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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Prologue. Big Tex -- PART ONE. They Came from the Sky -- 1 CASTAWAYS -- 2 GOLDEN CITIES -- 3 WOE TO US -- 4 THE LADY IN BLUE -- 5 VOYAGEURS -- 6 GOD’S WORK -- PART TWO. The Ripe Peach -- 7 FILIBUSTERS -- 8 GOD SPEED YE -- 9 THE TEXAS DREAM -- 10 THE CONSEQUENCE OF FAILURE -- 11 COME AND TAKE IT -- 12 THE ALAMO IS OURS! -- 13 VENGEANCE -- PART THREE. The People Want Excitement -- 14 AFTERMATH -- 15 SPARTAN SPIRIT -- 16 “SAVAGE WARE FARE” -- 17 THE BROKEN FLAGPOLE -- 18 LOS DIABLOS TEJANOS -- 19 THE CRISIS OF THE CRISIS -- 20 ROBBERS AND LAWYERS -- 21 WARRIORS AND REFUGEES -- 22 I WILL NEVER DO IT -- 23 WITH THROBBING HEARTS -- 24 RECONSTRUCTED -- 25 THE END OF COMANCHERÍA -- 26 FENCED IN -- 27 TURN TEXAS LOOSE -- 28 BIPEDAL BRUTES -- 29 SCORPIONS AND HORNY TOADS -- PART FOUR. While Old Rip Slept -- 30 A THOUSAND LITTLE DEVILS -- 31 GUSHERS -- 32 LIGHT COMING ON THE PLAINS -- 33 SEDICIOSOS -- 34 PA -- 35 WAR AT HOME AND ABROAD -- 36 THE BLACKSNAKE WHIP -- PART FIVE. The Empire of Texas -- 37 MUSIC AND MAYHEM -- 38 THE BOY FROM THE HILL COUNTRY -- 39 CENTENNIAL -- 40 PASSIONATE ONES -- 41 TEXANS AT WAR AGAIN -- 42 THE SHOW OF SHOWS -- 43 A NEW TEXAS -- 44 YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH -- 45 THE LORD TAKES A SLEEPING PILL -- 46 GIANT -- 47 A GAMBLIN’ MAN -- 48 WELCOME MR. KENNEDY -- 49 EL DEGÜELLO REPRISE -- 50 THE VOICE OF GOD -- 51 THE TOWER -- 52 VIGIL ON THE PEDERNALES -- 53 A SIDE TO BELONG TO -- 54 DON’T BE SO SELF-RIGHTEOUS -- 55 BAPTISM OF FIRE -- 56 TEXANS VERSUS TEXANS -- Epilogue. DAVY CROCKETT’S FAIRY PALACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS -- INDEX |
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