Eavesdropping on Texas History / edited by Mary L. Scheer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scheer, Mary L., 1949- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Texas--History.

Texas.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

342 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2017]

Summary:

Mary L. Scheer has assembled fifteen contributors to explore special moments in Texas history. The contributors assembled for this anthology represent many of the "all stars" among Texas historians: two State Historians of Texas, two past presidents of TSHA, four current or past presidents of ETHA, two past presidents of WTHA, nine fellows of historical associations, two Fulbright Scholars, and seven award-winning authors. Each is an expert in his or her field and provided in some fashion an answer to the question: At what moment in Texas history would you have liked to have been a "fly on the wall" and why? The choice of a moment and the answers were both personal and individual, ranging from familiar topics to less well-known subjects.--Provided by Amazon.com.

Contents:

Introduction / Mary L. Scheer, editor

"The earth had chills and fever": the New Madrid earthquakes and Caddo Lake, 1811-1812 / Victoria H. Cummins

A fly on Stephen F. Austin's shoulder in Mexico, 1822-1823 / Carolina Castillo Crimm

The fall of the Alamo, March 6, 1836 / Watson Arnold

"I was there": the abduction of Cynthia Ann Parker, December 19, 1860 / Paul H. Carlson and Tom Crum

"Margaret, Texas is lost": Sam Houston refuses to take a loyalty oath to the Confederacy, March 16, 1861 / Mary L. Scheer

"And then the ball opened": a violent incident at Scabtown, Menard County, Texas, on New Year's Eve, 1877 / Chuck Parsons

With the Yalies in the deep woods, May 10-13, 1909 / Dan K. Utley

"So long, it's been good to know you"?: Black Sunday, April 14, 1935 / Heather Green Wooten

"The game of the century," November 30, 1935 / Bill O'Neal

The firing of Homer Price Rainey, November 1, 1944 / Light T. Cummins

"Harry, the President is dead": Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas, Vice President Harry Truman, and Congressman Lyndon Johnson at the Board of Education on April 12, 1945 / Patrick Cox

The establishment of Texas Southern University, 1947 / Merline Pitre

"The loneliest job in the world": the day Lyndon Johnson became President, November 22, 1963 / Michael Collins

"I remember it well. I lived it": Louise Ballerstedt Raggio and the passage of The marital property act of 1967 / Nancy E. Baker.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781574416756

1574416758

OCLC:

959079812