Paul N. Spellman is Professor of History at Wharton County Junior College in Richmond, Texas. A popular speaker on Texas History around the state, Spellman has published six other works, including SPINDLETOP BOOM DAYS on the early oil industry, OLD 300: GONE TO TEXAS, the story of the early settlements in Texas, and Texas Ranger biographies of Captain John H. Rogers and Captain J. A. Brooks.