A Lone Star Reader

Charles Swanlund, Professor of History at Blinn College—Bryan, holds degrees from Lake Superior State University (B.A. –1981) and Sam Houston State University (M.A.—1998). At Sam Houston State, his professors included Caroline Castillo-Crimm and Gregg Cantrell. With Kenneth Howell, he is coeditor of the forthcoming Single Star of the West (University of North Texas Press), an anthology on the Texas Republic. Professor Swanlund has also contributed to the East Texas Historical Journal, the West Texas Historical Association Year Book, and theJournal of South Texas. He presently serves as Community Liaison for the Central Texas Historical Association.

Kirk Bane, Professor of History at Blinn College—Bryan, holds degrees from Texas A&M University (B.A.—1987; M.A.—1989) and Texas Christian University (Ph.D.—1993). At TCU, his professors included Don Worcester and Ben Procter, both of whom are represented in this anthology. Dr. Bane has written for such scholarly publications as the Southwestern Historical Quarterly, the Panhandle-Plains Historical Review, the East Texas Historical Journal, the West Texas Historical Association Year Book, and the Great Plains Quarterly. He also contributes reviews to the popular online magazine, Texas Escapes. A former Board Member of the West Texas Historical Association, Bane is presently Managing Editor for the journal of the Central Texas Historical Association.

Scott Sosebee, Executive Director of the East Texas Historical Association and Associate Professor of History at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, holds three degrees from Texas Tech University (B.A—1997; M.A.—2000; and Ph.D.—2004). At Tech, his professors included Paul Carlson, who is represented in this volume, Don Walker, and Alwyn Barr. Dr. Sosebee serves as editor for the East Texas Historical Journal. His publications have appeared in the West Texas Historical Association Year Book, the Journal of Southern History, and the anthology, West Texas: A History of the Giant Side of the State (University of Oklahoma Press, 2014).