Texas Takes Shape

$45.00

Texas Takes Shape: A History in Maps

From the General Land Office

By Mark Lambert, James Harkins, Brian A. Stauffer and Patrick Welsh

This handsome coffee table-style book is a perfect addition to your Texas library. Or it makes a great gift!

The Texas General Land Office and the University of Texas Press have produced a remarkable book that collectors, historians, and map enthusiasts will especially appreciate. Reasonably priced at $45, this book is a hefty 360-page full-color coffee table book.

The book, which includes more than 100 maps from the GLO’s collection of more than 45,000 maps, is divided into two sections – Defining Texas and Developing Texas – with several chapters in each section.

The first section covers the shaping of Texas from prehistoric times through statehood, while the second section deals with the expanding frontier, military maps, the railroad system, and the urbanization of Texas.

The four authors are with the land office, and Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham contributes a foreword.

Measures 11×12″ and includes full-color maps.