Talk and Book Signing with Sam W. Haynes, author of Unsettled Land

5803 East Northwest Highway,Dallas TX 75231

03 May, 2022

Description

Meet Sam W. Haynes, author of Unsettled Land, a new history of the Texas Revolution Join Half Price Books for an event with author Sam W. Haynes. Sam will discuss and sign his new book, Unsettled Land, a new history of the Texas Revolution. Tickets, which include a copy of the book, must be pre-purchased through Eventbrite for this event. Limited tickets available. About the author Sam W. Haynes is a professor of history and the director of the Center for Greater Southwestern Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington. About the book A bold new history of the origins and aftermath of the Texas Revolution, revealing how Indians, Mexicans, and Americans battled for survival in one of the continent’s most diverse regions The Texas Revolution has long been cast as an epic episode in the origins of the American West. As the story goes, larger-than-life figures like Sam Houston, David Crockett, and William Barret Travis fought to free Texas from repressive Mexican rule. In Unsettled Land, historian Sam Haynes reveals the reality beneath this powerful creation myth. He shows how the lives of ordinary people—white Americans, Mexicans, Native Americans, and those of African descent—were upended by extraordinary events over twenty-five years. After the battle of San Jacinto, racial lines snapped taut as a new nation, the Lone Star republic, sought to expel Indians, marginalize Mexicans, and tighten its grip on the enslaved.