Texian Exodus

The origin story of modern Texas is often thought to be the battle of the Alamo. Stephen Hardin makes a powerful case for the Runaway Scrape, the desperate flight of Texians ahead of the earth-scorching Mexican army of Santa Anna. Hardin deftly frames the politics and strategy of the affair, but he leaves the terrifying, heartbreaking, and uplifting details to the scores of men and women who recorded their experiences for posterity. A marvelous book. ~H. W. Brands, University of Texas at Austin, author of America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

With no comprehensive book on the Runaway Scrape—and very little social history on any aspect of the Texas revolutionary period—Stephen Hardin’s soundly researched, well-written Texian Exodus should find a home on the shelf of anyone interested in the history of the Texas Revolution. ~Jesús "Frank" de la Teja, Professor Emeritus, Texas State University, author of A Revolution Remembered: The Memoirs and Selected Correspondence of Juan N. Seguín

Stephen Hardin proves once again that he is the indispensable scholar and chronicler of the Texas Revolution. In Texian Exodus, he shifts the narrative from the Alamo and San Jacinto—and men!—to the resolute women at the helm during one of the great refugee crises in American history. This deft, droll, jargon-free historian has produced another classic. ~Stephen Harrigan, author of Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas