Charles M. Robinson III

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Charles M. Robinson III (born May 25, 1949) is an American author and illustrator. Robinson was born in Harlingen,Texas and is a graduate of St. Edward's University and the University of Texas–Pan American. He currently lives in San Benito, Texas. He written several books that deal with the Old West, as well as the American Civil War and the Conquest of Mexico. He has also written magazine articles on seafaring, sailing, hunting, guns, and antique automobiles. In 1993 he was awarded the T. R. Fehrenbach Book Award. He is a history instructor with South Texas College in McAllen, Texas. He was married to Perla M. Torres from 1974 until her death in 2004. Robinson was a chain smoker for more than forty years, and in March 2008, his right lung was removed because of cancer.

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• 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 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