The Fate of Texas: The Civil War and the Lone Star State (Civil War in the West) [Hardcover]

Charles D. Grear (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1557288836 | ISBN-13: 978-1557288837 | Publication Date: October 24, 2008

In its examination of a state too often neglected by Civil War historians, The Fate of Texas presents Texas as a decidedly Southern, yet in many ways unusual, state seriously committed to and deeply affected by the Confederate war effort in a multitude of ways. When the state joined the Confederacy and fought in the war, its fate was uncertain. The war touched every portion of the population and all aspects of life in Texas. Never before has a group of historians examined the impact of the war on so many facets of the state.

Editorial Reviews

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“Charles D. Grear has assembled an all-star cast of great minds and excellent writers who have chimed in on the role of Texas in the Civil War and how that experience shaped the future of the state. The result is a perfect blend of topics, tone, and tenor that will enlighten students of Lone Star history in particular and Civil War history in general for years to come. The Fate of Texas is an important contribution to the national story.”

—Donald S. Frazier, author of Blood and Treasure: Confederate Empire in the Southwest





“A well conceived and highly important addition to Civil War literature.

. . . [that] offers a complex, multi-dimensional, yet thoroughly accessible set of major contributions to the historiography of the Civil War.”

—T. Michael Parrish, Baylor University

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"A well conceived and highly important addition to Civil War literature. . . . [that] offers a complex, multi-dimensional, yet thoroughly accessible set of major contributions to the historiography of the Civil War."
--T. Michael Parrish, Baylor University

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 292 pages
• Publisher: The University of Arkansas Press (October 24, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557288836
• ISBN-13: 978-1557288837
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #815,651 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Charles D. Grear received his Ph.D. in history at Texas Christian University and has taught at Prairie View A&M University for the past four years. He teaches the United States history survey courses as well as advanced courses in early American and Latin American history. A specialist in Texas and Civil War history, he has authored four articles, three book chapters, and a book Why Texans Fought in the Civil War with Texas A & M University Press as well as published an anthology for the University of Arkansas Press titled The Fate of Texas: The Civil War and the Lone Star State. In addition to these projects he is contributing to a new Texas History textbook organized by Prairie View's Dr. Kenneth Howell Beyond Myths and Legends: A Narrative History of Texas, co-authored a Civil War history textbook The House Divided: America in the Era of Civil War and Reconstruction, and co-editing a forthcoming book with Dr. Alexander Mendoza Texas and War: New Interpretations of the Military History of the Lone Star State. Other future projects include co-editing the Civil War in the Heartland Series for Southern Illinois University Press with Steven E. Woodworth. Additionally he is a book review editor for H-CivWar. Dr. Grear has received the Lawrence T. Jones III Research Fellowship in Civil War Texas History for the Texas State Historical Association, is a recipient of the fellowship to the 2007 West Point Summer Seminar in Military History, and the Burney Parker Research Fellowship for the Texas Collection at Baylor University.