he suffered from respiratory arrest and spent five days on life support, prompting him to substantially curtail his activities, and ultimately leading to his retirement in February 2012. He died at a hospice in Olmito, Texas on September 18, 2012. A High Church Episcopalian, he was known for his strong religious views. Bibliography Frontier Forts of Texas The Frontier World of Fort Griffin: The Life and Death of a Western Town Bad Hand: A Biography of General Ranald S. Mackenzie The Court Martial of Lieutenant Henry Flipper The Buffalo Hunters A Good Year to Die: The Story of the Great Sioux War Shark of the Confederacy: The Story of the CSS Alabama The Indian Trial: The Complete Story of the Warren Wagon Train Massacre and the Fall of the Kiowa Nation Satanta: The Life and Death of a War Chief Hurricane of Fire: The Union Assault on Fort Fisher The Men Who Wear the Star: The Story of the Texas Rangers General Crook and the Western Frontier The Diary of John Gregory Bourke, Vol. 1, 1872–1876 The Diary of John Gregory Bourke, Vol. 2, 1876–1878 The Diary of John Gregory Bourke, Vol. 3, 1878–1880 The Diary of John Gregory Bourke, Vol. 4, 1880–1881 The Plains Wars, 1758–1900 The Spanish Invasion of Mexico, 1519–1521 Texas and the Mexican War: A History and a Guide. The Western Lawman, 1850–1930 With John Pohl. Aztecs and Conquistadores: The Spanish Invasion and the Collapse of the Aztec Empire Roadside History of Louisiana The Fall of a Black Army Officer: Racism and the Myth of Henry O. Flipper. References External links 1949 births 2012 deaths American illustrators People from Harlingen, Texas St. Edward's University alumni University of Texas–Pan American alumni Writers from Texas 20th-century American Episcopalians