Lone Star, T. R. Fehrenbach
Lone Star, T. R. Fehrenbach
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Lone Star
A History Of Texas And The Texans

Author: T. R. Fehrenbach

Narrator: John McLain

Unabridged: 39 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/20/2018

Synopsis

Here is a must-listen history of the Lone Star State, together with an insider's look at the people, politics, and events that have shaped Texas from the beginning right up to our days. Never before has the story been told with more vitality and immediacy. Fehrenbach re-creates the Texas saga from prehistory to the Spanish and French invasions to the heyday of the cotton and cattle empires. He dramatically describes the emergence of Texas as a republic, the vote for secession before the Civil War, and the state's readmission to the Union after the War. In the twentieth century oil would emerge as an important economic resource and social change would come. But Texas would remain unmistakably Texas, because Texans "have been made different by the crucible of history; they think and act in different ways, according to the history that shaped their hearts and minds."

About T. R. Fehrenbach

During World War II, the late T. R. Fehrenbach served with the U.S. Infantry and Engineers as platoon sergeant with an engineer battalion. He continued his military career in the Korean War, rising from platoon leader to company commander and then to battalion staff officer of the 72nd Tank battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. His works include U.S. Marines in Action, The Battle of Anzio, and This Kind of War.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Derek on April 13, 2011

It only took me about 4 1/2 months, but I finally finished this mammoth book. At 750+ pages, sometimes I felt like I was reading War and Peace, but it hardly ever lagged, and was persistently well-written and informative. Having moved to Texas a few years ago, this book answered many questions that I......more

Goodreads review by Jo on May 11, 2019

I did not find Lone Star an easy book to read. This had nothing to do with its length and everything to do with Fehrenbach's frequent editorializing and his attitudes towards Native Americans, African Americans, and Mexicans. I understand that Texas is unique but I tired of reading that there was so......more

Goodreads review by Deb (Readerbuzz) on March 16, 2016

Lone Star is seven hundred sixty-seven pages of fascinating stories about Texas. It’s all here---the original peoples, the Spanish explorers, the Mexican settlers, the American settlers, the wars, and Texas as part of Mexico, Texas as an independent nation, and Texas as part of the United States. As......more

Goodreads review by William on April 04, 2020

This is another book that I received as a secret Santa gift that I would not have picked out for myself. And boy what a fantastic choice it was. Lone Star is a sweeping history of Texas, originally published in 1968 and then updated for a re-release in 2000. It covers the entire range of human occupa......more

Goodreads review by Ashton on November 23, 2024

Finally finished this behemoth of a book. Could not recommend it more to anyone interested in Texas History. You’ll learn something new on every page. There were some parts that we’re exciting and some areas I found less stimulating (when political parties were discussed).......more

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