Instruct: Classify the given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Not Your High School Texas History Reader

This was one of several books required for my pre-statehood Texas history class at the University of Texas back in the mid '90s. The first day of class, my professor asked, "Who here took a Texas history class while in middle school or high school?" Most of the students' hands went up. He then asked, "Who here referred to your teacher as 'Coach'?" Most of the hands stayed up. His point was pretty clear--most of those that promulgate the watered-down, incomplete version of Texas history to most Texans are not well equipped to question its validity. Long's book paints a more complete, well referenced picture of the motives of the rebels and the factors that led to the rebellion. It also provides a satisfactory summary of the international political context in which the rebellion took place. The book is an interesting, easy read, and quite entertaining...so much so, I had to read it again when I stumbled across it in my library just recently.