Passionate Nation

Utilizing many sources new to publication, James L. Haley delivers a most readable and enjoyable narrative history of Texas, told through storiesthe words and recollections of Texans who actually lived the states spectacular history. From Jim Bowies and Davy Crocketts myth-enshrouded stand at the Alamo, to the Mexican-American War, and to Sam Houstons heroic failed effort to keep Texas in the Union during the Civil War, the transitions in Texas history have often been as painful and tense as the normal periods in between. Here, in all of its epic grandeur, is the story of Texas as its own passionate nation.