionally, the article discusses a defamation lawsuit won by climate scientist Michael Mann, the effect of El Niño on cocoa prices, wildfires in Texas, and tumultuous weather in California. Finally, it mentions an upgrade to ECMWF's open dataset offering. [Extracted from the article]

Lone Star Vistas: Travel Writing on Texas, 1821-1861 by Astrid Haas (review) Astrid Haas does just that in her cogent and detailed examination of travel narratives about Texas from Mexico's independence from Spain in 1821 to the beginning of the Civil War in 1861. Astrid Haas, Lone Star Vistas: Travel Writing on Texas, 1821-1861. [Extracted from the article]

Several studies in destination marketing literature have shown that use of the "engaging celebrities" or "associating a place with a celebrity" strategy can be successful to market a place. Yet despite the proven effectiveness of this association strategy, there is not enough research into the idea of associating a destination with other kinds of familiar and admired symbols—such as famous brands, heritage, and narratives. The aim of the current study is to expand the theoretical discussion around the association strategy beyond celebrities and to analyze which techniques marketers have used in order to associate their destinations with a state narrative; this includes examining some of the narrative components such as local brands, symbols, values, events, and sites. This topic has not yet been addressed in either tourism marketing academic or professional literature. Because the state of Texas has one of the most familiar narratives, it makes for a good case study in which to examine how marketers use the state narrative to market their destinations. As a methodology, we used quantitative and mainly qualitative content analysis of 666 tourism ads for Texan cities and towns, published in Texas Travel Guides (2008–2018). The findings show seven techniques that marketers used in order to associate their destinations with the narrative. Using the state of Texas as an example may provide a test case for exploring how marketers associate their place with other US state narratives in promotional tourism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article informs on triangulation of interests in the Mexico-Texas Conflict, 1837-1844. Topics include the link between external debt and recognition; the formulation of the project and the experience of the Texan envoys to Mexico and London in search of recognition; and the relationship between external debt, compensation and recognition.

This piece explores the multiple Latina/o/x and Queer, social-cultural sanctuaries that exist within the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez borderplex. In so doing, the essay follows the author's move from the conservative Texas Panhandle to the U.S.-Mexico border, where they sought solace in a community in-between two cultures, two languages, and two nations. On the border, the author found a vibrant cultural hub for both Latina/o/x/s and the LGBTQ community. That is, the border is not simply a place at the peripheries of cultural worlds. It is a place of cultural making, including the making of a borderlands culture of sanctuary through which the author had the opportunity to see and explore their new home. Within that narrative, the essay surveys the social makeup along with the political and social history of Texas, the U.S.-Mexico border, the U.S. South, and these regions' various physical and cultural meeting points. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Settler colonialism in the early- to mid-nineteenth century ushered in social, political, racial, and religious unrest across what we know today as the US/Mexico borderlands. This essay examines this significant period of settler colonialism in Texas through two novels, written 150 years apart: Augusta Evans's 1855 novel, Inéz: A Tale of the Alamo , and Emma Pérez's 2009 novel, Forgetting the Alamo, or, Blood Memory. Drawing on Richard Flores's and Marita Sturken's conceptions of cultural memory, the essay illustrates how the novels challenge colonialist ideologies by critiquing the Catholic Church, the settlement and claiming of the Texas/Mexico borderlands, and the conflicted gender and sexual relations and privileging of heteropatriarchy that reinforce the settler colonial structure. In so doing, Evans's and Pérez's novels produce distinct gendered cultural memories that challenge popular conceptions of 1830s, male-centric versions of Texas history. Though Evans and Pérez write from different subject positions, each author reveals how, in literature, cultural memory allows for an alternative narration of history that privileges voices often rendered silent in the historical record. The gendered cultural memories illuminated in these novels disrupt dominant normative assumptions about history and historical events by drawing attention to the active process of forgetting that erases ethnic Mexican women's experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Barba covers the history of slavery in Texas over more than 300 years as Spanish, indigenous, Mexican, Texan, and US Anglo-American groups participated in this trade or sought to control it. Also from the introduction: "Hispanic, Comanche, Anglo-American, and African-descended people were all implicated in Texas Borderlands slavery to varying degrees" (9). Barba shows that slavery was practiced not only by European settlers and US Anglo Americans, but also by dominant indigenous groups, including Comanche and Apache communities. [Extracted from the article]

His article, "The Wiley-Bishop Student Movement", was one of the first in the SHQ's history to look exclusively at a locally led campaign for civil rights, again in Marshall, during the civil rights era itself. My goal was to detail the civil rights movement in Dallas, but also to critique a trend in civil rights scholarship that tended to equate movement success with violence. This is a fascinating article, a model of cogent historical writing, argument, and analysis.8 A number of historians have examined segregation and civil rights activism within organized labor in Texas. TheSouthwestern Historical Quarterly (SHQ) began publishing articles that explored the history of civil rights activism in Texas beginning in the late 1970s. [Extracted from the article]

The New Deal and Texas History: Saving the Past through Hardship and Turmoil. Notes, bibliography, index.) The Works Progress Administration (WPA) played a key role in the New Deal's attempt to combat the nation's chronic unemployment problem during the Great Depression. [Extracted from the article]

We would like to thank everyone who attended the 126th Annual Meeting of the Texas State Historical Association, which was held at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin campus, February 24-26, 2022. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, The Woodlands, TX Ascendant Advisors Group, LLC, Houston, TX Butler and Sons Books, Rosenberg, TX C.H. Guenther & Son, Inc. San Antonio, TX Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX Encap Investments, L.P. Houston, TX Energy Future Holdings, Dallas, TX Fieldstone Partners LLC, Houston, TX First National Bank, Panhandle, TX Hidalgo, Banfill, Zlotnik & Kermali, P.C. Houston, TX Hirsch & Westheimer, P.C. Houston, TX Houston Chronicle Library, Houston, TX Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio, TX KNA Partners, Houston, TX M Capital Advisors, San Antonio, TX Marathon Financial Insurance Company, O'Fallon, IL Ned S. Holmes Investments, Inc. Houston, TX Primoris Services Corporation, Dallas, TX Sophienburg Museum & Archives, New Braunfels, TX Southern Steel Company, San Antonio, TX Sydtran, L.P. Houston, TX Texas Historical Foundation, Austin, TX Texas History.com, Grand Junction, CO Collection Deadlines If you have anything you would like to announce in the July 2022 issue of the Southwestern Historical Quarterly, please send it to Ryan Schumacher at ryan.schumacher@tshaonline.org by May 5, 2022. In time, He became increasingly interested in history, especially of the Lone Star State, and after a year on the faculty of the University of Houston he enrolled again at the University of Texas. [Extracted from the article]

10 Garrison's history department colleague Lester Bugbee took up the call and began negotiating with the Bexar County Commissioners Court in San Antonio to have the considerable number of Spanish colonial records in their custody moved to the University of Texas in order to provide easy research access for historians. "Since Webb's major research interests transcended Texas", he wrote, "he never considered himself primarily a Texas historian", although most of his publications related in some fashion to the state and its history. This collection became the foundation of what would eventually become one of the most significant Latin American archival collections in the United States.11 Although he seldom used the term regionalism, Garrison's expansive view of Texas as something larger than a purely state-based definition of its history soon became apparent in the contents of the Quarterly. [Extracted from the article]

Keywords: Texas cities; Corpus Christi; Austin; San Antonio; Sunbelt; diversity EN Texas cities Corpus Christi Austin San Antonio Sunbelt diversity 456 461 6 02/04/22 20220301 NES 220301 Tretter, Eliot M. (2016). Although these activities were eventually outlawed, Tretter points out how urban renewal continued the trend of unfairly treating blacks and Hispanics as it sought to rid Austin's east side, populated by blighted dwellings, while also securing more land for the University of Texas expansion. Texas cities, Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, diversity, Sunbelt Especially enlightening is Tretter's account of the role that its new growth coalition (including the University of Texas, the state government, and the Austin Chamber of Commerce) played in fostering the city's transformation. [Extracted from the article]

During the 1860s, John Chisum, whose father, Clabe, had been Denton's friend, claimed to have located the grave and exhumed bones that were reburied on the Denton courthouse square in 1901. Although records are relatively sparse, Cochran does an excellent job of separating facts from the legends that arose after his Denton's death. Cochran speculates that these remains likely are not Denton's. [Extracted from the article]

Turning next to the Texas Republic, Uglow notes that the loyalties and composition of the Texas army during this decade had both similarities and differences with the Revolutionary period. He says that Texas State Troops "did a creditable job protecting the settlements" (230) and that the state's frontier line of settlement receded eastward only after the war ended, when Texas and Confederate units disbanded. Transitioning to the Civil War, Uglow points out that Texas and the other Confederate states fought in the conflict first and foremost to protect the institution of slavery. [Extracted from the article]

The southwestern and central United States serve as an ideal region to test alternative hypotheses regarding biotic diversification. Genomic data can now be combined with sophisticated computational models to quantify the impacts of paleoclimate change, geographic features, and habitat heterogeneity on spatial patterns of genetic diversity. In this study, we combine thousands of genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) loci with mtDNA sequences (ND1) from the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) to quantify relative support for different catalysts of diversification. Phylogenetic and clustering analyses of the GBS data indicate support for at least three primary populations. The spatial distribution of populations appears concordant with habitat type, with desert populations in AZ and NM showing the largest genetic divergence from the remaining populations. The mtDNA data also support a divergent desert population, but other relationships differ and suggest mtDNA introgression. Genotype–environment association with bioclimatic variables supports divergence along precipitation gradients more than along temperature gradients. Demographic analyses support a complex history, with introgression and gene flow playing an important role during diversification. Bayesian multispecies coalescent analyses with introgression (MSci) analyses also suggest that gene flow occurred between populations. Paleo-species distribution models support two southern refugia that geographically correspond to contemporary lineages. We find that divergence times are underestimated and population sizes are overestimated when introgression occurred and is ignored in coalescent analyses, and furthermore, inference of ancient introgression events and demographic history is sensitive to inclusion of a single recently admixed sample. Our analyses cannot refute the riverine barrier or glacial refugia hypotheses. Results also suggest that populations are continuing to diverge along habitat gradients. Finally, the strong evidence of admixture, gene flow, and mtDNA introgression among populations suggests that P. cornutum should be considered a single widespread species under the General Lineage Species Concept. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Galen D. Greaser's book, "That They May Possess the Land: The Spanish and Mexican Land Commissioners of Texas, 1720–1836," explores the history of land grants in Texas during the Spanish and Mexican eras. The book highlights the importance of land ownership in early Texas history and the role of commissioners in transferring land to individuals. Greaser, as the curator and translator of the Spanish collection of the General Land Office, provides a well-documented and readable account of the complex and often conflicting processes involved in granting land titles. The book also touches on the political and social implications of land ownership, which contributed to the tensions that eventually led to rebellion in Texas. [Extracted from the article]

Ron Tyler's book, "Texas Lithographs: A Century of History in Images," offers a comprehensive examination of Texas as depicted in lithographs. Tyler explores how these images shaped popular perceptions of Texas, covering topics such as myths, landscapes, city views, the Confederacy, and the portrayal of Native Americans. The book also delves into the role of lithographs in attracting immigrants to Texas. Tyler's analysis of the evolution of the cowboy as a symbol of Texas is particularly noteworthy. With meticulous analysis and stunning reproductions, "Texas Lithographs" is a valuable resource for libraries focusing on world, American, and Texas history and art. [Extracted from the article]

"King Fisher: The Short Life and Elusive Legend of a Texas Desperado" by Chuck Parsons and Thomas C. Bicknell is a biography that sheds light on the life of John King Fisher, a notorious outlaw in South Texas during the late 1870s. Despite not being as well-known as other outlaws of his time, Fisher held significant power and influence in the region. The book traces Fisher's journey from his criminal activities to his later career as a lawman in Uvalde County. The authors faced challenges in researching Fisher's life due to the lack of primary source material, but their extensive research and skill as historians allowed them to reconstruct his story. [Extracted from the article]

Of particular interest to Kamphoefner are German military and political roles in both the Civil War and World War I. His in-depth research and numerous publications have solidified his reputation as the foremost scholar on the subject. Walter Kamphoefner has devoted his professional life to researching the subject and has emerged as one of the preeminent scholars in the field. [Extracted from the article]