Winfield Scott Hancock gained his greatest fame for his crucial contributions to the Federal vict...

Texans take great pride in having been an independent nation prior to annexation to the United St...

Beneath the vast, unyielding Texas sky lies a story of grit, gushers, and grandeur—a tale of how ...

Best known as the Texas Ranger captain who tracked down and killed Bonnie and Clyde, Frank Hamer ...

This historic collection, revised and expanded, is the most complete and authoritative history of...

Texans may believe it is safe to walk the state's highways and byways. No recent Comanche raids h...

These stories by a noted Texas historian recall a time when a kid could go to the picture show wi...

The legendary Sam Bass refused to give up his companions to the trailing lawmen. In 1878, the cha...

The annais of Texan bravery hold few better examples of bold determination and sheer audacity und...

Ball's circumstances and experiences allowed him to glimpse the war through two sets of eyes, tha...

Blood on the Bayou: Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and the Trans-Mississippi takes a well-known story, t...

Biographies of 24 noted women ranging from 19th-century writer Jane Cazneau to 20th-century polit...

May 1862. The C.S.S. Alabama is launched in Liverpool and makes its way to the Azores. There it r...

The Battle of the Alamo is one of the most compelling stories from American history. Students of ...

A children's activity book with games, puzzles, and coloring pages for children of all ages. Lear...

In the middle of the Great Depression, nine brothers from a small town in the Texas Hill Country ...

To succeed in higher education today, college students need to develop the all-important skill of...

In the summer of 1863, Federal forces scored major victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, turning...

In December 1941, my family evacuated to Bataan (my mother’shome province) when Gen. MacArthur ur...

Pearl Sets the Pace tells the story of two landmark companies and a mighty dynasty. It begins in ...

The history of Texas has had an important effect on the history of the United States, and Texas h...

From the beginning of the Civil War the Confederate bastion at Vicksburg thwarted Federal hopes f...

This new study revolves around the Tonkawa tribe in the history of the Lone Star State and the gr...

The host of the country western radio talk show 'Cowboy Corner' has compiled conversations with 2...

In 1867 the New York Times wrote that 'in cunning or native diplomacy Satanta has no equal in bol...

Historian David Coffey wrote that the ''late Texas folklorist and historian Lawrence Clayton foun...

History of the Sixth U.S. Cavalry during the Civil War, fighting Indians in Texas, Arizona and Ne...

Texas women have been eloquent commentators on the life and times of Texans from pioneer days to ...

The second book in this critically acclaimed series discusses many of Texas' indomitable characte...

In 1881, six months after the establishment of Abilene, Texas, seventeen residents met at the loc...

Alma Caldwell’s diary provides the perspective of teenagers in 1913 and 1914. It begins in the su...

The history of Texas is usually told in terms of its 'giants' such as Sam Houston and Stephen F. ...

Don Martin De Leon was the only Tejano empresario to settle a colony in Texas, in the days before...

State House Press is launching a new series of Texas biographies aimed at students in the fourth ...

Robert Hall was a true Texian: a pioneer settler, Indian fighter, Texas Ranger, and veteran of th...

The Northwest Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church has a complicated and fascinating h...

This is Grady McWhiney at his finest. Confederate Crackers and Cavaliers is a collection of seven...

With the publication of the order book of Parsons's Brigade, a compilation of the original daily ...

In 1862 the sleepy town of Corinth, Mississippi, was transformed into one of the South's most str...

Award-winning author Donald S. Frazier returns to the field of Civil War history with keen turn o...

Miriam Ferguson was a quiet, private person who preferred to stay home in her big house in Temple...

Jails hold a certain awe for most of us, and in the game or in reality, everyone would rather be ...

The exploits of the outlaw Sam Bass led to his legendary status of an amiable rogue who took on t...

In Texas Women: Frontier to Future the authors, who have been researching the world of women in t...

On the brink of World War II, Texas was still largely a rural state, a closed society. Few chose ...

This historic collection, revised and expanded, is the most complete and authoritative history of...

Veteran sports writer Al Pickett explores how Chuck Moser worked his magic to galvanize Abilene i...

It is September 1863. Gen. James Longstreet and his Corps ride the rails westward to join Gen. Br...