Author: Randolph P. Campbell

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The author presents the epic tales of Texas history in a new light, offering revisionist history in the best sense-broadening and deepening the traditional story, without ignoring the heroes of the past. The scope is impressive beginning with the archaeological record of the Native Americans to the rise of the oil industry and ultimately the modernization of Texas. Swift moving accounts are included of the Mexican revolution against Spain, the arrival of the settlers from the United States, the lasting Spanish legacy (from cattle ranching, to place names and civil law), the Anglo-Texan revolution, the decade of the Republic of Texas and annexation by the United States. Offers a fresh understanding of why Texas continues to be seen as a state unlike any other, a place that distills the essence of what it means to be an American. New York, 2003, 1st Ed., Second pr., 500 Pgs., HB.

Author: Norma Elia Cantú

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Canicula describes "the dog days," an intense part of summer when most cotton is harvested in Texas. The author writes a fictionalized memoir of Laredo, Texas from the 1940s to the 1960's and her perspective from the time of childhood to an as yet unknown adulthood with snapshots of births, deaths, injuries, fiestas, and rites of passage. Albuquerque, NM 1995 University of New Mexico Press 1st Ed., 6 x 8, 132 Pgs., HB.

Author: Norma Elia Cantú

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Canicula describes "the dog days," an intense part of summer when cotton is harvested in Texas. The author describes Laredo, Texas from the 1940s to the 1960s in fictionalized memoirs from her perspective and her rite of passage. Winner of the Premio Aztlán. This is the paperback version of # 6876. Albuquerque, NM, 1999 University of New Mexico Press 3rd PB Printing, 6 x 8, 132 Pgs., PB.

Author: Joseph E. Chance

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The author proposes to resurrect the memory of Carvajal and place him in his rightful position with other persons who molded the shape of the current Texas-Mexico society. Carvajal was an intellectual dreamer who sought social reform in Mexico and struggled against the forces of the conservative Centralists of the Mexican Republic. He led a pioneering effort for political reform in South Texas and Northern Mexico yet is remembered by only a few contemporary historians. Some of his fame comes from his leadership of a series of armed excursions into Northern Mexico from Texas in 1851 and 1852 that came to be known as the Merchant Wars. His career stretched from the Texas Revolution to the French Intervention. San Antonio, 2006 Trinity University Press 1st Ed., 283 Pgs., 6 x 9, HB.

Author: Thomas E. Chávez

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The author provides a new perspective to the history of New Mexico in that names and dates are not important. He states that relative time and cause and effect are the important keys to making sense of history. He asserts that history is the story of human beings, who feel sadness, happiness and pain. This book is divided into five sections: The period before Europeans arrived; the Spanish Colonial Period; Mexican Independence; the Terrirtorial Period; and finally the statehood period which began in 1912 and continues today. Albuquerque, 2006 University of New Mexico Press 1st Ed., 6 x 9, 208 Pgs., PB.

Author: Carlos Cisneros

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NOVEL. Spanish land grant heirs are pitted against the powerful Catholic Church in this legal thriller along the Texas-Mexico border. A Brownsville attorney is asked to be the prosecutor in the case of a Spanish Land Grant known as La Minita and billions are at stake in oil and gas royalties. His fiancé and partner is against it. The defendant is the Agnus Dei Foundation headed by a powerful bishop who will stop at nothing to keep ownership and control of the grant. The lawyer finds out that previous lawyers involved in the case have been found dead or institutionalized. Interesting and timely subject. Houston, TX 2012 Arte Publico Press 1st Ed., 5&1/2 x 8&1/2, 349 Pgs., PB.

Author: José Cisneros

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José Cisneros, artist/author and Felix D. Almaráz, Jr., co-author. Now Out of Print, This book contains sixty of the most famous characters of the borderlands as portrayed by the artist in his inimitable pen and ink style. The author who is in his nineties, with spirit undimmed, has moved to a new subject-the faces of those who came to the Southwest over the centuries. Dr. Almaráz provides historical context crowning his long association with Mier. Cisneros with this excellent collaboration. Borderlands Book Store has been able to secure a limited number of these books to offer our customers. El Paso, 1999, 1st Ed., 164 Pgs., HB.

Author: Don Collins

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Austin artist Collins has illustrated over 300 works of art for the Miller Blueprint Company calendars which have become collectors items. He has chosen seventy of these pen and ink drawings of various places in Texas for this book. Fort Worth, 2008 Texas Christian University Press 1st Ed., 11 x 8&1/2, 162 Pgs., PB.

Author: Paul Cool

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A welcome narrative of the EL Paso Salt War of 1877 rightfully titled an insurgency by the author. The local Mexican-Americans held common ownership of the immense salt lakes at the base of the Gudalupe Mountains since the time of the Spanish Empire and they believed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo confirmed their title. After the Civil War Anglos felt the area was up for grabs and an Austin banker staked a legal claim in 1877 enforced by his son-in-law. The ensuing popular uprising disrupted established governmental authority in El Paso for twelve weeks. This is a fast-paced account that corrects the record of this historical episode. Illustrated. College Station, 2008 Texas A&M University Press 1st Ed., 6 x 9&1/4, 360 Pgs., HB.

Author: William Corner

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Edited by Judson J. (Mickey) Killian. This unique book on San Antonio was first published in 1890 and is frequently referenced in other works along with duplications of the maps contained therein. Covers just about every aspect of life in Early San Antonio and is a good reference on activities in the city. Contains a chronology by months of significant events. Illustrated. San Antonio, 2008 Los Bexareños Genealogical Society, Reprint, 166 Pgs., 8 &1/2 x 11,PB.