For more information on the Battle of San Jacinto, and events in Texas history leading up to the battle, check out the following titles. They are available in many public, college, and university libraries, and some of them are currently in print and may be easily purchased.
Alessio Robles, Vito. Coahuila y Texas en la Epoca Colonial. 2nd edition. Mexic Editorial Porrua, 1978.
Barker, Eugene Campbell. The Life of Stephen F. Austin, Founder of Texas, 1793-1836: a Chapter in the Westward Movement of the Anglo-American People. (Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1969, c1926).
Barr, Alwyn and Robert A. Calvert, editors. Black Leaders: Texans for Their Times. Austin, Texas: Texas State Historical Association, c1981.
Barr, Alwyn. Black Texans: A History of African Americans in Texas, 1528-1995. 2nd edition. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996.
Bate, Walter Nathaniel. General Sidney Sherman, Texas Soldier, Statesman, and Builder. 1st edition. Waco, Texas: Texian Press, 1974.
Billières, Alain. La Bataille de San Jacinto. Versailles: Editions de Paris, 2004.
Binkley, William C. The Texas Revolution. Austin, Texas: Texas State Historical Association, 1979.
Buenger, Walter L. and Robert A. Calvert, editors. Texas Through Time: Evolving Interpretations. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, c1991.
Calvert, Robert A., Arnoldo De León, and Gregg Cantrell. The History of Texas. 3rd edition. Wheeling, Illinois: Harlan Davidson, c2002.
Cantrell, Gregg. Stephen F. Austin, Empresario of Texas. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1999.
Castañeda, Carlos Eduardo. Our Catholic Heritage in Texas, 1519-1936. 7 volumes. Austin, Texas: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1936-1958.
Castañeda, Carlos Eduardo, translator. The Mexican Side of the Texan Revolution (1836). New York: Arno Press, 1976, c1928.
Crawford, Ann Fears and Crystal Sasse Ragsdale. Women in Texas: Their Lives, Their Experiences, Their Accomplishments. revised edition. Austin, Texas: State House Press, 1992.
Crawford, Ann Fears, editor. The Eagle: the Autobiography of Santa Anna. Austin, Texas: State House Press, 1988.
Crisp, James E. Sleuthing the Alamo: Davy Crockett's Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas Revolution. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Dimmick, Gregg J. Sea of Mud: The Retreat of the Mexican Army After San Jacinto, an Archeological Investigation. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 2004.
Dixon, Samuel Houston and Louis Wiltz Kemp. The Heroes of San Jacinto. Houston, Texas: Anson Jones Press, 1932.
Exley, Jo Ella Powell, editor. Texas Tears and Texas Sunshine: Voices of Frontier Women. 1st edition. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, c1985.
Filísola, Vicente. Memoirs for the History of the War in Texas. 1st edition. Austin, Texas: Eakin Press, 1985-1987
Haley, James L. Sam Houston. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002.
Hardin, Stephen L. Texian Iliad: a Military History of the Texas Revolution. 1st edition. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1994.
Henson, Margaret Swett. Lorenzo de Zavala: the Pragmatic Idealist. Fort Worth, Texas: Texas Christian University Press, c1996.
James, Marquis. The Raven: a Biography of Sam Houston. Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, c1988.
Jordan, Jonathan W. Lone Star Navy: the Fight for the Gulf of Mexico, and the Shaping of the American West. Dulles, Virginia: Potomac Books, 2005.
Kemp, Louis Wiltz. Honor Roll of the Battle of San Jacint the Complete List of Participants and Personnel on Detached Service. La Porte, Texas: San San Jacinto Museum of History, 1993.
Lack, Paul D. The Texas Revolutionary Experiences: A Political and Social History 1835-1836. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1992.
Lane, Walter P. The Adventures and Recollections of General Walter P. Lane, a San Jacinto Veteran, Containing Sketches of the Texian, Mexican and Late Wars, With Several Indian Fights Thrown In. Dallas, Texas: De Golyer Library and William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, 2000.
Matovina, Timothy M. The Alamo Remembered: Tejano Accounts and Perspectives. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995.
Martín, James C. and Robert Sidney Martín. Maps of Texas and the Southwest 1513-1900. Austin, Texas: Texas State Historical Association, c1999.
McDonald, Archie. The Trail to San Jacinto. Boston: American Press, 1982.
Mier y Terán, Manuel de. Texas by Terán: The Diary Kept by General Manuel de Mier y Terán on his 1828 Inspection of Texas. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000.
Miller, Edward L. New Orleans and the Texas Revolution. College Station, Tex.: Texas A&M University Press, c2004.
Moore, Stephen L. Eighteen Minutes: The Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Independence Campaign. Dallas: Republic of Texas Press, c2004.
New Handbook of Texas. 6 volumes. Austin, Texas: Texas State Historical Association, 1996.
Newcomb, William W. The Indians of Texas, From Prehistoric to Modern Times. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1980.
Peña, José Enrique de la. With Santa Anna in Texas: A Personal Narrative of the Revolution. expanded edition. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, c1977.
Pohl, James W. The Battle of San Jacinto. Austin, Texas: Texas State Historical Association, c1989.
Ramsay, Jack C. Jr. Thunder Beyond the Brazos: Mirabeau B. Lamar, a Biography. 1st edition. Austin, Texas: Eakin Press, 1985.
Richardson, Rupert N., et al. Texas: the Lone Star State. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, c2001.
Seguín, Juan Nepomuceno. A Revolution Remembered: the Memoirs and Selected Correspondence of Juan N. Seguín. Austin, Texas: Texas State Historical Association, 2002.
Simmons, Helen and Cathryn A. Hoyt, editors. Hispanic Texas: A Historical Guide. 1st edition. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1992.
Smithwick, Noah. The Evolution of a State, or, Recollections of Old Texas Days. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1983.
Tolbert, Frank X. The Day of San Jacinto. Austin, Texas: Pemberton Press, 1969, c1959.
Weber, David J. The Spanish Frontier in North America. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, c1992.
Wharton, Clarence. San Jacint the Sixteenth Decisive Battle. Houston, Texas: Lamar Book Store, 1930.