{"product_id":"lone-star-a-history-of-texas-and-the-texans-paperback","title":"Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eT. R. Fehrenbach\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn insider's history of Texas that examines the people, politics, and events which have shaped the Lone Star State, from prehistory to the modern day.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Thought-provoking, highly original ... a most distinctive chapter of American and Southern history.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLone Star\u003c\/i\u003e is 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe late \u003cb\u003eT. R. Fehrenbach\u003c\/b\u003e, a native Texan, authored several books, including \u003ci\u003eFire and Blood: A History of Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eComanches: The Destruction of a People\u003c\/i\u003e, both available from Da Capo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 792\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.2 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67981272973494,"sku":"9780306809422","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/4516\/0886\/files\/E8A6F077-A088-45FD-A739-C51DABCFD429.jpg?v=1793688999","url":"https:\/\/sovereignarchivepublishing.com\/products\/lone-star-a-history-of-texas-and-the-texans-paperback","provider":"Sovereign Archive Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}