Lone Star Nation: The Epic Story of the Battle for Texas Independence - Softcover

"A balanced, unromanticized account [of] America's great epic." --The New York Times Book Review

"Sweeping and specific. . . . [Brands] writes the story with clarity and vigor. . . . Clearly adds to our knowledge of an era when men rode to the sound of guns and honor was a comprehensible concept." --The Washington Post Book World

"[Brands] offers both sides of the Texas story, striking perspectives from both the revolutionists and the Mexicans who opposed them. . . . Lone Star Nation combines depth, description and detail in a magnificent, fascinating book." --The Miami Herald

"Extraordinary. . . . A rich story that thrives above all else on the novelistic depth of character he gives to his subjects." --Austin American-Statesman

"Rousing. . . . [Brands] is a master of the ground-view, narrative history." --Dallas Morning News

"Brands [is] on the path to becoming the preeminent popular historian of his generation. . . . There is no denying [his] talent for clear, cogent and uncluttered prose." --Chicago Tribune

"Lively and readable . . . contains vivid portraits." -Harper's Magazine

"The most compelling analysis of the results of the war as well as the best articulated defense for the motives of [Stephen] Austin, Sam Houston and the other Texas patriots." --The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Notably clear eyed. . . . [Brands] is conversant with the intricacies of his subject [as] he describes the contentiousness, independence and sense of entitlement that eventually turned Texas, however briefly, into a free and self-contained nation." --The New York Times

"Vibrant, energetic, and masterful. . . . Immensely readable." --The Washington Times

"Extremely vivid and beautifully written. . . . Brands [is] a master of description." --The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)

"Gripping. . . . A book that is sweeping and specific in allowing a reader to be deliciously immersed in the magnificent story. . . . Even well-versed readers will find new perspective here." --Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Traces Texas's precarious historical journey to statehood from the perspectives of such figures as Sam Houston, Davy Crockett, and Andrew Jackson, covering such events as its early colonization, the battle at the Alamo, its Native American and Mexican heritage, and its early days as a new Republic. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.