"'Texas' is not literature in the classical sense, it is 'trotting' journalism, history in a hurry. Admittedly, the history of the Lone Star State cries out for condensation - for all except true-blue Texans who can't get enough of it - but Mr. Michener has bitten off too much. People of various cultures and colors have been running around down there brawling and killing each other under one pretext or another since at least the 16th century, when our recorded knowledge of what is now known as Texas begins. Texans like to brag that their state has existed under six flags - those of Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Confederacy and the United States. That's an awful lot of colorful characters to cram into one book, even a book as thick as this one."
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