James Ferdinand McCan: Painting a Historical Portrait of Texas, 1895-1925 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780578997711)

M. M. McAllen, Director of Humanities at the Witte Museum is the Curator of the Spring 2021 McCan art exhibition and author of the accompanying book. McAllen was raised on a storied South Texas ranch. Her previous three books include the award-winning and best-selling I Would Rather Sleep in Texas (2003); A Brave Boy and a Good Soldier: John C. C. Hill and the Texas Expedition to Mier (2006); and Maximilian and Carlota: Europe's Last Empire in Mexico (2014). She has appeared on the PBS series History Detectives and contributed to Henry Louis Gate's Faces of America. After earning her M.A. in history, she taught as an adjunct professor of history at the University of Texas at San Antonio and recently served as president of the Texas State Historical Association.