Book Reviews from the Journal of Texas History
Book reviews will be issued on a recurring basis, in between the publication of each new volume. Most recent reviews are listed first. To search for a title, use your browser’s find option. Send any questions about the book review process to reviews@jtxh.org.
Volume 2, No 1 | Jun 2026
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Frontera Freeways: Highway Building and Displacement in El Paso, TX
Miguel Juárez
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Insurgent Politics in the Lone Star State: Remembering the Anti-War Movement in Austin, Texas, 1967-1973
Martin Murray
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Farm-to-Freedom: Vietnamese Americans and Their Food Gardens
Roy Vũ
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David Crockett in Texas: His Search for New Land
Allen J. Weiner
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The Texas Civil Rights Project: How We Built a Social Justice Movement
Wesley P. Jackson Sr.
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Somos Tejanas: Chicana Identity and Culture in Texas
Jody A. Marín and Norma E. Cantú, Editors
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The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild
Bryan Burrough
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Wrangling Pelicans: Military Life in Texas Presidios
Tim Seiter
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Texas Takes Shape: A History in Maps from the General Land Office
Mark Lambert, et al., Editors
Volume 1, No 1 and No 2
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Bridles and Biscuits: Contraband Culture in Spanish East Texas
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 -Liz Elizondo
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The Crossing: El Paso, The Southwest, and America’s Forgotten Origin Story
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 - Carlos Kevin Blanton
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Fighting for Control: Power, Reproductive Care, and Race in the US-Mexico Borderlands
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 - Rebecca A. Gonzalez
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Home Heat Money God: Texas and Modern Architecture
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 - Rex Koontz
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Neither Fish Nor Fowl: A Mercantile Jewish Family on the Rio Grande
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 = Gabrielle Lyle
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Robert E. Howard: The Life and Times of a Texas Author
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 - Brandy Winn
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Texas: An American History
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 - Walter L. Buenger
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William Hanson and the Texas-Mexico Border: Violence, Corruption, and the Making of the Gatekeeper State
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 -Zaragosa "Mito" Diaz-Espinoza
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Chuco Punk: Sonic Insurgency in El Paso
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 - Carolina Monsivais
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Houston and the Permanence of Segregation: An Afropessimist Approach to Urban History
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 - Derek G. Handley
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Rehab on the Range: A History of Addiction and Incarceration in the American West
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 - Megan Birk
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Remembering Conquest: Mexican Americans, Memory, and Citizenship
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 - Trinidad Gonzales
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Run For Your Lives!: Gender and the Runaway Scrape
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 - James E. Crisp