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100 1  Harrigan, Stephen,|d1948-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       names/n79107140|eauthor. 
245 10 Big wonderful thing :|ba history of Texas /|cStephen 
       Harrigan. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 Austin, TX :|bUniversity of Texas Press,|c[2019] 
264  4 |c©2019 
300    1 online resource (944 pages). 
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490 1  The Texas bookshelf 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Castaways -- Golden cities -- "Woe to us" -- The lady in 
       blue -- Voyageurs -- God's work -- Filibusters -- "God 
       speed ye" -- The Texas dream -- The consequence of failure
       -- Come and take it -- "The Alamo is ours!" -- Vengeance -
       - Aftermath -- Spartan spirit -- "Savage ware fare" -- The
       broken flagpole -- Los diablos tejanos -- The crisis of 
       the crisis -- Robbers and lawyers -- Warriors and refugees
       -- "I will never do it" -- "With throbbing hearts" -- 
       Reconstructed -- The end of Comancheria -- Fenced in -- 
       The "peril" of legislation -- Bipedal brutes -- Scorpions 
       and horny toads -- A thousand little devils -- Gushers -- 
       Light coming on the plains -- Sediciosos -- Pa -- War at 
       home and abroad -- The blacksnake whip -- Music and mayhem
       -- The boy from the hill country -- Centennial -- 
       Passionate ones -- Texans at war again -- The show of 
       shows -- A new Texas -- Ye shall know the truth -- The 
       lord takes a sleeping pill -- Giant -- A gamblin' man -- 
       Welcome Mr. Kennedy -- "El deguello" reprise -- The voice 
       of god -- The tower -- Vigil on the pedernales -- A side 
       to belong to -- Don't be so self-righteous -- Baptism of 
       fire -- Texans versus Texans -- Epilogue. Davy Crockett's 
       fairy palace. 
520    A tour de force by a New York Times best-selling author 
       and master storyteller who captures the rich history of a 
       state that sits at the center of the nation, yet defiantly
       stands apart. 
588 0  Print version record. 
590    eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic 
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650  7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/958235 
651  0 Texas|xHistory.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/
       sh85134261 
651  7 Texas.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1210336 
655  4 Electronic books. 
655  7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aHarrigan, Stephen.|tBig Wonderful Thing 
       : A History of Texas.|dAustin : University of Texas Press,
       ©2019|z9780292759510 
800 1  Harrigan, Stephen,|d1948-|tTexas bookshelf. 
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       restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, 
       and staff. 
856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading the EBSCO version 
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