Looking to start diving in to Texas history. Any must read books?
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I would start with "Lone Star: A History Of Texas And The Texans" by T. R. Fehrenbach. This is the standard by which all books of Texas history should be judged. Published in 1968 and nearly 800 pages long, the book at arts with "pre-historic" Amerind and continues up until LBJ is Master if the Senate. I don't recall any mention of the JFK assassination. Pre-political correctness, if that matters to you.
OldArmy71 said:Quote:
I would start with "Lone Star: A History Of Texas And The Texans" by T. R. Fehrenbach. This is the standard by which all books of Texas history should be judged. Published in 1968 and nearly 800 pages long, the book at arts with "pre-historic" Amerind and continues up until LBJ is Master if the Senate. I don't recall any mention of the JFK assassination. Pre-political correctness, if that matters to you.
Read this one last year. Great read!Quote:
Exiled, the Last Days of Sam Houston by Rozelle
Fehrenbach wrote a book on the Korean War - did not mention A&M once that I can remember!Marauder Blue 6 said:OldArmy71 said:Quote:
I would start with "Lone Star: A History Of Texas And The Texans" by T. R. Fehrenbach. This is the standard by which all books of Texas history should be judged. Published in 1968 and nearly 800 pages long, the book at arts with "pre-historic" Amerind and continues up until LBJ is Master if the Senate. I don't recall any mention of the JFK assassination. Pre-political correctness, if that matters to you.
This book was updated around 2000 and adds a little more history than the first edition. I'm on a hunt for Olmsted's book and have seen that the updated Fehrenbach is pretty common at Half Price Books. I picked up a copy recently for $12.
link ? Index to "This Kind of War " does not mention A&M OR Texas !Apache said:
I recall him mentioning A&M a few times