Introduction to a people
The adventurers : conquistadors and the search for freedom
The soldiers : Jews in the battles for Texas independence
The colonizers : opening Texas's lands west
The statesmen : constructing a republic and a nation
The ranchers : giants of Texas's great cattle herds
The financiers : new frontiers in banking
The wildcatters : from pipes to oil leases
The humanitarian : Galveston and the gateway immigration movement
The great merchants : some called them princes
The significant merchants : laying the economic foundation for Texas's future
The educators : the Paul Reveres of education
The artists : vanguards in the arts
The doctors and other healers : from the Alamo to the Nobel Prize
The lawyers : justice for all.