12 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American diplomat — former US Ambassador to Qatar — former assistant to President George H.W. Bush — Texas Republican politician.
White Texan woman captured by Comanche at age 9 (1836) — who became fully Comanche, married war chief Peta Nocona, and bore Quanah Parker — who was forcibly 'rescued' by Texas Rangers in 1860 and died grieving her return to white society.
S.C. Gwynne's 2010 Pulitzer finalist — tracing the rise and fall of the Comanche empire and the story of Cynthia Ann Parker (captured as a child) and her son Quanah Parker (the last great Comanche chief) — the most widely read account of the Comanche.
Governor of Texas (2015–) — former Texas Attorney General — who has led the most aggressive state-level conservative governance experiment in America, including border enforcement operations (Operation Lone Star), school choice, and anti-DEI legislation.
Texas oil company founded in 1917 by William Farish and Ross Sterling among others — which was partially acquired by Standard Oil of New Jersey (Exxon's predecessor) and became its major domestic production subsidiary — operating as Humble Oil & Refining until renaming as Exxon USA.
American political strategist — Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush — 'Bush's Brain' — architect of Bush's 2000 and 2004 presidential victories — who built the most sophisticated Republican political operation of his era.
Last principal chief of the Quahadi Comanche — son of war chief Peta Nocona and white captive Cynthia Ann Parker — who led Comanche resistance, survived defeat, and then navigated reservation life with remarkable political skill — becoming a successful rancher and advocate for his people.
American journalist and historian — author of Empire of the Summer Moon (on the Comanche and Quanah Parker) and Rebel Yell (on Stonewall Jackson) — Texas Monthly senior editor — the most readable popular historian of the American West and Civil War.
American military historian and Texas historian who wrote Lone Star: A History of Texas and Texans and This Kind of War (Korean War history) — considered the definitive popular historian of Texas.
Republican Senator from Texas (2013–) — former Texas Solicitor General — Harvard Law Review editor — who argued multiple cases before the Supreme Court — 2016 Republican presidential candidate (lost to Trump) — the most constitutionally literate Senator in recent memory.
American oil and gas entrepreneur — founder and president of Chief Oil & Gas — a significant Texas-based independent oil producer — not the Diana bodyguard of the same name.
A companion volume to Bryan Burrough's Texas oil history — focusing specifically on the independent wildcatters who drilled speculative oil wells outside the major companies' established fields — and the personality type that made them successful.