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Lone Star Nation - by H W Brands (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • The two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War emythologizes Texas's journey to statehood and restores the genuinely heroic spirit to a pivotal chapter in American history.
  • About the Author: H. W. BRANDS holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr.
  • 608 Pages
  • History, United States

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About the Book



Reprinted with a variant subtitle from the book originally published: New York: Doubleday, 2004.



Book Synopsis



The two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War emythologizes Texas's journey to statehood and restores the genuinely heroic spirit to a pivotal chapter in American history. - "A balanced, unromanticized account [of] America's great epic." --The New York Times Book Review

From Stephen Austin, Texas's reluctant founder, to the alcoholic Sam Houston, who came to lead the Texas army in its hour of crisis and glory, to President Andrew Jackson, whose expansionist aspirations loomed large in the background, here is the story of Texas and the outsize figures who shaped its turbulent history. Beginning with its early colonization in the 1820s and taking in the shocking massacres of Texas loyalists at the Alamo and Goliad, its rough-and-tumble years as a land overrun by the Comanches, and its day of liberation as an upstart republic, Brands' lively history draws on contemporary accounts, diaries, and letters to animate a diverse cast of characters whose adventures, exploits, and ambitions live on in the very fabric of our nation.



Review Quotes




"A balanced, unromanticized account [of] America's great epic." --The New York Times Book Review

"Sweeping and specific. . . . [Brands] writes the story with clarity and vigor. . . . Clearly adds to our knowledge of an era when men rode to the sound of guns and honor was a comprehensible concept." --The Washington Post Book World

"[Brands] offers both sides of the Texas story, striking perspectives from both the revolutionists and the Mexicans who opposed them. . . . Lone Star Nation combines depth, description and detail in a magnificent, fascinating book." --The Miami Herald

"Extraordinary. . . . A rich story that thrives above all else on the novelistic depth of character he gives to his subjects." --Austin American-Statesman

"Rousing. . . . [Brands] is a master of the ground-view, narrative history." --Dallas Morning News

"Brands [is] on the path to becoming the preeminent popular historian of his generation. . . . There is no denying [his] talent for clear, cogent and uncluttered prose." --Chicago Tribune

"Lively and readable . . . contains vivid portraits." --Harper's Magazine

"The most compelling analysis of the results of the war as well as the best articulated defense for the motives of [Stephen] Austin, Sam Houston and the other Texas patriots." --The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Notably clear eyed. . . . [Brands] is conversant with the intricacies of his subject [as] he describes the contentiousness, independence and sense of entitlement that eventually turned Texas, however briefly, into a free and self-contained nation." --The New York Times

"Vibrant, energetic, and masterful. . . . Immensely readable." --The Washington Times

"Extremely vivid and beautifully written. . . . Brands [is] a master of description." --The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)

"Gripping. . . . A book that is sweeping and specific in allowing a reader to be deliciously immersed in the magnificent story. . . . Even well-versed readers will find new perspective here." --Fort Worth Star-Telegram



About the Author



H. W. BRANDS holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. A New York Times bestselling author, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in biography for The First American and Traitor to His Class.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.04 Inches (H) x 5.24 Inches (W) x 1.27 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.22 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 608
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: United States
Publisher: Anchor Books
Theme: State & Local
Format: Paperback
Author: H W Brands
Language: English
Street Date: February 8, 2005
TCIN: 1002210983
UPC: 9781400030705
Item Number (DPCI): 247-27-1452
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 1.27 inches length x 5.24 inches width x 8.04 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 1.22 pounds
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