It Happened in Texas: Stories of Events and People That Shaped Lone Star State History

By James A. Crutchfield

Book Overview

From the murder of French explorer La Salle to the impressive career of the state's first female black senator, It Happened in Texas looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of the Lone Star State.

Discover why a group of migrant farm workers marched nearly 500 miles in sweltering summer heat to meet with Texas's governor. Find out how the annexation of Texas into the United States led to the first war Americans ever fought on foreign soil. Learn what prompted ranchers of South Texas to bombard the sky for hours with hundreds of explosives one starry night in the fall of 1891. And relive the last days of outlaw couple Bonnie and Clyde, from an endearing family reunion to their violent deaths in an unrelenting hail of gunfire.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493039695
• ISBN13: 9781493039692
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 5 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

My Texas

I received my book very quickly, in fact, more quickly than I had imagined. My daughter was at our house a couple of days after I got the book and she saw it right away, stacked at the top of our Texas books. She thought that it was a library book and asked if she could check it out when I was finished. Much to her delight, she found out that it was a family copy. So, she took it and is reading it now along with corraling our two grandchildren. She does say that it is an excellent book. She likes the idea that it is broken up into small small chapters so that you don't get lost or bored. Our ggggtandfather was one of the settlers of Texas and fought with Sam Houston at San Jacinto. His name, Gerrit E. Boom, is on the list of honor at the memorial. So, anytime we can read anything about Texas, we jump at the chance.