Big wonderful thing : a history of Texas / Stephen Harrigan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrigan, Stephen, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Texas--History.

Texas.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

925 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2019.

Summary:

The story of Texas is the story of struggle and triumph in a land of extremes. It is a story of drought and flood, invasion and war, boom and bust, and the myriad peoples who, over centuries of conflict, gave rise to a place that has helped shape the identity of the United States and the destiny of the world.

Contents:

Castaways

Golden cities

Woe to us

The lady in blue

Voyageurs

God's work

Filibusters

God speed ye

The Texas dream

The consequence of failure

Come and take it

The Alamo is ours!

Vengeance

Aftermath

Spartan spirit

"Savage ware fare"

The broken flagpole

Los diablos tejanos

The crisis of the crisis

Robbers and lawyers

Warriors and refugees

I will never do it

With throbbing hearts

Reconstructed

The end of Comancheria

Fenced in

Turn Texas loose

Bipedal brutes

Scorpions and horny toads

A thousand little devils

Gushers

Light coming on the plains

Sediciosos

Pa

War at home and abroad

The blacksnake whip

Music and mayhem

The boy from the hill country

Centennial

Passionate ones

Texans at war again

The show of shows

A new Texas

Ye shall know the truth

The lord takes a sleeping pill

Giant

A gamblin' man

Welcome Mr. Kennedy

El degüello reprise

The voice of God

The tower

Vigil on the pedernales

A side to belong to

Don't be so self-righteous

Baptism of fire

Texans versus Texans

Epilogue. Davy Crockett's fairy palace.

Notes:

"The Texas bookshelf"--Title page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 836-890) and index.

ISBN:

9780292759510

0292759517

OCLC:

1083675527