I am extrememly excited to tell you that we have gotten one of the most sought after speakers on the Texas Revolution to come for a 2 night event in September! He has written 8 books, and just had a new one come out this year. We will have books available to purchase and he will be signing books both nights. Tickets are available at
http://www.icehousemuseum.org/dr-hardin
Dr. Hardin is the featured speaker on many of the Texas Revolution videos at the Texas Historical Commission and The Alamo and Battle of San Jacinto websites and he has won many prestigious awards. Don't miss this opportunity to meet him and hear him speak--AND get an advance viewing of the East Texas in the Texas Revolution Exhibit at the Ice house Musuem! He will speak on these topics:
September 25, 6PM "The Runaway Scrape"
September 26, 6PM "The Texas Revolution in East Texas"
About Dr Hardin:
Stephen L. Hardin, PhD
Stephen L. Hardin is an emeritus professor of history at McMurry
University in Abilene, Texas. He is the author of The Texas Rangers (1991), the Summerfield G. Roberts Award-winning Texian Iliad: A Military History of the Texas Revolution (1994), The Alamo 1836: Santa Anna’s Texas Campaign (2001), Texian Macabre: The Melancholy Tale of a Hanging in Early Houston (2007), and Lust for Glory: An Epic Saga of Early Texas and the Sacrifice That Defined a Nation (2018), which was honored with Dr. Hardin’s second
Summerfield G. Roberts Award. Additionally, he is the editor of Lone Star: The Republic of Texas, 1836-1846 (1998) and is the author of more than a dozen scholarly articles enjoyed by readers on both sides of the Atlantic. Texian Iliad achieved distinction as a “Basic Texas Book” when bibliophile Mike Cox included it in More Basic Texas Books. In 2021, Hardin received his third Summerfield G. Roberts Award for his editing of Robert M. Coleman’s Houston Displayed; Or, Who Won the Battle of San Jacinto. He is one of only two people to have won this prestigious award three times. His
most recent book is Texian Exodus: The Runaway Scrape and its Enduring Legacy (2024).
Hardin has served as an on-air commentator, appearing on such varied venues as the A&E Network, the History Channel, and NBC’s TODAY show. Most recently, he appeared on the Fox News series, “Legends & Lies.” Distinguished for his readable style and accessible approach to history, Dr. Hardin is an inductee of the Texas Institute of Letters, an admiral in theTexas Navy, a member of Western Writers of America, a Life Member and Fellow of the Texas State Historical Association, and acted as historical advisor for the John Lee Hancock film “The Alamo” (2004).
Dr. Hardin lives in Kerrville, Texas, with his wife, Deborah.
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