The Society’s Publication Awards, which take place every other year, publicly
recognize the authors of the best recently published books on Texas history.
This year's book signing and awards luncheon was held on Friday, March
22, 2013 at The Argyle, 934 Patterson. Many thanks to the the Society members listed in the event program, who helped to make this event a success!
View KSAT 12's coverage of the awards, featuring an interview with award winner Phil Collins.
The Society congratulates the 2013 Publication Award Winners
The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector's Journey
by Phil Collins
Buffalo Gap, Texas - State House Press.
Book Summary
Devils River: Treacherous Twin to the Pecos, 1535-1900
by Patrick Dearen
Fort Worth - Texas Christian University Press.
Author Bio San Antonio Express-News overview
Grace & Gumption: The Women of El Paso
edited by Marcia Hatfield Daudistel
Fort Worth - Texas Christian University Press.
El Paso Times book review
James Riely Gordon: His Courthouses and Other Public Architecture
by Chris Meister
Lubbock - Texas Tech University Press.
Book Summary
Jose Antonio Navarro: In Search of the American Dream in Nineteenth-Century Texas
by David McDonald
Denton, Texas - Texas State Historical Association.
Author Bio Book Summary
Last Farm Standing on Buttermilk Hill: Voelcker Roots Run Deep in Hardberger Park
by Gayle Brennan Spencer
San Antonio - LJB CommuniCo for the Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Fund.
Author Bio Book Summary + San-Antonio Express-News book review
Tejano Patriots of the American Revolution, 1776-1783
by Jesse O. Villarreal, Sr.
San Antonio - Self-published.
Author Bio Book Summary
Texas Furniture: The Cabinetmakers and Their Work, 1840-1880, Revised Edition, Vol. 1
by Lonn Taylor and David B. Warren
Austin - The University of Texas Press.
Book Summary
Texas State Cemetery
by Jason Walker and Will Erwin
Austin - The University of Texas Press.
Author Bio (Walker) Author Bio (Erwin) Book Summary
Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the Common Good
by Steven Fenberg
College Station - Texas A&M University Press.
Author Bio and Book Summary
Nominations
We will not be accepting any new nominations until 2014. The criteria and form below are for your information only.
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