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Texas
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An
Essential Reading List
of Texas History
Compiled by Dr. Kirk Bane
Blinn College, Bryan, Texas |
“Obviously, this
list barely scratches the surface but I would classify the following
titles, all published within the last several years, as “essential”
reading for Texas Studies. I think most Lone Star historians would
agree with these selections.” - Dr. Kirk Bane
As they are all important, this list is in no particular order. |
Texas:
A Modern History
by David G. McComb, Revised Edition (University of Texas Press,
2014).
Dr. McComb is an emeritus professor of history at Colorado State University.
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Beyond Texas Through Time: Breaking Away from Past Interpretations
by Walter L. Buenger and Arnoldo De Leon, eds., (Texas A&M University
Press, 2011).
Dr. Buenger is the chair of the history department at Texas A&M and
Dr. De Leon teaches at Angelo State University. |
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Writing the Story of Texas
by Patrick L. Cox and Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr., eds., (University
of Texas Press, 2013).
Dr. Cox is the former Associate Director of the Dolph Briscoe Center
for American History at the University of Texas and Dr. Hendrickson
is emeritus at Midwestern State University.
See Review by Dr. Kirk Bane
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Where the West Begins: Debating Texas Identity*
by Glen Sample Ely (Texas Tech University Press, 2011).
Ely holds a Ph.D. from TCU in history and is a documentary filmmaker.
*(Not to be confused with Where the West Begins: A history of Ft.
Worth and Tarrant County by Janet L. Schmelzer) |
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J. Frank Dobie: A Liberated Mind
by Steven L. Davis, (University of Texas Press, 2009).
Davis is Assistant Curator at the Southwestern Writers Collection/The
Witliff Collections at Texas State University.
NOTE: Davis is also the author of the superb study, Texas
Literary Outlaws: Six Writers in the Sixties and Beyond (Texas
Christian University Press, 2004). |
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Cowboy Conservatism: Texas and the Rise of the Modern Right
by Sean Cunningham, (University Press of Kentucky, 2010).
Dr. Cunningham teaches history at Texas Tech University. |
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State of Minds: Texas Culture & Its Discontents
by Don Graham, (University of Texas Press, 2011).
Dr. Graham teaches literature at the University of Texas. |
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Myth, Memory, and Massacre: The Pease River Capture of Cynthia Ann Parker
by Paul H. Carlson and Tom Crum, (Texas Tech University Press, 2010).
Dr. Carlson is emeritus at Texas Tech University and Crum is a retired
state district judge. |
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Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency
by Mark Updegrove, (Crown, 2012).
Dr. Updegrove is the Director of the LBJ Library in Austin. |
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Gone to Texas: A History of the Lone Star State
by Randolph Campbell, (Second Edition Oxford University Press, 2012).
Dr. Campbell teaches history at the University of North Texas. |
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