Warrior's Bride by Nina Bruhns

Warrior's Bride by Nina Bruhns

They came, they saw, they liked it, Stanley Marcus recalls of 1936 - the year the rest of America discovered Texas. That year, in the midst of the nation's depression, the Lone Star State extravagantly celebrated the centennial of its independence from Mexico with fervor, fanfare, and hoop-la. Spawned by pride, patriotism, and a large measure of economic self-interest, the 1936 centennial observances marked a high tide of ethnocentrism in Texas and etched a new image of the state.

In 1923 the Advertising Clubs of Texas launched the centennial movement to advertise the state nationally and stimulate tourism and outside investment in the Texas economy. The Texas legislature, responding to a groundswell of patriotism, appropriated $3 million in centennial funding, which the federal government subsequently matched. The state legislature provided for both local celebrations (some 250) and a central exposition. Regional museums, historical restorations, and a statewide historical marker program permanently commemorated the event.

The focal point of the celebration was the Central Exposition-a World's Fair-held in Dallas. When Fort Worth staged an unofficial, competing exposition, the slogan was born: Go to Dallas for Education; Come to Fort Worth for Entertainment. Live radio broadcasts, architectural innovations, industrial progress, and Texas history were showcased in Dallas; Billy Rose's spectacular Frontier Exposition with Sally Rand and the Casa Manana promoted Fort Worth.

By the end of the centennial year, America had learned where-and to an extend, what-Texas was. The Lone Star State would never be the same.

Nina Bruhns credits her gypsy great-grandfather for her great love of adventure. She has lived and traveled all over the world, including a six-year stint in Sweden. She has two graduate degrees in archaeology (with a specialty in Egyptology), and like her idol Indiana Jones, has been on scientific expeditions from California to Spain to Egypt and the Sudan.

All this has been great fodder for her books. Currently an author for Berkley, Silhouette Nocturne and Silhouette Romantic Suspense, Nina's many adventures give her stories a colorful dimension and allow her to create vivid settings and characters that are out of the ordinary. She has earned two RITA nominations, and has won numerous other awards for her published books, including the prestigious National Readers Choice Award, three Daphne du Maurier Awards of Excellence for Overall Best Romantic Suspense of the year, five Dorothy Parker Awards, several RT BookClub Reviewers Awards, as well as having her books named Best Series Book of the Year by more than one online review site.

A native of Canada, Nina grew up in California and currently resides in beautiful Charleston, South Carolina, with her husband and three children.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780373271504
ISBN 10	0373271506
Title	Warrior's Bride
Author	Nina Bruhns
Series	Sensation S
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2002-05-17
Number of pages	249
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.