Lone Stars Rising

The Fifty People Who Turned Texas Into the Fastest-Growing, Most Exciting, and, Sometimes, Most Exasperating State in the Country

Editors of Texas Monthly

• Publisher: Harper Wave
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9780063068612
• eBook ISBN: 9780063068636
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Political Biographies
• Index: History

In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Texas Monthly, a collection of original essays and portraits of fifty groundbreaking Texans who have shaped the Lone Star State—and the nation—over the past half century.

With a population of twenty-nine million, Texas has birthed some of America’s most innovative, culture-altering politicians, entertainers, athletes, and activists of the last five decades. In Lone Stars Rising, the editors of Texas Monthly select fifty of the most trailblazing Texans who have shaped the Lone Star State and America today.

Organized by decade and featuring essays from the magazine’s legendary roster of contributors, accompanied by drawings and fifty photographs throughout, this collection includes incisive commentary on the stars whose rise from Texas to the world stage has been meteoric, as well as the lesser-known individuals who have been toiling on the sidelines, quietly and intentionally shaping the way we think and talk about the Texas that exists today.

Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of Texas Monthly, Lone Stars Rising is the quintessential ode to the Lone Star State in all its complexity.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Foreword by Dan Goodgame
• Introduction by Stephen Harrigan
• The 1970s
• The 1980s
• The 1990s
• The 2000s
• The 2010s
• The 2020s and Beyond
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors
• About the Author
• Also by the Editors of Texas Monthly
• Copyright
• About the Publisher