Texas History & Figures

Updated June 9, 2026
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Return to earth
Aldrin, Buzz.
Paper Book
The crossing El Paso, the Southwest, and America's forgotten origin story
Parker, Richard (Journalist)
Paper Book
A New Yorker Best Book of the Year * A Southwest Book of the Year "Top Pick" "American history did not begin in the Northeast. It began in the Southwest,' Parker asserts, in this sweeping history." --The New Yorker A revelatory work of...
This time together laughter and reflection
Burnett, Carol.
Paper Book
THIS TIME TOGETHER is 100 percent Carol Burnett – funny, irreverent, and irresistible.   Carol Burnett is one of the most beloved and revered actresses and performers in America.The Carol Burnett Showwas seen each week by millions of adoring fans and won twenty-five Emmys in...
Passionate nation the epic history of Texas
Haley, James L.
Paper Book
Texas has become the most American of all the states. Texas's politics has taken over in Washington, and Texas's passionate sense of itself as a nation is echoed by the fervent patriotism of tens of millions of Americans. Texas is also our most outsized hodgepodge -- of Latino, black, white, Asian;...
Big wonderful thing a history of Texas
Harrigan, Stephen, 1948- author.
Paper Book
2020 Philosophical Society of Texas Nonfiction Book Prize 2019 Nonfiction Book Award Finalist, Writers' League of Texas 2021 Citation from the San Antonio Conservation Society "Harrigan, surveying thousands of years of history that lead to the banh mi...

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