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==Historical works==
==Historical works==
Wallace wrote eleven major books on Texas history. With E. Adamson Hoebel, he authored in 1952 ''The Comanches: Lords of the South Plains,'' which in 2014 was in its fifteenth edition and remains a pre-eminent study of the Comanche Indians.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=u21D6CakZHIC&dq=Ernest+Wallace&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=oh1aF-ISCD&sig=EwqHxGjvAAPAejdtuAcmso1a-BU&hl=en&ei=C8qqSq7qHsyOtgfgw_2kCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2#v=onepage&q=&f=false|title=''The Comanches: Lords of the South Plains''|publisher=books.google.com|accessdate=September 11, 2009}}</ref> His minor in [[anthropology]] was helpful in writing this book.
Wallace wrote eleven books on Texas history. With E. Adamson Hoebel, he authored in 1952 ''The Comanches: Lords of the South Plains,'' which in 2014 was in its fifteenth edition and remains a pre-eminent study of the Comanche Indians.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=u21D6CakZHIC&dq=Ernest+Wallace&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=oh1aF-ISCD&sig=EwqHxGjvAAPAejdtuAcmso1a-BU&hl=en&ei=C8qqSq7qHsyOtgfgw_2kCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2#v=onepage&q=&f=false|title=''The Comanches: Lords of the South Plains''|publisher=books.google.com|accessdate=September 11, 2009}}</ref> His minor in [[anthropology]] was helpful in writing this book.
With David M. Vigness, he co-edited in 1963 ''Documents of Texas History.''
With David M. Vigness, he co-edited in 1963 ''Documents of Texas History.''
In 1964, Wallace published ''Ranald S. McKenzie of the Texas Frontier'' a study of the exploits of Ranald Slidell Mackenzie (1840-1889) in the Texas Panhandle. IN He also published a study of the closing of the Texas frontier in 1965 entitled ''Texas in Turmoil''. His last book, ''The Howling of the Coyotes Reconstruction Efforts to Divide Texas'' in 1979 is a study of the attempt to divide Texas during [[Reconstruction]].<ref name=itwentybias>David Murrah, "Replacing the I-35 Bias with an I-20 Bias: The Landmark Work of Richardson, Holden, and Wallace," ''West Texas Historical Review,'' Vol. 90 (2014), pp. 54-55.</ref>
In 1964, Wallace published ''Ranald S. McKenzie of the Texas Frontier'' a study of the exploits of Ranald Slidell Mackenzie (1840-1889) in the Texas Panhandle. IN He also published a study of the closing of the Texas frontier in 1965 entitled ''Texas in Turmoil''. His last book, ''The Howling of the Coyotes Reconstruction Efforts to Divide Texas'' in 1979 is a study of the attempt to divide Texas during [[Reconstruction]].<ref name=itwentybias>David Murrah, "Replacing the I-35 Bias with an I-20 Bias: The Landmark Work of Richardson, Holden, and Wallace," ''West Texas Historical Review,'' Vol. 90 (2014), pp. 54-55.</ref>
His 1943 doctoral dissertation, ''Charles De Morse, Editor and Statesman,'' was updated in 1979.<ref name=ttech>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ttusw/00084/tsw-00084.html|title=Ernest Wallace: An Inventory of His Papers ... at the Southwest Collections Library|publisher=lib.utexas.edu|accessdate=September 11, 2009}}</ref> Wallace also edited the acclaimed ''Texas' Last Frontier: Fort Stockton and the Trans-Pecos, written by Clayton Wheat Williams, Sr., father of the 1990 [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nominee]], Clayton Wheat Williams, Jr., who narrowly lost the race to the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[liberal]], [[Ann Richards]]. A paperback version was released in December 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flipkart.com/texas-last-frontier-clayton-williams/158544071x-zsx3fddwid|title=''Texas' Last Frontier: Fort Stockton and the Trans-Pecos''|publisher=flipkart.com|accessdate=September 11, 2009}}</ref>
His 1943 doctoral dissertation, ''Charles De Morse, Editor and Statesman,'' was updated in 1979.<ref name=ttech>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ttusw/00084/tsw-00084.html|title=Ernest Wallace: An Inventory of His Papers ... at the Southwest Collections Library|publisher=lib.utexas.edu|accessdate=September 11, 2009}}</ref> Wallace also edited the acclaimed ''Texas' Last Frontier: Fort Stockton and the Trans-Pecos,'' written by Clayton Wheat Williams, Sr., father of the 1990 [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nominee]], Clayton Wheat Williams, Jr., who narrowly lost the race to the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[liberal]], [[Ann Richards]]. A paperback version was released in December 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flipkart.com/texas-last-frontier-clayton-williams/158544071x-zsx3fddwid|title=''Texas' Last Frontier: Fort Stockton and the Trans-Pecos''|publisher=flipkart.com|accessdate=September 11, 2009}}</ref>
==Earl years and education==
==Earl years and education==
Wallace was born to Thomas Wallace and the former Lula Barber in Daingerfield in Morris County in east Texas. His early education was procured in [[rural]] schools in Morris and neighboring Cass County. He received his [[Bachelor of Science]] degree from Texas A&M University-Commerce, then known as East Texas Teacher's College. Wallace began his teaching career in the 1925-1926 academic year at the White Lick community east of Sweetwater in Nolan County in West Texas; there he wed his wife, the former Ellen Kegans (January 16, 1908 – October 12, 1987), a college classmate fromMerkel in Taylor County near Abilene, and the couple had a daughter.<ref name=handbook>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwaaj|author=H. Allen Anderson|title=Ernest Wallace|publisher=''Handbook of Texas: Texas State Historical Association|accessdate=September 11, 2009}}</ref>
Wallace was born to Thomas Wallace and the former Lula Barber in Daingerfield in Morris County in east Texas. His early education was procured in [[rural]] schools in Morris and neighboring Cass County. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University-Commerce, then known as East Texas Teacher's College. Wallace began his teaching career in the 1925-1926 academic year at the White Lick community east of Sweetwater in Nolan County in West Texas; there he wed his wife, the former Ellen Kegans (January 16, 1908 – October 12, 1987), a college classmate fromMerkel in Taylor County near Abilene, and the couple had a daughter.<ref name=handbook>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwaaj|author=H. Allen Anderson|title=Ernest Wallace|publisher=''Handbook of Texas: Texas State Historical Association|accessdate=September 11, 2009}}</ref>
The next year, he returned to East Texas to teach at Linden in Cass County, where he was also a |coach. For some eight years, he was until 1935 the superintendent of the public school in the Cornett community in Cass County. From 1935 to 1936, he taught in Tulia in Swisher County south of [[Amarillo]].<ref name=itwentybias/><ref name=handbook/>
The next year, he returned to East Texas to teach at Linden in Cass County, where he was also a |coach. For some eight years, he was until 1935 the superintendent of the public school in the Cornett community in Cass County. From 1935 to 1936, he taught in Tulia in Swisher County south of [[Amarillo]].<ref name=itwentybias/><ref name=handbook/>