Passionate Nation: The Epic History of Texas

Texas has become the most American of all the states. Texas's politics has taken over in Washington, and Texas's passionate sense of itself as a... Comments: I love Texas. I was born in Dallas and grew up never more than a hundred miles... Passionate Nation is by in large a good readable history of Texas. Writing a... James Haley doesn't break much new ground in his history of the Lone Star... One of the great things about Haley's writings is that he generally manages to... This is standard fare: Spanish and Mexican settlement, The Alamo, the Texas... Read More »

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