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The dramatic story of the oil boom that transformed the history of a state, drawn from archives and first-person accounts.
As the twentieth century began, oil in Texas was easy to find, but the quantities were too small to attract industrial capital and production. Then, on January 10, 1901, the Spindletop gusher blew in. Over the next fifty years, oil transformed Texas, creating a booming economy that built cities, attracted out-of-state workers...
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This "beautifully written . . . and meticulously researched" Civil War history vividly recounts one of the most decisive battles fought in Texas (Civil War News).
Jefferson Davis once said the Battle of Sabine Pass was "more remarkable than the battle at Thermopylae." But unlike the Spartans, who succumbed to overwhelming Persian forces at Thermopylae more than two thousand years before, the Confederate underdogs triumphed in a battle that...