Books written by Walter L. Buenger

  • The Path to a Modern South: Northeast Texas Between Reconstruction and the Great Depression
    The Path to a Modern South: Northeast Texas Between Reconstruction and the Great Depression

    ... The Marble Man: Robert E. Lee and His Image in American Society (New York: Knopf, 1977), 27–140; Hall, “Autobiography as Social Critique,” 439–465. 72. R. Bailey, “Morris Sheppard,” 29–42. Jefferson Jimplecute, November 5, 1904; ...

  • The Path to a Modern South: Northeast Texas between Reconstruction and the Great Depression
    The Path to a Modern South: Northeast Texas between Reconstruction and the Great Depression

    Northeast Texas between Reconstruction and the Great Depression Walter L. Buenger ... Paris Morning News, August 1, 1922; J.H.Davis, Memoir, 14–325; Chapin Ross,“Public Address of James Harvey 'Cyclone'Davis.” Also see D. White, ...

  • Secession and the Union in Texas
    Secession and the Union in Texas

    —Kingsbury, Gilbert D. Papers. —Maverick family. Papers. —Reagan, John Henniger. Papers. —Roberts, Oran Milo. Papers. ... Burnham, W. Dean. Presidential Ballots, 1836–1892. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University 224 Bibliography.

  • Beyond Texas Through Time: Breaking Away from Past Interpretations
    Beyond Texas Through Time: Breaking Away from Past Interpretations

    ... of studies of the Texas rangers and ranching, pillars of pre1960 writing on Texas, and as it turned out, pillars of post-1988 writing as well. Chuck Parsons, author of John B. Armstrong: Texas Ranger and Pioneer Ranchman (2007), ...

  • Secession and the Union in Texas
    Secession and the Union in Texas

    Then, in 1861, they voted just as overwhelmingly to secede. The story of why and how that happened is filled with colorful characters, raiding Comanches, German opponents of slavery, and a border with Mexico.

  • Texas Through Time: Evolving Interpretations
    Texas Through Time: Evolving Interpretations

    Historical interpretations shape a culture's understanding of itself, its challenges, its options. New conditions within society, along with new information and methods available to historians, should call forth new interpretations...

  • Preserving German Texan Identity: Reminiscences of William A. Trenckmann, 1859–1935
    Preserving German Texan Identity: Reminiscences of William A. Trenckmann, 1859–1935

    ... Rostock,” is available in The Millheim and Cat Spring Pioneers: German Immigrants Building a New Life in Texas, ed. James V. Woodrick and Stephen A. Engelking (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017).

  • Texas Merchant: Marvin Leonard and Fort Worth
    Texas Merchant: Marvin Leonard and Fort Worth

    Customers also found a stunning array of goods - fur coats and canned tuna, pianos and tractors - and an environment that combined the spectacular with the familiar. But the story of Leonards goes beyond the store and the man who made it.

  • Secession and the Union in Texas
    Secession and the Union in Texas

    ... Nationality in History and Politics , pp . 1– 52 , 182-187 . 17. On the connection between mission and nationality see Nagel , One Nation , pp . 147-176 ; Nagel , This Sacred Trust : American Nationality , 1798-1898 , pp . 3–193 . For a ...