TBR Fall 2015



Texas Books in Review

Volume XXXV, Number 2
Fall 2015

Editor's Note | Floods | by William Jensen

A Crown for Gumecindo | by Laurie Ann Guerrero
Review | Two Poets: Part 2 | by Sarah Cortez

As If Light Actually Matters: New & Selected Poems | by Larry D. Thomas
Review | Two Poets: Part 1 | Sarah Cortez

Austin City Limits: A History | by Tracey E. W. Laird
Review | Rockin' In The Lone Star State | Deirdre Lannon

Champion of the Barrio: The Legacy of Coach Buryl Baty | by R. Gaines Baty
Review | Friday Night Hero | Joseph McDade

Chasing Thugs, Nazis, and Reds: Texas Ranger Norman K. Dixon | by Kemp Dixon
Review | Highlight Review: A Glance at Essential Texana

Chili Queen: Mi historia | by Marian L. Martinello
Review | Killer Queen | Yvette Benavides

Death on Base: The Fort Hood Massacre | by Anita Belles Porterfield and John Porterfield
Review | Tragedy in Texas | J. Pete Blair

It Starts with Trouble | by Clark Davis
Review | Highlight Review: A Glance at Essential Texana

Joe: The Slave who Became an Alamo Legend | by Ron J. Jackson, Jr. and Lee Spencer White
Review | Survivor | Komi Begedou

Mayhem: Three Lives of a Woman | by Elizabeth Harris
Review | Neighbors | Mary Jarvis

Six-Shooters and Shifting Sands: The Wild West Life of Texas Ranger Captain Frank Jones | by Bob Alexander
Review | Don't Mess With Texas Rangers | Joseph Fox

Still Throwing Heat: Strikeouts, the Streets, and a Second Chance | by J.R. Richard and Lew Freedman
Review | Gassed Up in Houston | James Wright

The City in Texas: A History | by David G. McComb
Review | Bright Lights, Big City | Dan K. Utley

The Land of Rain Shadow: Horned Toad, Texas | by Joyce Gibson Roach
Review | Coming Up Dry | Jaye Dozier

Waiting for an Etcher | by Chip Dameron
Review | Border Poems | Dorothy Lawrenson

“We Never Retreat”: Filibustering Expeditions into Spanish Texas, 1812-1822 | by Ed Bradley
Review | Looking for Adventure | Heather M. Haley