Texas: A Compact History ( SIGNED COPY )

Archie P. McDonald

ISBN 10: 193333715X / ISBN 13: 9781933337159

Published by State House Press, 2007

About this Item

A fine, fresh, as-new 1st printing of the softcover inscribed to a past president of the Texas State Historical Assn and signed by McDonald on the title page. To access more of our many Texas-related books, search Abebooks.com using our unique keyword TXCOHST or visit our shop in beautiful downtown Fort Worth. Language: eng.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Texas: A Compact History ( SIGNED COPY )
• Publisher: State House Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 193333715X
• ISBN 13: 9781933337159
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Texas "a whole other country"—a slogan that promotes tourism as much within the Lone Star State as elsewhere—is familiar to native Texans and those adopted sons and daughters who "got here just as quickly as they could." Texas is as varied as East Texas timberland, hundreds of miles of seashore, prairies of the Central and High Plains, and the dry desert of far West Texas.

When traveling abroad and asked, "Where are you from?" residents of forty-nine of the United States usually respond, "the USA." Nearly every citizen of the Lone Star State will answer "Texas!" The world encourages such chauvinism. Mass media celebrates and exploits Texas and Texans in television and motion pictures about the Alamo, Texas Rangers, the oil industry, and athletics, to name only a few genre.


Texans' pride in their distinctiveness increases when their state is paraded—or satired—and they consciously "pass it on" to succeeding generations. But what does it mean to be a Texan? How did Texas come to be as it is?

Texas: A Compact History provides answers to such questions about Texans and Texas. It tells the story of Texas history and provides thoughtful interpretations about the state's development, all with the general reader in mind—in a brief, easily read narrative.

About the Author

ARCHIE P. McDONALD is the author of numerous books dealing with various aspects of Texas history, including Back Then: Simple Pleasures and Everyday Heroes (State House Press, 2005)