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
Memoir of a Photojournalist in the Middle East, 1984-1994
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781477327203
Pub Date: August 23rd, 2023
Format: Paperback
216 Pages
An engrossing memoir in which a photojournalist records both the precursors to today’s conflicts in the Middle East and her own deeply felt conviction that news coverage of the region actually increases the conflicts there.
The Making of Hillary Clinton
The White House Years
Price: $50.00
ISBN: 9781477311677
Pub Date: January 3rd, 2017
Format: Hardcover
184 Pages
These revealing, never-before-published photographs from the Clinton White House chronicle Hillary Clinton’s transformation into a national policymaker and foreshadow her unprecedented role as a trailblazer for women in presidential politics.
Houston on the Move
A Photographic History
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781477310946
Pub Date: October 25th, 2016
Format: Hardcover
264 Pages
Presenting over two hundred previously unpublished images from the city’s largest and most comprehensive photographic archive, this volume chronicles Houston’s transformation into a city of international importance.
Comfort and Glory
Two Centuries of American Quilts from the Briscoe Center
Price: $75.00
ISBN: 9781477309186
Pub Date: August 2nd, 2016
Format: Hardcover
336 Pages
Showcasing 115 remarkable quilts that span more than two hundred years of American quiltmaking, this volume introduces an outstanding collection of American quilts and quilt history documentation, the Winedale Quilt Collection at the Briscoe Center for Am
Picturing Texas Politics
A Photographic History from Sam Houston to Rick Perry
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781477302545
Pub Date: October 1st, 2015
Format: Hardcover
244 Pages
With rare, previously unpublished photographs and iconic images of politicians from the state’s founders to Ann Richards, George W. Bush, and Rick Perry, here is the first-ever photographic album of Texas politicians and political campaigns.
Front Row Seat
A Photographic Portrait of the Presidency of George W. Bush
Price: $50.00
ISBN: 9780292745476
Pub Date: April 1st, 2013
Format: Hardcover
240 Pages
With an extraordinary collection of images, many never before published, Chief White House Photographer Eric Draper presents a compelling, behind-the-scenes view of the entire presidency of George W. Bush, from dramatic events such as 9/11 to relaxed, int
Texas Furniture, Volume Two
The Cabinetmakers and Their Work, 1840–1880
Price: $65.00
ISBN: 9780292739420
Pub Date: October 1st, 2012
Format: Hardcover
352 Pages
With over 150 additional pieces of furniture that were not included in Volume One, color photographs, and a new introduction, Texas Furniture, Volume Two completes the definitive guide to the state’s rich heritage of locally made nineteenth-century furniture and the craftsmen who produced it.
The Texas Book Two
More Profiles, History, and Reminiscences of the University
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780292728745
Pub Date: March 1st, 2012
Format: Hardcover
309 Pages
Continuing the story begun in The Texas Book: Profiles, History, and Reminiscences of the University, this richly illustrated volume offers a highly readable, in-depth exploration of the personalities and events that have made the University of Texas at A
Texas Furniture, Volume One
The Cabinetmakers and Their Work, 1840-1880, Revised edition
Price: $60.00
ISBN: 9780292728691
Pub Date: March 1st, 2012
Format: Hardcover
392 Pages
Back in print for the first time in thirty years and thoroughly updated, Texas Furniture is the definitive guide to the state’s rich heritage of locally made nineteenth-century furniture and the craftsmen who produced it.
The House Will Come To Order
How the Texas Speaker Became a Power in State and National Politics
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 9780292728806
Pub Date: March 1st, 2010
Format: Paperback
272 Pages
The first exploration of Texas’s Speaker of the House—a role that has evolved from powerless obscurity to heavyweight political preeminence.

Danger Pay
Memoir of a Photojournalist in the Middle East, 1984-1994
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781477327203
Pub Date: August 23rd, 2023
Format: Paperback
216 Pages
The Making of Hillary Clinton
The White House Years
Price: $50.00
ISBN: 9781477311677
Pub Date: January 3rd, 2017
Format: Hardcover
184 Pages
Houston on the Move
A Photographic History
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781477310946
Pub Date: October 25th, 2016
Format: Hardcover
264 Pages
Comfort and Glory
Two Centuries of American Quilts from the Briscoe Center
Price: $75.00
ISBN: 9781477309186
Pub Date: August 2nd, 2016
Format: Hardcover
336 Pages
Picturing Texas Politics
A Photographic History from Sam Houston to Rick Perry
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781477302545
Pub Date: October 1st, 2015
Format: Hardcover
244 Pages
Front Row Seat
A Photographic Portrait of the Presidency of George W. Bush
Price: $50.00
ISBN: 9780292745476
Pub Date: April 1st, 2013
Format: Hardcover
240 Pages
Texas Furniture, Volume Two
The Cabinetmakers and Their Work, 1840–1880
Price: $65.00
ISBN: 9780292739420
Pub Date: October 1st, 2012
Format: Hardcover
352 Pages
The Texas Book Two
More Profiles, History, and Reminiscences of the University
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780292728745
Pub Date: March 1st, 2012
Format: Hardcover
309 Pages
Texas Furniture, Volume One
The Cabinetmakers and Their Work, 1840-1880, Revised edition
Price: $60.00
ISBN: 9780292728691
Pub Date: March 1st, 2012
Format: Hardcover
392 Pages
The House Will Come To Order
How the Texas Speaker Became a Power in State and National Politics
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 9780292728806
Pub Date: March 1st, 2010
Format: Paperback
272 Pages