A Controversial San Jacinto Book

Written By Michelle M Haas

MIchelle talks with Dr. Stephen Hardin about editing and annotating a controversial Texas history pamphlet: Robert M. Coleman's Houston Displayed, 1837. This was the publication that kicked off a wave of anti-Houston sentiment that divides Texans to this day. Was it Houston's tactical genius that won the Battle of San Jacinto? Coleman was there and said no.

Dr. Hardin's annotated edition of Houston Displayed (shown in this video) is available from the publisher here: https://smu.nbsstore.net/houston-displayed-or-who-won-the-battle-of-san-jacinto

If you're interested in starting your own book collecting journey, Basic Texas Books is still in print and available from the publisher: https://www.legacyoftexas.com/product/basic-texas-books-an-annotated-bibliography-of-selected-works-for-a-research-library-revised-edition

Michelle M Haas

Chairman, Texas History Trust.
Lead designer, managing editor and researcher at Copano Bay Press.
Native of the Texas Coastal Plains.

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