Theodore Reed "T. R." Fehrenbach, Jr. (January 12, 1925 – December 1, 2013) was an American historian, columnist, and the former head of the Texas Historical Commission (1987-1991).T.R. Fehrenbach Book Award
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. and wrote more than twenty books, including the bestseller ''Lone Star: A History of Texas and Texans'' and ''This Kind of War'', about the Korean War. Senator

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called this book “perhaps the best book ever written on the Korean War”. Secretary of Defense

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said “There’s a reason I recommended T.R. Fehrenbach’s book...that we all pull it out and read it one more time.” Although he served as a U.S. Army officer during the Korean War, his own service is not mentioned in the book. Fehrenbach also wrote for ''

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'', '' The Atlantic'', '' The Saturday Evening Post'', and '' The New Republic''. He wrote popular histories of Texas, Mexico, and the Comanche people. For almost 30 years, he wrote a weekly column on Sundays for the ''

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''. On August 23, 2013, T.R. Fehrenbach announced that he would retire from writing columns because of declining health. T.R. Fehrenbach died of a congenital heart defect at Northeast Baptist Hospital in San Antonio on December 1, 2013.

Selected bibliography

*''U. S. Marines In Action'', 1962, . Republished in 2000, *''This Kind of War: A Study In Unpreparedness'' 1963, . Republished in 1998 as ''This Kind Of War: The Classic Korean War History'' , *''Crossroads in Korea, the Historic Siege of Chipyong-Ni'', 1966, *''The Gnomes of Zurich'', 1966, *''The Swiss Banks'', 1966, *''This Kind Of Peace'', 1966, *''FDR's Undeclared War, 1939–1941'', 1967, *''Greatness to Spare: The Heroic Sacrifices of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence'', 1968, . Republished in 2000, *''The Fight for Korea: from the War of 1950 to the Pueblo Incident'', 1969, *''The United Nations in war and peace'', 1968, *''Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans'', 1968, . Republished in 2000, , *''Fire And Blood: A History Of Mexico'', 1973, . Republished in 1995, , *''Comanches: The Destruction of a People'', 1974, . Republished in 2003 as ''Comanches: The History of a People'', , *''Seven Keys To Texas'', 1983, , *''Texas: A Salute from Above'', 1985, , ''Sources for book publication data: United States Library of Congress, Amazon.com.''

T. R. Fehrenbach Award

The Texas Historical Commission gives this award to recognize books about Texas history and pre-history. The award is given annually.

References

Sources

*Fehrenbach, T. R., ''Comanches: The Destruction of a People'', Knopf, New York, 1974

External links

Interview with T. R. Fehrenbach, May 30, 2001. University of Texas at San Antonio: Institute of Texan Cultures: Oral History Collection, UA 15.01, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.
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