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Review Of Texas: A Modem History, Janet Schmelzer
Review Of Texas: A Modem History, Janet Schmelzer
Great Plains Quarterly
In Texas: A Modem History David G. McComb, professor of history at Colorado State University, wanted to provide the "adult reader" with a "brief, narrative history" that would capture the "ethos," "flavor," and "rhythm" of Texas (p. vii). He has succeeded. In seven short chapters (or 186 pages) he has spanned a myriad of historical subjects from the earliest Indian tribes, the Spanish conquest, the Alamo, and the cattle and oil industries to the present-day social, political, and "economic complexities. At the same time he has woven into his story the humanness of Texans and Texas. Moreover, he has enhanced …
Review Of A Long March: The Lives Of Frank And Alice Baldwin, Carol M. Schneider
Review Of A Long March: The Lives Of Frank And Alice Baldwin, Carol M. Schneider
Great Plains Quarterly
The battles fought by Frank Baldwin on the open plains are not the only conflicts chronicled in A Long March. While Frank was away for long periods of time, his wife, Alice, battled her own feelings of depression, inadequacy, and especially anger at the role of Victorian wife, which she fought against in search of worth and individuality.
Review Of Kansas Governors, Lynwood E. Oyos
Review Of Kansas Governors, Lynwood E. Oyos
Great Plains Quarterly
Kansas Governors began more than a decade ago when Homer Socolofsky provided the information on Kansas governors for the Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States and the Biographical Directory of American Territorial Governors. In the current volume, he brings together a much more complete treatment of both the territorial and state governors of Kansas. A long-time Kansas historian, Socolofsky was well qualified to enter into this project. In addition to examining primary source material within Kansas, he used relevant resources found in the Newberry Library and the Library of Congress.