Empire Builder in the Texas Panhandle

Paul H. Carlson is a professor of history at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, and a fellow of the Texas State Historical Association. He has written many articles and several books on West Texas history, Including one on cavalry soldier William R. Shafter and one on the Plains Indians, both published by Texas A&M University Press.

".... Carlson's book is a fine addition to histories of the Panhandle, and his writings about the region belong with those of some of the older historians and luminaries of West Texas...." - Southwestern American Literature "Paul Carlson's biography of W.H. Bush is a welcome addition to the historical literature detailing the economic, social, and cultural development of the Texas Panhandle and Amarillo in particular." - Southwestern Historical Quarterly"