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  • With Santa Anna in Texas

    A Personal Narrative of the Revolution

    Traducido por Carmen Perry ...
    The discovery of an additional week's worth of entries in the diary of José Enrique de la Peña has opened another chapter in the longstanding controversy over the authenticity of the Mexican officer’s account of the Battle of the Alamo.In this expanded edition of With Santa Anna in Texas, Texas Revolution scholar James E. Crisp, who discovered the new diary entries in an untranslated manuscript ... Leer más

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  • Time of the Rangers

    Texas Rangers: From 1900 to the Present

    de Mike Cox ...
    The second installment of a no-holds-barred look at the history of the famed Texas Rangers from western author Mike CoxFollowing up on his magnificent history of the 19th century Texas Rangers, Mike Cox now takes us from 1900 through the present. From horseback to helicopters, from the frontier cattle days through the crime-ridden boom-or-bust oil field era, from Prohibition to World War II ... Leer más

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  • From South Texas to the Nation

    The Exploitation of Mexican Labor in the Twentieth Century

    de John Weber ...
    Series series The David J. Weber Series in the New Borderlands History
    In the early years of the twentieth century, newcomer farmers and migrant Mexicans forged a new world in South Texas. In just a decade, this vast region, previously considered too isolated and desolate for large-scale agriculture, became one of the United States' most lucrative farming regions and one of its worst places to work. By encouraging mass migration from Mexico, paying low wages, ... Leer más

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  • To the End of the Earth

    A History of the Crypto-Jews of New Mexico

    In 1981, while working as New Mexico State Historian, Stanley M. Hordes began to hear stories of Hispanos who lit candles on Friday night and abstained from eating pork. Puzzling over the matter, Hordes realized that these practices might very well have been passed down through the centuries from early crypto-Jewish settlers in New Spain. After extensive research and hundreds of interviews, Hordes ... Leer más

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  • Smeltertown

    Making and Remembering a Southwest Border Community

    Company town. Blighted community. Beloved home. Nestled on the banks of the Rio Grande, at the heart of a railroad, mining, and smelting empire, Smeltertown — La Esmelda, as its residents called it — was home to generations of ethnic Mexicans who labored at the American Smelting and Refining Company in El Paso, Texas.Using newspapers, personal archives, photographs, employee records, parish ... Leer más

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  • The Governor's Hounds

    The Texas State Police, 1870–1873

    Series series Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture
    In the tumultuous years following the Civil War, violence and lawlessness plagued the state of Texas, often overwhelming the ability of local law enforcement to maintain order. In response, Reconstruction-era governor Edmund J. Davis created a statewide police force that could be mobilized whenever and wherever local authorities were unable or unwilling to control lawlessness. During its three ... Leer más

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  • Bloody Bill Longley

    The Mythology of a Gunfighter, Second Edition

    de Rick Miller ...
    Series series A.C. Greene Series
    William Preston Bill Longley (1851-1878), though born into a strong Christian family, turned bad during Reconstruction in Texas, much like other young boys of that time, including the deadly John Wesley Hardin. He went on a murderous rampage over the last few years of his life, shotgunning Wilson Anderson in retribution for Andersons killing of a relative; killing George Thomas in McLennan County; ... Leer más

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  • San Antonio's Historic Architecture

    Series series Images of America
    Spanish colonial missionary settlements established San Antonio as a junction between Mexico and the developing United States in the early 1700s. Because of its remote location amid both countries and its great distance from other cities, San Antonio became a crossroads for commerce, industry, and strategic military position on the wild frontier. Texas independence and the admission of Texas into ... Leer más

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  • Arizona Politicians

    The Noble and the Notorious

    Do you know these famous Arizona politicians?—A congresswoman who was bridesmaid to Eleanor Roosevelt—A car dealer who propelled himself to the governor's mansion with the help of public recognition of his TV commercials—An Arizonan who served not only as governor and chief justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, but also as the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate and chief sponsor of the GI Bill—A ... Leer más

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  • Muskogee

    Series series Postcard History
    Muskogee was formed in 1872, when the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (MKT or 'the Katy') established a depot on an open plain just a few miles to the south of the confluence of the Arkansas, Grand, and Verdigris Rivers in Indian Territory. A small settlement there soon grew to become the center of political and commercial activity in the territory prior to Oklahoma becoming a state in 1907. ... Leer más

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  • Oklahoma Scoundrels

    History's Most Notorious Outlaws, Bandits & Gangsters

    Series series True Crime
    Early Oklahoma was a haven for violent outlaws and a death trap for deputy U.S. marshals. The infamous Doolin gang's OK Hotel gunfight left five dead. Killers like Bible-quoting choir leader Deacon Jim Miller wreaked havoc. Gunslinger femme fatale Belle Starr specialized in horse theft. Wannabe outlaws like Al Jennings traded train robbing for politics and Hollywood films. And Elmer McCurdy's ... Leer más

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  • Where Texas Meets the Sea

    Corpus Christi and Its History

    de Alan Lessoff ...
    Series series Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series
    A favorite destination of visitors to the Texas coast, Corpus Christi is a midsize city that manages to be both cosmopolitan and provincial, networked and local. It is an indispensable provider of urban services to South Texas, as well as a port of international significance. Its industries and military bases and, increasingly, its coastal research institutes give it a range of connections ... Leer más

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