TBR Spring 2016



Texas Books in Review

Volume XXXVI, Number 1
Spring 2016

Editor's Note | Mis hermanos y mis hermanas | by William Jensen

Between the Living and the Dead | by Bill Crider
Review | The Butler Did It | by Patrick Cline

Contested Empire: Rethinking the Texas Revolution | edited by Sam W. Haynes and Gerald D. Saxon
Review | Texas Truth Telling: A Review-Essay | by Jesús F. de la Teja

From South Texas to the Nation: The Exploitation of Mexican Labor in the Twentieth Century | by John Weber
Review | Strong | by Joseph Orbock Medina

Invisible in Austin: Life and Labor in an American City | edited by Javier Auyero
Review | Austin: Nine to Five | by Gloria P. Martinez-Ramos

Leaders of the Mexican American Generation: Biographical Essays | edited by Anthony Quiroz
Review | Just Talking About My Generation | by Gene Preuss

One Blackbird at a Time | by Wendy Barker
Review | Take These Broken Wings and Learn to Fly | by Sarah Cortez

Return to Arroyo Grande | by Jesŭs Salvador Treviño
Review | Homes and Hometowns | by Luke A. Helm

Seeds of Empire: Cotton, Slavery, and the Transformation of the Texas Borderlands, 1800-1850 | by Andrew J. Torget
Review | Cotton Eyed Joe | by Joseph Fox

Sex as a Political Condition: A Border Novel | by Carlos Nicolas Flores
Review | Let's Get It On | by Joseph McDade

Strong Light of Day | by Jon Land
Review | Don't Mess With Texas Women | by Jim Sanderson

The Jack of Diamonds is a Hard Card to Play | by Paul Christensen
Review | Know When to Fold 'Em | by Jeffrey Alfier

The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer | by Skip Hollandsworth
Review | Psycho Killer | by Doug J. Swanson