Middle school students are the intended clientele for the books, and therefore do not have jargon nor do they have complex argumentation.
Michael E. Tate of the University of Nebraska stated that the books also were to get adult readers.
Tate added that the books do cover "uglier sides of Texas history".
[1] The institute first held an exhibition on the ethnography of Texas in 1968,[1] and then published pamphlets in the 1970s that documented these ethnic groups.
[5] Bruce A. Glasrud, a scholar of Seguin, Texas, argued that the whole series is "striking".