Sam W Haynes: 2 books
Soldiers of Misfortune
The Somervell and Mier Expeditions
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
The Somervell and Mier Expeditions of 1842, culminating in the famous "black bean episode" in which Texas prisoners drew white or black beans to determine who would be executed by their Mexican captors, still capture the public imagination in Texas. But were the Texans really martyrs in...
Contested Empire
Rethinking the Texas Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
To a large degree, the story of Texas’ secession from Mexico has been undertaken by scholars of the state. Early twentieth century historians of the revolutionary period, most notably Eugene Barker and William Binkley, characterized the conflict as a clash of two opposing cultures, yet their exclusive...