LEADER 03709oam 22004214a 450 001 9910165040203321 005 20170922081409.0 010 $a1-57441-687-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000001060744 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4806814 035 $a(OCoLC)973195696 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse57217 035 $a(BIP)57108872 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001060744 100 $a20160912d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aEavesdropping on Texas History /$fedited by Mary L. Scheer 210 1$aDenton, Texas :$cUniversity of North Texas Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (353 pages) $cillustrations 311 08$a1-57441-675-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction / Mary L. Scheer, editor -- "The earth had chills and fever": the New Madrid earthquakes and Caddo Lake, 1811-1812 / Victoria H. Cummins -- A fly on Stephen F. Austin's shoulder in Mexico, 1822-1823 / Carolina Castillo Crimm -- The fall of the Alamo, March 6, 1836 / Watson Arnold -- "I was there": the abduction of Cynthia Ann Parker, December 19, 1860 / Paul H. Carlson and Tom Crum -- "Margaret, Texas is lost": Sam Houston refuses to take a loyalty oath to the Confederacy, March 16, 1861 / Mary L. Scheer -- "And then the ball opened": a violent incident at Scabtown, Menard County, Texas, on New Year's Eve, 1877 / Chuck Parsons -- With the Yalies in the deep woods, May 10-13, 1909 / Dan K. Utley -- "So long, it's been good to know you"?: Black Sunday, April 14, 1935 / Heather Green Wooten -- "The game of the century," November 30, 1935 / Bill O'Neal -- The firing of Homer Price Rainey, November 1, 1944 / Light T. Cummins -- "Harry, the President is dead": Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas, Vice President Harry Truman, and Congressman Lyndon Johnson at the Board of Education on April 12, 1945 / Patrick Cox -- The establishment of Texas Southern University, 1947 / Merline Pitre -- "The loneliest job in the world": the day Lyndon Johnson became President, November 22, 1963 / Michael Collins -- "I remember it well. I lived it": Louise Ballerstedt Raggio and the passage of The marital property act of 1967 / Nancy E. Baker. 330 $aMary L. Scheer has assembled fifteen contributors to explore special moments in Texas history. The contributors assembled for this anthology represent many of the "all stars" among Texas historians: two State Historians of Texas, two past presidents of TSHA, four current or past presidents of ETHA, two past presidents of WTHA, nine fellows of historical associations, two Fulbright Scholars, and seven award-winning authors. Each is an expert in his or her field and provided in some fashion an answer to the question: At what moment in Texas history would you have liked to have been a "fly on the wall" and why? The choice of a moment and the answers were both personal and individual, ranging from familiar topics to less well-known subjects. One wanted to be at the Alamo. Another chose to explore when Sam Houston refused to take a loyalty oath to the Confederacy. One chapter follows the first twenty-four hours of Lyndon Baines Johnson's presidency after Kennedy's assassination. Others write about the Dust Bowl coming to Texas, or when Texas Southern University was created. 607 $aTexas$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a976.4 702 $aScheer$b Mary L.$f1949- 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910165040203321 996 $aEavesdropping on Texas History$92894983 997 $aUNINA