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Today in the Republic of Texas by Hal Kopel, 978-0872440715. Texas History written by Hal Kopel, in the present tense - as if these events had just happened. Hal was a freelance writer and newspaper columnist, and a writer-producer of documentary films. For nine years the Republic of Texas stood alone as a new nation against overwhelming odds. Hostile Indians, invading Mexican armies and a disinterested neighboring United States, threatened its very existence. By the time annexation came in 1845, Texas has achieved some financial stability and recognition by four European nations. Hal Kopel has taken these turbulent times and presented them to the reader as if being reported for a newspaper of the day. Beginning in late 1835 with the Texian capture of the Alamo, the author gives the important events up to the annexation ceremony held Feburary 19, 1846. These "news reports" allow the reader to witness the saga of Texas history as it unfolds during this period. Many quotations throughout