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Index A Abilene Road, 177–78 abortion, 263–64 Abrams, Mrs. Harold, 256 Acosta, Teresa, book rev. by, 107–8 Adams, Carlton, 243 Adelsverein society, book about rev, 450–51 advertising: for the Central Centennial Exposition, 230–37; racial stereotypes in, 342 African Americans: baseball and, books about rev., 343– 45; birth control access and, 265–66; as Civil War soldiers, book about rev., 98–99; as defense workers during WWII, book about rev., 462–63; former slaves and the justice system, book about rev., 101–2; freedmen communities , book about rev., 103–4; lynchings and, 130–31; NAACP and civil rights, book about rev., 206–7; the plays of Naomi Mitchell Carrier, book rev., 342–43; political activism in Texas, book about rev., 208–9; railroads and, book about rev., 341–42; as represented in art, 246; WWI service and, book about rev., 458–59 agriculture: farm worker’s movement and, book about rev., 349–50; slavery and, books about rev., 450–51; water rights and, book rev., 215–16. See also ranching Agua Caliente casino and resort, book about rev., 460–61 Alabama: constitutional convention of the Southern Confederacy at Montgomery, 357–58, 360, 362; Secession Commissioner to Texas from, 355–62, 374 Alamo, the: artillery used at, 380, 384–85; howitzer pictured , 378; Davy Crockett at, book about rev., 449–50; Harper’s Weekly illus. pictured, 20; “last stand” myth, book about rev., 330–32; Pedro Ampudia’s account of siege, 379–86; Sleuthing the Alamo, Spanish edition noted, 77; as symbol of Texan identity, 22, 26; pictured, 20, 24 The Alamo Reader, 380–81 Alexander, Bob, book by rev., 100–101 Allen, Roy N., 146 All for One and One for All: A Celebration of 75 Years of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), noted, 194 Allred, James, 232, 233 Almonte, Juan N.: at Battle of San Jacinto, 395, 399, 402, 403–4, 406, 413, 415, 418, 420; diary account of siege at the Alamo, 382n19, 384, 385 Alter, Thomas E. II, book rev. by, 453–54 Amador, Juan Valentín, 383, 385 Amen, George, 146 American Birth Control League (ABCL), 255, 259, 261, 266, 271, 273, 274–77, 280 American Revolution, Confederacy and symbolic use of the, 31–32 Américo Paredes: In His Own Words, an Authorized Biography , rev., 347–48 Ampudia, Pedro, first-person account of siege of the Alamo, 379–86 An Artist in Treason: The Extraordinary Double Life of General James Wilkinson, rev., 448–49 Anderson, Jahue, book rev. by, 105–6 Anderson, John R. “Rich,” 288 And Grace Will Lead Me Home: African American Freedmen Communities of Austin, Texas, 1865–1928, rev., 103–4 Andrews, Gregg, 352 Angelo State University, fellowships at, 186–87 Apostles of Disunion, 356 Apparent Danger: The Pastor of America’s First Megachurch and the Texas Murder Trial of the Decade in the 1920s, noted, 295 archeology: and the Battle of San Jacinto, 394–95, 428; call for papers, Texas Archeological Society, 68–69; at Goliad, book about rev., 94–95 architecture: Agua Caliente resort, book about rev., 460– 61; of the Central Centennial Exposition, 226–27, 237, 243–45, 248; conference on historic homes, 74; of Houston , book about rev., 440–41; obelisk at San Jacinto, 393; prehistoric monuments at Chaco Canyon, 446 Arenal, “Manuel” (Ygnacio), 382–84 Arizona: captivity narratives in, book about rev., 214–15; ethnic identity in, book about rev., 104–5 Arthur, Ervin, 130–31 Arthur, Herman, 130–31 arts and artists: women artists and the Central Centennial Exposition, 237–51. See also photography Atchison, Alan C., 93–94; book rev. by, 333–45 atomic energy: Oppenheimer and, book about rev., 220– 21. See also nuclear weapons Austin: book about noted, 318– 19; freedmen communities in, book about rev., 103–4 Austin, Dorothy, 237, 245–47 Austin, Emily, book about rev., 96–97 Austin, Stephen F., as empresario, 405, 407 Autrey, Bryan P., 143 B Bakken, Gordon Morris, book with foreword by rev., 83–84 Ball, Gregory W., article by, 137–40; book rev. by, 458–59 baseball, books about rev., 93–94, 343–45 battles or battlefields. See specific battle sites Baum, Dale, book by rev., 101–2...