Harrigan, Stephen,  1948- <br/><br/>
Big wonderful thing :  a history of Texas / 
Stephen Harrigan. 
 - First edition. 
 - 925 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  25 cm 
 - The Texas bookshelf .
<br/><br/> "The Texas bookshelf"--Title page. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 836-890) and index. 
<br/><br/>Castaways -- Golden cities -- Woe to us -- The lady in blue -- Voyageurs -- God's work -- Filibusters -- God speed ye -- The Texas dream -- The consequence of failure -- Come and take it -- The Alamo is ours! -- Vengeance -- Aftermath -- Spartan spirit -- "Savage ware fare" -- The broken flagpole -- Los diablos tejanos -- The crisis of the crisis -- Robbers and lawyers -- Warriors and refugees -- I will never do it -- With throbbing hearts -- Reconstructed -- The end of Comancheria -- Fenced in -- Turn Texas loose -- Bipedal brutes -- Scorpions and horny toads -- A thousand little devils -- Gushers -- Light coming on the plains -- Sediciosos -- Pa -- War at home and abroad -- The blacksnake whip -- Music and mayhem -- The boy from the hill country -- Centennial -- Passionate ones -- Texans at war again -- The show of shows -- A new Texas -- Ye shall know the truth -- The lord takes a 
<br/><br/> The story of Texas is the story of struggle and triumph in a land of extremes. It is a story of drought and flood, invasion and war, boom and bust, and the myriad peoples who, over centuries of conflict, gave rise to a place that has helped shape the identity of the United States and the destiny of the world. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780292759510 0292759517 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>40029464936 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2018060912 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Texas--History.<br/>Texas.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F386  / .H267 2019 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>976.4 
<br/><br/><label>Gov. Doc. Class. No.: </label>Z UA380.8 H235bi