Now available in paperback Winner of the T. R. Fehrenbach Book Award

." . . a lushly illustrated record of the banners that have united and galvanized the citizens of the Lone Star State."--Publishers Weekly



." . . exemplifies both the achievements and the limitations of this new field of research. His book . . . superbly documents the unique role that the Lone Star State has played in American flag culture, from the Texas Republic's adoption of its now-famous banner in the late 1830s through the period of the Confederacy and the Lost Cause."--Journal of Southern History