Walter L Buenger: 2 books
The Path to a Modern South
Northeast Texas between Reconstruction and the Great Depression
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
Federal New Deal programs of the 1930s and World War II are often credited for transforming the South, including Texas, from a poverty-stricken region mired in Confederate mythology into a more modern and economically prosperous part of the United States. By contrast, this history of Northeast Texas,...
by Walter L. Buenger
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
In 1845 Texans voted overwhelmingly to join the Union. They voted just as overwhelmingly to secede in 1861. The story of why and how that happened is filled with colorful characters, such as the aged Sam Houston, and with the southwestern flavor of raiding Comanches, German opponents of slavery, and...