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Lone Star Rising: The Revolutionary Birth of the Texas Republic
Written by William C Davis
Narrated by Jonathan Hogan
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About this audiobook
No historian has been able to capture so elegantly the factors influencing the formation of the state of Texas. Three-time winner of the Jefferson Davis Award, William C. Davis precisely describes the spirit of the times during this momentous period. The conflicts between Anglo Texans, native Tejanos, and Mexican officials that led to war come to life with invigorating detail.
Author
William C Davis
William C. Davis is a prolific historian, retired history professor from Virginia Tech, and was for more than twenty years a magazine and book publishing executive. He is the author or editor of more than forty books, including Three Roads to the Alamo and Look Away! A History of the Confederate States of America.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Most books about the Texas revolution either paint the revolutionaries as gods among men or land-grabbing slave-owning opportunistic criminals. Davis paints the picture somewhere around realistic center. It's the best book I've read on the subject.