Flames and Vengeance: The East Texas Fires and the Presidential Election of 1860

by David Stroud

Describes how the fires in East Texas in the summer of 1860 changed the course of American history.

121 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Cathy Hooper · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mr. Stroud must have been a compelling history teacher. I read this book as research on the burning of Henderson, Texas on 8/5/1860. While the fire was covered, there so much more in the book about the political situation of the time and all that led up to Lincoln’s election and of to the Civil War. If you think politics are wild now….