Library of Texas

The Library of Texas is a series of new editions of important firsthand accounts of nineteenth-century Texas, initiated to fill a need for well-introduced, well-indexed, and well-made editions of classic books. A noted scholar has written a full introduction to each volume, and the books are produced to high typographic standards. They are uniform in size, yet distinctive in design, printed on acid-free paper and bound in attractive, enduring materials. The Library of Texas books are both handsome and useful, to be read with confidence and pleasure for generations.

The Library of Texas was launched in 1991 by Tom Taylor, the premier printer in Texas. In 1996, The Library of Texas moved to SMU, where it is published jointly by the DeGolyer Library and the Clements Center for Southwest Studies (with assistance from the Carl B. and Florence E. King Foundation).

CO-EDITORS
Russell L. Martin and David J. Weber

ADVISORY BOARD
Alwyn Barr Randolph "Mike" Campbell James E. Crisp Frank de la Teja
Arnoldo de León David Farmer Virginia and Jenkins Garrett Don Graham
Sam Haynes Benjamin H. Johnson Paul Lack Paula Mitchell Marks
Char Miller Marilyn McAdams SibleyTom Taylor

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Titles in The Library of Texas

Davis, Richard Harding. The West from a Car Window. Edited by Char Miller. 1st ed. 1892; Dallas: DeGolyer Library & William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, 2006.

Gray, William Fairfax. The Diary of William Fairfax Gray, from Virginia to Texas, 1835-1837. Edited by Paul D. Lack. 1st ed. 1909; Dallas: DeGolyer Library & William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, 1997. Now out of print, this volume is available online here, courtesy of H. David Maxey.

Green, Thomas Jefferson. Journal of the Texian Expedition Against Mier. Edited by Sam Haynes. 1st ed. 1845; Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1993. Now out of print, the volume is available online here, courtesy of H. David Maxey.

Houstoun, Matilda Charlotte (Jesse) Fraser. Texas and the Gulf of Mexico; or Yachting in the New World. Edited and with an introduction by Marilyn McAdams Sibley. 1st ed. 1844; Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1991.

Kendall, George Wilkins. Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition. Edited by Gerald D. Saxon and William B. Taylor. 1st ed. 1844; Dallas: DeGolyer Library & William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, 2004.

Lane, Walter Paye. Adventures and Recollections of Gen. Walter P. Lane, A San Jacinto Veteran, with Sketches of the Texian, Mexican and Late Wars with Several Indian Fights Thrown In. Edited by Jimmy L. Bryan, Jr. 1st ed. 1887. Dallas: DeGolyer Library & William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, 2000.

Olmsted, Frederick Law. A Journey through Texas, or a Saddle-Trip on the Western Frontier. Edited by Randolph B. "Mike" Campbell. 1st ed. ed. 1857; DeGolyer Library & William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, 2004.

Reséndez, Andrés. A Texas Patriot on Trial in Mexico: José Antonio Navarro and the Texas Santa Fe Expedition, a work based on previously unpublished documents. DeGolyer Library & William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, 2005.

Smithwick, Noah. The Evolution of a State, or Recollections of Old Texas Days. Edited by Alwyn Barr. 1st ed. 1900; Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1995. Barr's edition is best, but out of print. An earlier edition of this title is available online from Lone Star Junction.

Steinert, W. North America, Particularly Texas in the Year 1849: A Travel Account . . . Translated from the German by Gilbert J. Jordan. Edited by Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov. 1st ed. 1850. Dallas: DeGolyer Library & William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, 2000. 2000 hardcover volume out of print. Paperback reprint 2003 now available!

Forthcoming Titles

Coleman, Robert. Houston Displayed, or, Who Won the Battle of San Jacinto. Edited by Stephen Hardin. 1st ed. 1837; Dallas: DeGolyer Library & William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, forthcoming 2009.

Moore, Edwin W. Texas Navy: To the People of Texas. Edited by Jonathan Jordan. 1st ed. 1843; Dallas: DeGolyer Library & William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, forthcoming 2008.

Morfí, Fray Juan Agustín de. A Forgiving Land: Diary and Route of Travel Through Northern Mexico to Texas, 1777-1781. Edited by Eugenio del Hoyo and Malcolm D. McLean. Translated in English for the first time by Malcolm D. McLean and Félix D. Almaráz, Jr. 1st Spanish ed. 1967, published as Diario y derrotero (1777-1781); Dallas: DeGolyer Library & William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, 2008.

Rankin, Melinda. Twenty Years Among the Mexicans: A Narrative of Missionary Labor. Edited by Miguel Ángel González Quiroga and Timothy Bowman. 1st ed. 1875; Dallas: DeGolyer Library & William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, forthcoming 2008.

Subscribers to the Series

The Library of Texas will continue to be sold by subscription, a convenient, money-saving way to receive each title as it is published. Books are also sold separately, but subscribers receive a 10% discount. Subscribers are not obliged to keep any book, and may cancel their subscription at any time. To order an individual title, or to subscribe to the series, please fill out this form and send it with your check to:

DeGolyer Library
Attn: Library of Texas Series
Southern Methodist University
Box 750396
Dallas, TX 75275-0396

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Library of Texas Titles

The West from a Car Window
By Richard Harding Davis.
Edited by Char Miller.
2006.

A Texas Patriot on Trial in Mexico: Jose Antonio Navarro and the Texan
Santa Fe Expedition
By Andrés Reséndez.
2005.

Narrative of the Texan
Santa Fe Expedition
By George Wilkins Kendall.
Edited by Gerald D. Saxon &
William B. Taylor,
2004.

A Journey Through Texas...
By Frederick Law Olmsted.
Edited by Randolph B. Campbell. 2004.

North America, Particularly Texas in the Year 1849:
A Travel Account ...
By William Steinert.
Edited by Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov.
Translated by Gilbert J. Jordan. 2003.

Adventures and Recollections of Gen. Walter P. Lane...
By Walter Paye Lane.
Edited by Jimmy L. Bryan.
2000.

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The Diary of William Fairfax Gray from Virginia to Texas 1835-1937.
By William Fairfax Gray.
Edited by Paul D. Lack.
1997.

The Evolution of a State, or Recollections of Old Texas Days
By Noah Smithwick.
Edited by Alwyn Barr.
1995.

Journal of the Texian Expedition Against Mier
By Thomas Jefferson Green.
Edited by Sam Haynes.
1993.

Texas and the Gulf of Mexico...
By Matilda Charlotte Houstoun.
Edited by Marilyn
McAdams Sibley.
1991.

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