Forever Texas : Texas history, the way those who lived it wrote it / edited by Mike Blakely and Mary Elizabeth Goldman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blakely, Mike.

Goldman, Mary Elizabeth Sue.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Texas--History--Sources.

Texas.

Texas--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Sources.

Physical Description:

334 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Forge, 2000.

Summary:

Texas: a place that triggers the imagination of Americans and the world as much today as it did when the Spanish explorers arrived nearly four centuries ago, a place known as much for its pride as it is for its stubbornness.

Forever Texas features the writings of remarkable Texans everywhere -- Texans by birth, by circumstance -- including George W. Bush, H. Ross Perot, and the state's most famous writers. In addition, the book features historical writings collected from notable Texans of the past: the likes of Sam Houston, David Crockett, Stephen F. Austin, and Lyndon Baines Johnson.

Through the most informative collection of personal essays to date, Forever Texas explains the undeniable Texas mystique while at the same time it perpetuates the proud legacy of the state and her people. From the conquistadores to the Presidents to its greatest writers, Forever Texas explores the personalities, the images, the strengths and desires, that make up the Lone Star State's colorful and exciting history.

Contents:

"Memory One" / Mike Blakely 13

"In Search of Texans" / Mary Elizabeth Goldman 18

"Elmer Kelton Remembers His West Texas Roots" / Elmer Kelton 27

"What Texas Means to Me" / Jory Sherman 33

"Texas Bound" / Carole Nelson Douglas 36

"The Journey of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca" 43

"1540: The Expedition of Coronado" / Pedro de Castaneda of Najera 52

"Into North America" / Henri Joutel 54

"The First Texans" / Calvin R. Cummings, Linda Scott Cummings 58

"Texas

from the Outside" / Bill Groneman 71

"Escape from Goliad" / J. C. Duval 78

"...Stephen F. Austin" 87

"I Shall Never Surrender or Retreat" / William Barret Travis 92

"Facets of the Alamo" / Frank Thompson 94

"A Mexican's Story of San Jacinto" / Pedro Delgado 97

"The Misdemeanor Murder Trial" / Gary James 100

"Mr. C. R. and American Airlines" 103

"The Texas Braggadocio" / Stanley Marcus 113

"Texas Style" / James "Mac" McIngvale 115

"Recollections of Texas" / H. Ross Perot 116

"Red River Women" / Sherrie S. McLeRoy 122

"Dia de San Jose" / Mary A. Maverick 124

"Captured by Comanches" / Rebecca J. Gilleland Fisher 128

"The Wraith Riding Shotgun" / Lucia St. Clair Robson 131

"Prairie Fire" / George Wilkins Kendall 144

"Indian Depredations" / J. W. Wilbarger 148

"Brushy Creek and Plum Creek" / John Holland Jenkins 155

"The Heart of Texas" / Thomas Fleming 162

"Inaugural Address" / Lyndon Baines Johnson 165

"The Spirit of Texas" / Denton A. Cooley, M.D. 170

"The Time of Her Life" / Bryan Woolley 172

"What Kind of People?" / Senator Phil Gramm 179

"The Kioways" / J. W. Abert 181

"Old Texas Days" / Noah Smithwick 186

"Forever Texas" / Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison 188

"The YO Ranch and the Texas Legacy" / Charlie Schreiner III 191

"Recollections of Stephen F. Austin" / Moses Austin Bryan 195

"The Cowboy's Paradise" / Patrick Dearen 198

"Living in the Last Frontier" / Craig Carter 203

"A Texas Cowboy" / Charles A. Siringo 205

"...One Riot, One Ranger" / Mike Cox 208

"Bandit Queen Belle Starr" / Danny Shirley 216

"Train Robbers" / James B. Gillett 218

"Not Afraid to Go to Hell by Himself" / Dale L. Walker 223

"Frontiers Old and New" / Douglas V. Meed 237

"Be Good to the Indians" / Pa-Ha-You-Co 244

"The Death of Flaco" / Sam Houston 246

"Lost and Found in a Border Town" / Randy Lee Eickhoff 248

"Hell and Texas" / Paul Andrew Hutton 255

"Letter from David Crockett" 259

"An Expatriate's Lament: A Texas Pilgrim in Arkansas" / W. C. Jameson 261

"An Awareness" / Fess Parker 268

"Real Texans" / Dale Evans Rogers 270

"It Ain't Much to Look At..." / Mac Davis 272

"Patriots" / Captain Burl Terrill, USMC Ret. 273

"No Drugstore Cowboys" / James "Doc" Blakely 275

"On Coming to Texas" / Walter Cronkite 280

"100%" / Tom C. Frost 283

"I'll Always Be a Texan" / Gale Storm 284

"Short and Sweet" / Buck Owens 286

"On Family Values" / Governor George W. Bush 287

"Texan by Choice" / Mayor Lee P. Brown 290

"My Texas Hero" / John Cornyn III 293

"A Texas Legacy" / James A. Baker III 296

"Houston's Inaugural Address" / Sam Houston 299

"My Trip to Texas" / Brigitta Herfort 304

"The Little German Girl" / Caroline von Hinueber 308

"Captain Lafitte" writer unknown 311

"Ninnie L. Baird, a Texas Legend" / Members of the Baird Family 315

"From Havana to Silicon Hills" / Roger J. Pineiro 325

"Why He Came to Texas" / Alex E. Sweet 330

"Building Texas Railroads" / Richard Russack 331.

Notes:

"A Tom Doherty Associates book."

ISBN:

031286776X

OCLC:

44509239