Bill O'Neal is State Historian of Texas and the author of more than thirty books, including The Johnson-Sims Feud, The Johnson County War (2005 NOLA Book of the Year), Historic Ranches of the Old West, Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters, and Cheyenne, 1867-1903. He is retired from teaching at Panola College.
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"The Texas Regulators vs. Moderators was the largest blood feud in the Old West. . . . The writing is smooth and compact, drawing the reader on as if you are turning the pages of an exciting adventure novel."--Chronicle of the Old West "O'Neal . . . weaves a masterful tale of death and violence in an oft-overlooked section and period of the republic. He provides context for the violence in Shelby and Harrison Counties, showing the historical uses of regulating and blood feuds in American and, more specifically, southern history."--Journal of Southern History "O'Neal crafts a masterful story of the deadliest feud in Texas history. . . . War in East Texas is a crucial addition to any student of Texana or frontier violence."--The Tombstone Epitaph ""Reading with all the riveting intensity of a western novel, War in East Texas is impressively researched, written, organized and presented, making it an essential and core addition to personal reading lists."--Midwest Book Review "O'Neal has done a very good job of keeping track of the many people who were involved in the complicated series of events of the Regulator-Moderator War. He has also explained the part played by Sam Houston and the Texas Militia in quelling this feud."--Donaly E. Brice, author of The Great Comanche Raid and coauthor of The Governor's Hounds: The Texas State Police, 1870-1873