This fresh perspective, drawn from exhaustive examination of primary documents (claims records and land documents as well as traditional manuscript collections)

"Historically, wars and revolutions have offered politically and socially disadvantaged people the opportunity to contribute to the nation (or cause) in exchang

Hardly were the last shots fired at the Alamo before the Texas Revolution entered the realm of myth and controversy. French visitor Frederic Gaillardet called i

The History of the Revolution in Texas’ can be pronounced a clear and rapid narrative of the different events which have attended that piratical outbreak. Tak

Originally published: New York: Free Press, 2004.