The battle cry "Remember the Alamo!" and images larger-than-life characters are what come to mind when most Americans and Texans think of the Texas Revolution. In Lone Star Rising, author William C. Davis puts the Texas Revolution in a new perspective. Rather than viewing the revolution as a unique historical event, he puts it in the context of other revolutions sweeping the globe during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. First published in hardback in 2004, this book brings the latest scholarship to bear on some of the oldest questions.
Davis etches well-known characters such as Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austin, and General Santa Anna-and the cultures they represented-in sharp and human relief. He also considers relations and racial tensions between the Anglo Texians, the Mexican authorities, and the Tejanos who had made Texas home for generations. He describes the causes and effects of their actions, providing more than just military details of the battles.
The Austin American-Statesman said, "In a world with more than its share of up-close shots of the battle of the Alamo, Davis gives us a canvas painted in broad strokes, a book that paints the bigger picture of the birth of the Republic of Texas."

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