Texas Author:James A Michener In this magnificent historical novel, Michener skillfully combines fact & fiction to present our richest, most expansive & most diversified state. Spanning 4 1/2 centuries, this sage of Texas begins in the early 1500s, when the first Spaniards-Cabeza de Vaca & Francisoc Vasques de Coronado-explore parts of it, and ends with its present-day emine... more »nce as one of our most powerful states, second only to Alaska in size, second to none in natural wealth & human enterprise.« less