Used. Hardcover. If you think Texas history is all tumbleweeds and tall tales, T. R. Fehrenbach’s sweeping chronicle of San Antonio will set your spurs straight. This definitive volume traces the sprawling, sun-baked evolution of the Alamo City from a strategic Spanish mission outpost into a vibrant cultural crossroads. Fehrenbach writes with a muscular prose that captures the grit, glamour, and profound gravity of the frontier without ever getting bogged down in dry dates.