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Anson Jones was the last president of the Republic of Texas. Known as the "Architect of Annexation," readers will discover how Jones was influential in bringing Texas into the Union and how injury and unfulfilled political ambitions led to his tragic downfall.
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Shipwrecked in a hostile land with no provisions, Cabeza de Vaca walked across much of southern North America in search of rescue. Throughout this riveting tale of miraculous survival, de Vaca becomes one of first Europeans to witness the beauty and danger of the Texas landscape.
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Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, set out to build a French colony on the mouth of the Mississippi River, but ended up 400 miles west in Texas. He spent three years exploring Texas searching for the Mississippi, a miscalculation that would cost him his life. Readers will be fascinated by his story.
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