Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans

T. R. Fehrenbach

Perseus Books Group, 2000 - History - 767 pages

Here is an up-to-the-moment history of the Lone Star State, together with an insider's look at the people, politics, and events that have shaped Texas from the beginning right up to our days. Never before has the story been told with more vitality and immediacy. Fehrenbach re-creates the Texas saga from prehistory to the Spanish and French invasions to the heyday of the cotton and cattle empires. He dramatically describes the emergence of Texas as a republic, the vote for secession before the Civil War, and the state's readmission to the Union after the War. In the twentieth century oil would emerge as an important economic resource and social change would come. But Texas would remain unmistakably Texas, because Texans "have been made different by the crucible of history; they think and act in different ways, according to the history that shaped their hearts and minds."

What people are saying

Review: Lone Star: A History Of Texas And The Texans

User Review  - Pat Mizell - Goodreads

A great people's history. It brings the entire raucous place together for you.

Review: Lone Star: A History Of Texas And The Texans

User Review  - Paul Brewer - Goodreads

A must read for anyone wishing to get their Texas citizenship :)

About the author

T. R. Fehrenbach,a native Texan, is the author of several books, including Fire and Blood: A History of Mexico and Comanches: The Destruction of a People, both available from Da Capo. He lives in San Antonio.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans
• Author: T. R. Fehrenbach
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group, 2000
• ISBN: 0306809427, 9780306809422
• Length: 767 pages
• Subjects: History / United States / State & Local / General