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  • Gone to Texas

  • A History of the Lone Star State
  • By: Randolph B. Campbell
  • Narrated by: Jacob Sommer
  • Length: 28 hrs and 21 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (141 ratings)

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Gone to Texas

By: Randolph B. Campbell
Narrated by: Jacob Sommer
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Gone to Texas engagingly tells the story of the Lone Star State, from the arrival of humans in the Panhandle more than 10,000 years ago to the opening of the 21st Century. Focusing on the state's successive waves of immigrants, the audiobook offers an inclusive view of the vast array of Texans who, often in conflict with each other and always in a struggle with the land, created a history and an idea of Texas.

©2003 Randolph B. Campbell (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
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  • Categories: History
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Great book, Good information, so so narrator

As a third generation Texan who grew up in Corpus Christi, I enjoyed this book. I learned a lot. The narrator was easy to understand, but he needed to talk with a Texas history teacher in Texas to learn how to pronounce some things Texas. When he mentioned the Karen-Kawa Indians I had no idea what he was talking about until he mentioned they were on the Gulf coast, then I realized he was talking about the Karankawa Indians. Anahuac was butchered also. Oh well, I'll get over it.

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Full history, but should have been produced better

The problems will really only bother Texans.
The reader was clearly professional, but mispronounced numerous place and peoples names throughout.
Worst offender: mentioning the Kiowa Indian tribe. The reader says Key-o-wah, when it should sound like Ky-o-wah.
Jim Bowie's last name should sound like "buoy", but was read with the more common "bo-ee"
There are too many more to name.

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Read Michener instead.

I adore Texas history! I've lived in Texas off and on for many years and the people and the state really speak to me. This book, however, does not. It's well researched and contains some interesting material but the writing just doesn't shine...and with this topic it needs to. James Michener's "Texas" which, albeit, is historical fiction, will really give you a much better idea of Texas and Texans. I recommend Michener over this.

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Annoying mispronunciation

great book, but reader diminishes the work with his repeated mispronunciation of Spanish names and common Texas placemanes. Clearly not a Texan and clearly did not bother to try. Spanish does not have long vowels, but does with this guy. Texans will cringe every time the reader says Seguin, Bastrop or trips over a Spanish name.

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Good Book... Until the end

I really enjoyed the vast majority of this book.

Once we get to the last chapter however, it begins to fall apart and the author starts to show hi true colors.

DISSAPPOINTED.

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You gotta get a Texan narrator

The book was great and the narration was good except the narrator didn't properly pronounce the names of many texas names. Bexar= bayhar. Mexia= mahaya. Uvalde= youvaldee. There were others that I can't remember but those stuck out. It is such a Texan thing to have weird pronunciations but someone narrating a Texas book who presumably conferred with the author should know how these things are pronounced in the.. Texan language? I was really confused for about 3/4 of the book thinking to myself, "Now where the hell is bear county?" (His pronunciation of Bexar) Another example of Texans doing things however they damn well please I guess. Other than that I highly recommend this comprehensive and enjoyable book to everyone

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Really enjoyed this book!

Too many misspronunciatios of sir names and places.

Very well written and researched. Kudos to the author!

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Enjoyable

Like other Texans stated, it would be preferable if the narrator was more familiar with the Texas pronunciation of places.

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Well Researched and Interesting

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Only if they loved history. It is a well written book on history.

What other book might you compare Gone to Texas to and why?

Guns, Germs, and Steel comes to mind. This is better done, but comparable.

What about Jacob Sommer’s performance did you like?

He is steady

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

A don't miss documentary

Any additional comments?

A solid well done bit of history

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bad narrator, fantastic story

The narrator struggled with words that should have been obvious. A great in-depth story though.

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