Synopses & Reviews
This history of the Sooner State, written with wit and finesse by award-winning scholars, is guaranteed to hold the readerand#8217;s interest.
Synopsis
From the tectonic formation of Oklahoma's varied landscape to the recovery and renewal following the Oklahoma City bombing, this readable book includes both the well-known and the not-so-familiar of the state's people, events, and places. W. David Baird and Danney Goble offer fresh perspectives on such widely recognized history makers as Sequoyah, the 1889 Land Run, and the Glenn Pool oil strike. But they also give due attention to Black Seminole John Horse, Tulsa's Greenwood District, Coach Bertha Frank Teague's 40-year winning streak with the Byng Lady Pirates, and other lesser-known but equally important milestones. The result is a rousing, often surprising, and ever-fascinating story.
About the Author
W. David Baird is Dean of Seaver College and Howard A. White Professor of History at Pepperdine University, Malibu, California. He is the author of The Quapaws (Chelsea House, 1989),and#160; and The Story of Oklahoma (OU Press, 2nd ed. revised, 2013).
Danney Goble (1946andndash;2007) was Professor of Letters at the University of Oklahoma and the award-winning author or coauthor of eight books about Oklahoma and Oklahomans.