East Texas Historical Association

Best Book on East Texas History

Nominations may be made by an author or publisher, and should include the title of the book, the author (with biographical data), and a statement about the book, accompanied by three copies of the book. The award will be a sculpture designed by Paula Kurth Devereaux.

All nominations must be submitted BEFORE May 1 of each year. Click here for the electronic form or here for the nomination form (pdf). Completed nominations should be mailed to:

Ottis Lock Endowment Committee
East Texas Historical Association
Box 6223, SFA Station
Nacogdoches, TX 75962-6223

Past Winners

Year	Recipient	Title of Book/Publisher
1985	Joe C. Truett & Daniel W. Lay	Land of Bears & Honey: A Natural History of East Texas University of Texas Press
1986	Thad Sitton & James Conrad	Every Sun That Rises: Wyatt Moore of Caddo Lake University of Texas Press
1987	Elizabeth Silverthorne	Plantation Life in Texas Texas A & M University Press
1988	Kenneth B. Ragsdale	The Year America Discovered Texas: Centennial'36 Texas A & M University Press
1989	Bob Bowman Donald R. Walker	35 Best Ghost Towns of East Texas Best of East Texas Publishers Penology For Profit: A History of the Texas Prison System Texas A & M University Press
1990	Robert W. McDaniel & Henry C. Dethloff	Pattillo Higgins & the Search for Texas Oil Texas A & M University Press
	Randolph B. Campbell	An Empire for Slavery: The Peculiar Institution in Texas 1821-1865 Louisiana State University Press
1991	Harold M. Hyman	Oleander Odyssey: The Kempners of Galveston, Tx, 1854-1980s Texas A & M University Press
1992	Marguerite Johnston	Houston: The Unknown City, 1836-1946 Texas A & M University Press
1993	Madge Thornall Roberts	Star of Destiny: The Private Life of Sam & Margaret Houston University of North Texas Press
	Paul Lack	The Texas Revolutionary Experience: A Political & Social History 1835-1836 Texas A & M University Press
1994	Douglas Hale	The Third Texas Calvary in the Civil War University of Oklahoma Press
1995	W. T. Block	East Texas Mill Towns & Ghost Towns Best of East Texas Publishers
	Patricia S. Prather & Jane C. Monday	From Slavery to Statesman: The Legacy of Joshua Houston, Servant to Sam Houston University of North Texas Press
1996	F. Todd Smith	The Caddo Indians Tribes at the Convergence of Empires 1542-1854 Texas A & M University Press
	Thad Sitton	BACKWOODSMEN: Stockmen and Hunters along a Big Thicket River Valley University of Oklahoma Press
1997	Carol Morris Little	A Comprehensive Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in Texas University of Texas Press
	Ellen Beasley	The Alleys and Backbuildings of Galveston Texas A & M University Press
1998	Jerry Bryan Lincecum Edward Hake Phillips & Peggy A. Redshaw	Science on the Texas Frontier: Observations of Dr. Gideon Lincecum Texas A & M University Press
	Elizabeth Hayes Turner	Women, Culture & Community Oxford University Press
	Jonathan Hook (Hon Men)	The Alabama-Coushatta Indians Texas A & M University Press
1999	M. Jane Johansson	Peculiar Honor: A History of the 28th Texas Cavalary, 1862-1865 University of Arkansas Press
2000	George Dawson, Sr. & Richard Glaubma	Life Is So Good Random House
2001	Betje Black Klier	Pavie in the Borderlands: The Journey of Théodore Pavie To Louisiana and Texas, 1829-1830 Including Portions of His Souvenirs Atlantiques Louisiana State University Press
	Gregg Cantrell	Stephen F. Austin: Empresario Of Texas Yale University Press
2002	Robert Mayberry, Jr.	Texas Flags Texas A & M University Press
2003	Bob Bowman, Doris Bowman, and Edward Barrett	The Mystery of Lady Bountiful Best of East Texas Publishers
	Jo Ann Stiles, Judith Linsley, and Ellen Rienstra	Giant Under the Hill: A History of the Spindletop Oil Discovery in Beaumont, Texas, in 1901 Texas State Historical Association
	Caleb Pirtle II and Terry Stembridge	Echoes From Forgotten Streets: Memories of Kilgore, Texas: The Oil Capital of America Dockery House Publishing
2004	Helen G. Green	East Texas Daughter Texas Christian University Press
2005	Ricky F. Dobbs	Yellow Dogs and Republicans: Allan Shivers and Texas Two-Party Politics Texas A&M University Press
2006	Charles H. Russell	Undaunted: A Norwegian Woman in Frontier Texas Texas A&M University Press
2007	Thad Sitton / James H. Conrad	Independent Black Texans In The Time of Jim Crow University of Texas Press, Austin , TX
2007	Jack K. Selden	Return: The Parker Story Clacton Press
2008	James Smallwood	The Feud That Wasn't Texas A&M University Press, College Station , TX
2009	Kyle G. Wilkison	Yeomen, Sharecroppers, and Socialists: Plain Folk Protest in Texas, 1870 – 1914” from Texas A&M University Press