By Mark Meredith/TVCC Public Information
TVCC-Palestine Instructor Mike Young recently had his college-level textbook published by Kendall Hunt Publishing. The Great State of Texas, Young’s second book, covers Texas politics, history, and government from pre-history to the present. His students have been using an early version of the text, and many have expressed that they like its easy to read, engaging style and that the book is filled with so many interesting facts about Texas.
E. Michael Young grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and earned a BA in history from California State University in Los Angeles, a masters in history from Cal State, Northridge and a masters in political science from Texas State University in San Marcos. He has taught history and government at Navarro College, LeTourneau University and Austin Community College. Young has taught US history and government at TVCC for nearly ten years.
He loves to travel overseas and across America, has a goal of visiting all 50 states before his son reaches eighteen years of age, and currently has visited 30 states. He enjoys swimming, boating, and camping with his family.
Since 1994, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company of Dubuque, IA has been a stand-alone company and the only part of the original William C. Brown Publishing Company to remain under the ownership of the Brown family. With more than 6,000 titles in print, they serve both the higher education and PreK-12 markets and offer traditional and non-traditional publishing solutions in both markets.