Probably because he also writes novels, Haley gives us the opposite of a stodgy textbook history of the Lone Star State. Best of all, he is candid. He doesn’t pussyfoot around Tonkawa Indian cannibalism nor does he excuse the sadism of Comanche torture. Haley is best when discussing the Texas Revolution, dominated by Sam Houston, for he wrote a biography of Houston that won many awards. Haley firmly establishes the real reason for Houston’s long retreat from Santa Anna. It was strategic;


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