Review Gold Award, Non-Fiction Book of the Year in History, Foreword Indies AwardsFounders Best Book Award, Westerners InternationalLowman Book Prize, Texas State Historical AssociationElmer Kelton Book Prize, Academy of Western ArtistsFirst Place Book Prize, Texas State Genealogical AssociationRichardson Book Prize, West Texas Historical AssociationBronze Award, Non-Fiction Book of the Year in Social Sciences, Foreword Indies AwardsSilver Medallion Book Award, Will Rogers Medallion AwardFinalist, Kate Broocks Bates Award, Texas State Historical AssociationFinalist, Ramirez Book Prize, Texas Institute of LettersSouthwest Books of the Year Selection, Arizona LibrariesBest of the West Book Selection, True West Magazine"The research is thorough, organization and style are impeccable, and the writing is superb. Ely's masterly . . . definitive study deserves a wide audience." Western Historical Quarterly, Western History Association"This is a monumental work . . . Ely's narrative is sweeping, comprehensive,and eloquent. The book is Texas and Western history at their best--beautifully written, painstakingly researched, and filled with compelling stories. I highly recommend it." Terrae Incognitae, The Journal of the Society for the History of Discoveries "The definitive study . . . sets a new standard . . . will stand the test of time, as the archetype for all who follow in his footsteps." True West Magazine"An exhaustively researched, compelling story, sumptuously illustrated throughout. This is frontier history at its best."--Jerry D. Thompson, Regents Professor of History, Texas A&M International University."The impressive product of a twenty-five year labor of love, it is built upon the author's field research as well as his extraordinary command of private, local, state, and federal records."--Robert Wooster, author of The American Military Frontiers: The United States Army in the West, 1783-1900."No other book in the modern era matches the scope of Glen Sample Ely's. This book will be frequently cited and will become the starting point for many other studies."--Richard B. McCaslin, author of Tainted Breeze:The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas, 1862."Superb narration enhanced by maps and photographs and bolstered by exhaustive research in government, state, and museum archives."--Howard R. Lamar, Sterling Professor of History Emeritus, Yale University."A Masterpiece of Scholarship." Texas State Genealogical Society Book Award Judges Read more About the Author Glen Sample Ely is an award-winning historian and documentary producer. Ely earned his Ph.D. from Texas Christian University and is the author of Where the West Begins: Debating Texas Identity (Texas Tech University Press, 2011). His website is: TexasHistory.com Read more
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