Monthly Archives: May 2011

Jack Shakely, (the author of a fascinating historical novel about the Civil War among the Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma) just posted a very nice review of Daughter of Texas at the latest  Internet Review of Books post: ” … There is very … Continue reading →

 It was always hoped, among the rebellious Anglo settlers in the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas that a successful bid for independence from the increasingly authoritarian and centralist government of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna would be followed promptly … Continue reading →

 You cannot hope to bribe or twist (thank God!) the British journalist. But, seeing what the man will do unbribed, there’s no occasion to. The English visitor, a lawyer and pamphleteer named Nicholas Doran Maillard landed up in Texas early … Continue reading →

Most people accept as conventional wisdom about the Texas frontier, that Anglo settlers were always the consummate horsemen, cowboys and cavalrymen that they were at the height of the cattle boom years. But that was not so: there was a … Continue reading →

So, after Saturday’s signing event for Daughter of Texas, I am coming to a decision – not to do any more single-store/single author events this year that are not already on my schedule. We packed it up after an hour and … Continue reading →