TCU Press, in cooperation with the Center for Texas Studies at TCU, will be publishing the TCU Texas Biography Series. The series is designed to encourage modern, scholarly biographies of notable Texas figures who have not received the attention their lives or contributions merit. While intended to be scholarly, the books will also be written so as to be accessible to the general public with an interest in Texas history.

Four titles will inaugurate the series: Adina de Zavala: Pioneer Preservationist by Richard Bruce Winders; Emily Austin: Sister to an Empire by Light T. Cummins; Edmund J. Davis: Civil War General, Radical Republican, Governor of Texas, by Carl H. Moneyhon; and John S. “Rip” Ford: Fighting for Texas, by Richard B. McCaslin.

This series is made possible by a generous grant from the Houston Endowment, which provides a research stipend for authors whose proposals are accepted by the series editors and the TCU Press Editorial Board. For guidelines and further information contact series editor Gregg Cantrell, Erma and Ralph Lowe Professor of History, TCU Box 297260, Fort Worth, Texas 76129 (g.Cantrell@tcu.edu).