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Focus on American History

Edited by Don Carleton

As a leading history research center, the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History collects, preserves, and makes available documentary and material culture evidence encompassing key themes in Texas and US history. The Focus on American History series features book projects based on the Center’s extensive archival, artifact, and library collections.

Robert Devens, Acquiring Editor

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Danger Pay

Danger Pay

Memoir of a Photojournalist in the Middle East, 1984-1994

by Carol Spencer Mitchell

Edited by Ellen Spencer Susman

Price: $24.95

ISBN: 9781477327203

Pub Date: May 9, 2023

Front Row Seat

Front Row Seat

A Photographic Portrait of the Presidency of George W. Bush

by Eric Draper

Introduction by George W. Bush

Price: $50.00

ISBN: 9780292745476

Pub Date: April 1, 2013

Houston on the Move

Houston on the Move

A Photographic History

by Steven R. Strom

Photographer Bob Bailey Studios

Price: $45.00

ISBN: 9781477310946

Pub Date: October 25, 2016

Texas Furniture, Volume Two

Texas Furniture, Volume Two

The Cabinetmakers and Their Work, 1840–1880

by Lonn Taylor and David B. Warren

Introduction by Don Carleton

Price: $65.00

ISBN: 9780292739420

Pub Date: October 1, 2012

The Texas Book Two

The Texas Book Two

More Profiles, History, and Reminiscences of the University

Edited by David Dettmer

Price: $34.95

ISBN: 9780292728745

Pub Date: March 1, 2012

Ralph W. Yarborough, the People’s Senator

Ralph W. Yarborough, the People's Senator

by Patrick L. Cox

Introduction by Edward M. Kennedy

Price: $34.95

ISBN: 9780292722163

Pub Date: February 1, 2002

Texas Furniture, Volume One

Texas Furniture, Volume One

The Cabinetmakers and Their Work, 1840-1880, Revised edition

by Lonn Taylor and David B. Warren

Introduction by Ima Hogg

Price: $60.00

ISBN: 9780292728691

Pub Date: March 1, 2012

The House Will Come To Order

The House Will Come To Order

How the Texas Speaker Became a Power in State and National Politics

by Patrick L. Cox and Michael Phillips

Introduction by Don Carleton

Price: $25.00

ISBN: 9780292728806

Pub Date: March 1, 2010

The Hogg Family and Houston

The Hogg Family and Houston

Philanthropy and the Civic Ideal

by Kate Sayen Kirkland

Price: $37.95

ISBN: 9780292718661

Pub Date: January 15, 2009

From Bloodshed to Hope in Burundi

From Bloodshed to Hope in Burundi

Our Embassy Years during Genocide

by Ambassador Robert Krueger and Kathleen Tobin Krueger

Introduction by Desmond Tutu

Price: $26.00

ISBN: 9780292714861

Pub Date: September 1, 2007

Harry Reasoner

Harry Reasoner

A Life in the News

by Douglass K. Daniel

Price: $30.00

ISBN: 9780292722170

Pub Date: March 1, 2007

Leavin’ a Testimony

Leavin' a Testimony

Portraits from Rural Texas

by Patsy Cravens

Introduction by John Boles

Afterword by Bob Patten

Price: $34.95

ISBN: 9780292713055

Pub Date: July 1, 2006

The First Texas News Barons

The First Texas News Barons

by Patrick L. Cox

Price: $30.00

ISBN: 9780292709775

Pub Date: November 1, 2005

Alexander Watkins Terrell

Alexander Watkins Terrell

Civil War Soldier, Texas Lawmaker, American Diplomat

by Lewis L. Gould

Price: $25.00

ISBN: 9780292722248

Pub Date: November 1, 2004

The French in Texas

The French in Texas

History, Migration, Culture

Edited by François Lagarde

Price: $47.50

ISBN: 9780292705289

Pub Date: March 1, 2003

Watching Television Come of Age

Watching Television Come of Age

The New York Times Reviews by Jack Gould

Edited by Lewis L. Gould

Price: $25.00

ISBN: 9780292728462

Pub Date: November 1, 2002

Once Upon a Time in Texas

Once Upon a Time in Texas

A Liberal in the Lone Star State

by David Richards

Price: $28.95

ISBN: 9780292745919

Pub Date: April 1, 2002

Comfort and Glory

Comfort and Glory

Two Centuries of American Quilts from the Briscoe Center

by Katherine Jean Adams

Price: $75.00

ISBN: 9781477309186

Pub Date: August 2, 2016

The Making of Hillary Clinton

The Making of Hillary Clinton

The White House Years

by Robert McNeely

Price: $50.00

ISBN: 9781477311677

Pub Date: January 3, 2017

Profiles in Power

Profiles in Power

Twentieth-Century Texans in Washington, New Edition

Edited by Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Michael L. Collins and Patrick L. Cox

Price: $26.95

ISBN: 9780292779457

Pub Date: January 1, 2010

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