This Captivating History telling of Texas history is little more than a collection of thumbnail articles that scratch the surface of Texas through the centuries. Not exactly a dispassionate telling, the book takes the side of Mexico in the Texas Revolution, the side of Mexico again in the Mexican-American War, and regrets the fact that Texas joined the US as it could have dodged the Civil War if it had stayed independent. After the Civil War, Texas had an oil boom, became home to NASA, and was also the site of JFK's assassination. Oh, and there are Texas Rangers.
To say I am disappointed would be an understatement. This was in no ways captivating and only marginally history. The Texas entry on Wikipedia is a far better source. Avoid!
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