The Texicans

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Texas Rising: The Epic True Story of the Lone Star Republic and the Rise of the Texas Rangers, 1836-1846

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An Uncommon Union: Dallas Theological Seminary and American Evangelicalism

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Mexican American War

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The Fallen Forts of America: The Alamo & The Little Big Horn

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The Bandera Trail: The Trail Drive, Book 4

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Cinco de Mayo: The History of the Battle of Puebla and the Famous Holiday

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History of Mexico

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The Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South

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The Phantom Killer: Unlocking the Mystery of the Texarkana Serial Murders: the Story of a Town in Terror

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Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs

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Border Bandits, Border Raids

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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

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American Republics: A Continental History of the United States 1783-1850

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The United States Camel Corps: The History of the U.S. Army's Use of Camels in the Southwest during the 19th Century

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War and Peace on the Rio Grande Frontier, 1830–1880

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American Uprising: The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt

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The Comanche Empire

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Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson

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American Presidents: A Captivating Guide to Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren – The Two Founders of the Democratic Party

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Mando

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On Juneteenth

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Those Turbulent Sons of Freedom: Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys and the American Revolution

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Andrew Jackson: A Captivating Guide to the Man Who Served as the Seventh President of the United States

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The Patriots: Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the Making of America

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Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson

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Eagles

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This Vast Southern Empire: Slaveholders at the Helm of American Foreign Policy

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Our Sister Republics: The United States in an Age of American Revolutions

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History of the Conquest of Mexico

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The Texas Revolution and Mexican-American War: The History and Legacy of the Conflicts that Led to Mexico’s Cession of the American Southwest

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Deadwood: A Novel

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Dance Hall of the Dead

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The Rider of Lost Creek

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Red Rabbit

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These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901

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Showdown Trail: A Novel of Wagon Train Days

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News of the World: A Novel

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Raylan: A Novel

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A Serpent's Tooth

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That Dark and Bloody River: Chronicles of the Ohio River Valley

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Depth of Winter

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Trail Mix Volume One: Riding for the Brand, The Black Rock Coffin Makers, and Dutchman's Flat

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Louis L'Amour Collection

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Another Man's Moccasins

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Follow the Angels, Follow the Doves: The Bass Reeves Trilogy, Book One

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Streets Of Laredo

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Where the Lost Wander: A Novel

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The Crossing

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Hell on the Border: The Bass Reeves Trilogy, Book Two

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All the Pretty Horses

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Where Coyotes Howl

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T. H. Elkman: A Western Novel

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The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge

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A Man Called Trent

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Chenneville: A Novel of Murder, Loss, and Vengeance

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Sing Her Down: A Novel

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West of the Pecos: A Western Story

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True Grit

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The Son

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The Trail Driver: A Western Story

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EP. 59: The Texas Rangers-The First of Many Battles: In the first days of 1836 revolution was brewing in Texas.  The battle of Gonzales had spawned the Texian conquest of La Bahia and Bexar.  The Texians were sure the Mexicans would soon see the wisdom of allowing the Texians their own government.

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THE GHOSTS OF THE ALAMO (PT 1): BEST OF (#2 of 446) THE RISING STORM: 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries BEST OF SERIES LISTENER FAVORITES

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Ep. 86: Exploring the Texas Revolution- The San Jacinto Battleground: In April, 1836, two armies converged at Peggy McCormick's ranch on the banks of the San Jacinto River.  In just 18 minutes, the Texian Army routed Santa Anna and the portion of the Mexican Army he commanded.  Texas was free!  Almost immediately,

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The Alamo and Independence: In early 1836, Santa Anna personally led an army into Texas to put down the rebellion. His first target was San Antonio, particularly the fortified mission called the Alamo, in which nearly 200 Texians and Tejanos were holding out. After a 13-day...

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Peter Stark, "Gallop Toward the Sun: Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison's Struggle for the Destiny of a Nation" (Random House, 2023): An interview with Peter Stark

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Stefan Rinke, "Conquistadors and Aztecs: A History of the Fall of Tenochtitlan" (Oxford UP, 2023): An interview with Stefan Rinke

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Sam W. Haynes, "Unsettled Land: From Revolution to Republic, the Struggle for Texas" (Basic Books, 2022): An interview with Sam W. Haynes

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EP. 61: Texas and the Great War, Part 1-Unrest on the Border: The early 20th century brought chaos to the Texas/Mexico border.  The Mexican revolution(s) created opportunities for raiders, bandits and criminals to run rampant.  The law was hard to enforce and depredations hard to prevent.

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THE SEARCH FOR THE TWIN SISTERS 1001 LOST TREASURES SERIES: 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Lost Treasures

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Introducing White Hats: From Texas Monthly comes a story of the Wild West, the first American superheroes, the legendary riders in white hats, Los Diablos Tejanos—the Texas Rangers. “White Hats” tells the true history of these larger-than-life rangers, who have become one of...

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3. La Hora de Sangre: After the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution, as fighters crossed into Texas to raid ranches, Texas hired hundreds more Rangers to defend the state—many with hardly any qualifications. The atmosphere of suspicion and fear between Anglo and Mexican...

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29: The Bank War, Whigs, & Revolution in Texas

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Mexico and Texas (1836-1844): For the entire history of the Republic of Texas, relations between Mexico and Texas remained tense. Both sides raided the other’s territory. Comanches and other Native American tribes raided both republics. Both republics experienced political and...

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Ep. 36 More Forgotten Battles: San Patricio & Refugio: We all remember the Alamo, Goliad and San Jacinto but there were many more battles in the Texas revolution than are commonly discussed.  A big issue at the time of the Texas revolution was whether to attack Matamoros,

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Spanish Texas, Mexican Independence, and American Settlement: Long before Texas was a U. S. state, it was a part of Mexico, which in turn was part of the massive Spanish Empire. When Mexico gained its independence from Spain in 1821, it became the northeastern most province of the new nation. At about that same...

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LEGENDS Ep. 3 | “Texas Rangers, Part 1”: From Walnut Creek to the Gulf of Mexico, the early Texas Rangers fought against defiant Native tribes and the Mexican army when the Republic of Texas declared its independence. They were fearless frontiersmen, and in one case, maritime fighters, as...

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Goliad, the Runaway Scrape, and San Jacinto: Two weeks after the fall of the Alamo, the Texian garrison at Goliad surrendered to another Mexican force, and a week after that, the garrison was executed on the orders of Santa Anna. Santa Anna and his army began marching east, toward the seat of...

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Ep. 66: The Tories of the Texas Revolution:  The account of the Texas revolution makes for glorious telling, retelling and reading.  It seemed that every man, woman and child in early Texas just couldn't wait to rebel against the tyrannical Mexican government and win another glorious war for ind...

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Level 4-Day 14 Remember The Alamo!

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EP. 51: The Schooner Flash, a Revolutionary Ship.: The Flash was a schooner built in Connecticut for a new enterprise in Texas.  She came to Texas in possession of James Morgan to support his new endeavor, a town and community called New Washington.  But as war clouds gathered,

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Peter Stark - Gallop Toward the Sun

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LEGENDS Ep. 4 | “Texas Rangers, Part 2”: Two decades of fighting between Comanches and Texans culminated in the bloodiest year in early Texas history. In 1840, a series of events led to the greatest war party ever formed on the southern plains as the Comanches cut a swath of destruction...

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Paul Barba, "Country of the Cursed and the Driven: Slavery and the Texas Borderlands" (U Nebraska Press, 2021): An interview with Paul Barba

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Paul Barba, "Country of the Cursed and the Driven: Slavery and the Texas Borderlands" (U Nebraska Press, 2021): An interview with Paul Barba

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The Fall of the Aztec Empire: In August 1521 after a last stand on the steps of their temple buildings, the Aztec defenders of Tenochtitlan surrendered to the Spanish forces of Hernán Cortés & his Mesoamerican allies. Matthew Restall talks to Dan about the fall of the Aztecs.

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EP. 126: An Accidental Victory: As the winter of 1835 approached, the Texian army lay siege to San Antonio de Bexar. When rumors started that a pack train was approaching the town carrying silver for the troops, the Texians saw opportunity. Riding out to meet the enemy,

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EP 42: Beer, Heroes, and Life on the Bluff: The Mexican invasion of San Antonio gave rise to two expeditions against the Mexican army that had disastrous results. Nicholas Dawson led a group of men from La Grange to San Antonio into battle on Salado Creek only to be massacred when they tried to ...

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Trevor Burnard, "Jamaica in the Age of Revolution" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2020): An interview with Trevor Burnard

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Ep 38: The Spoils of San Jacinto: 181 years ago this week, the Texian Army surprised the Mexican army and won the Battle of San Jacinto.  The battle lasted a mere 18 minutes, but its effects changed the world.  After the initial 18 minute rout,

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The Sutton-Taylor Feud Pt. 1: In post-Civil War Texas, a lawless band of Confederate sympathizers terrorized the vast state, stealing cattle and executing anyone who tried to stop them.