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1836 FACTS ABOUT THE ALAMO & The Texas War for Independence
by Mary Deborah Petite. B&W maps & photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 1999 Da Capo Press Trade Paperback, 5th printing. Content: Filled with little-known facts about the Alamo and Texas' fight for independence & a complete bibliography. New research and information on the Alamo today. Last stands have always fascinated us, yet this legendary struggle at the mission outside San Antonio has generated surpisingly few quality books. This new volume delves deep into the lives and experiences of the men and women of the Alamo, answering questions about the battle and the major players on both sides. How did the Mexicans view the fight? Did Davy Crockett really survive the battle, only to be excecuted afterward? Why did Sam Houston offer Santa Anna such lenient terms after the Battle of Jacinto? Who was the Yellow Rose of Texas? Personally, the sections I found most interesting were the mini-bios on the Defenders and the Survivors of the Alamo. (Yes, both of those are caps in Texas!). [2 copies available]
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ADAMS V. TEXAS
(The True Story Made Famous by the Documentary, The Thin Blue Line)
by Randall Adams with William Hoffer and Marilyn Mona Hoffer. Condition: NEW 1991 Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's Press hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Content: In 1976 Ohioan Randall Adams, 28, who had gone to Dallas to seek work, was arrested for the murder of a police officer actually slain by 16-year-old David Harris, with whom Adams had spent part of the day. The prosecutor, Douglas Mulder, suppressed or distorted evidence and bribed witnesses; presiding over the trial was "hanging judge" Donald J. Metcalfe. Adams was convicted and sentenced to death. After 12 years in jail--described by Adams and the Hoffers ( Midnight Express ) as a barbarous experience--the prisoner was ultimately exonerated and freed, even though many Dallas judicial officials refused to accept his innocence. Adams's account of his ordeal is a scathing indictment of Texas justice. Unfortunately, however, this exceedingly depressing book lacks the dramatic pulse of Errol Morris's film about the case, The Thin Blue Line. [1 copy available]
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THE ALAMO REMEMBERED: Tejano Accounts and Perspectives
by Timothy M. Matovina. B&W era photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 1995 Univ. of Texas Press Trade Paperback, stated first edition - BUT I doubt it. There is a hard cover edition. Content: Reviewer: "This book provides a detailed look at what the Tejano people experienced and thought of the seige on the Alamo by Santa Anna and the Mexican Army during the Texas Revolution. Matovina takes authenic documents and accounts and arranges them in an unaltered form in this book. His arrangement (chronologically as they were originally recorded) gives you an idea of how feelings and attitudes changed during the years that followed the actual event. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in furthering their knowkledge of what took place during the battle and, especially, its affects on the citizens of San Antonio after the battle." Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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AN AUSTIN SKETCHBOOK
by Tony Crosby. Wonderful sepia-tone sketches/drawings by Crosby. Condition: UNREAD 1978 Encino Press (Austin, Texas) hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket). No edition give, but most likely a first. Content: Sketches of thirty-one homes, commercial buildings, churches and the Capitol, all but one of which were constructed in the last half of the nineteenth century. For many of the buildings the artist has included enlarged sketches of interesting structural details and decorative embellishments, pressed tin cornices, carved wooden railings, cupolas, windows, columns, wrought-iron motifs, and doorways. At the time of publication Crosby was a historical architect with the National Park Service. Great Texana! Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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BIG MEN WALKED HERE: The Story of Washington-On-The-Brazos
by Stanley Siegel. B&W era photos and drawings illustrate. Condition: Used 1971 Jenkins Press Trade Paperback, no edition given. This book is usually sold at the State Park Bookstores. Tanning and a bit of dirt (working on that) on the white cover. The interior is just simply used. Content: The history of Washington-On-The-Brazos and the men who grappled with a Texas Constitution there during The Revolution. The previouis owner has added 2 photos of her own on the back end page: Independence Hall and the Anson Jones home. Neat! Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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BLOOD AND MONEY: A True Story of Murder, passion and Power
by Thomas Thompson. Condition: Gently pre-read (if at all), c. 1979 Book Club Edition hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket). DJ has done its job and protected the book and thus has some edgewear. Content: Probably the most important and talked-about murder case in Texas history. Power, passion, oil money, murder--all the ingredients of a fast-paced, gripping mystery novel drive this true-crime story that on its original publication leapt onto best-seller lists nationwide. To that mix, add glamorous personalities, prominent Texas businessmen, gangland reprobates, and a whole parade of medical experts. At once a documentary account of events and a novelistic reconstruction of encounters among the cast of colorful characters, this anatomy of murder first chronicles the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death in 1969 of Joan Robinson--the pampered daughter of a Texas oil millionaire and the wife of plastic surgeon Dr. John Hill--then examines the bizarre consequences that followed it. For in 1972, having been charged by his father-in-law with Joan's death and having survived a mistrial, John Hill himself was killed, supposedly by a robber. So was the robber, by a cop, supposedly for resisting arrest. From the exclusive haunts of Houston's super-rich to the city's seamy underworld of prostitutes, pimps, and punks, author and investigative journalist Thomas Thompson tracks down all the leads and clues. And in a brutal tale of blood and money he uncovers some shocking and bitter truths. [Be sure to read the "companion" book, Prescription Murder by Ann Kurth, the other woman.] Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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BRITISH GENTLEMEN IN THE WILD WEST: The Era of the Intensely English Cowboy
by Lawrence M. Woods. B&W photo section. Condition: NEW 2003 Robson Books (London) Trade Paperback, reprint. Content: In the freewheeling days of the open range, a group of British gentlemen went into business on a grand scale, building legendary cattle empires and a new industry based on beef and railroads. This is the first full account of the upper-class cowboys. Some of the men covered: Frewen brothers; Moreton and Richard; Horace Plunkett; Earl of Aylesford; and Lyulph Ogilvy. It also provides a rich and detailed history of the Wild West, its people and their lifestyles and the author contrasts the harsh lot of the ordinary cowboy with the luxurious lifestyle enjoyed by members of the exclusive Cheyenne Club, where gentlemen dined on fresh oysters, smoked fine cigars and toasted their guests (i.e., Oscar Wilde & Lillie Langry) with imported French Champagne Also includes information on the involvement of Brits in the formation of the fabled XIT Ranch in West Texas. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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BUCK SCHIWETZ' TEXAS
by E. M. Schiwetz (Edward Muegge Schiwetz ). B&W drawings & color plates. Condition: Gently pre-read, if at all, 1971 University of Texas hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), third printing. Content: Buck Schiwetz was a native of Cuero and an Aggie - graduating with a degree in Architecture, which he never used. Instead, he became an advertising executive in Houston. He spent much of his spare time drawing and sketching Texas landmarks and scenes, i.e., Rio Grande carrot pickers, Hillsboro courthouse, the Marshall First Methodist Church, etc. A true gem for Texans of all ages. No library sales for this book - I don't want to see it marked up. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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CANNIBALS AND CONDOS: Texans and Texas along the Gulf Coast
by Robert Lee Maril. Condition: Very Good+ 1986 Texas A&M University Press hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket). first edition. The book is in excellent condition - no flaws I can find and actually appears unread. The DJ has done it's job and protected the book and does have light edgewear top edge. Content: This is # 3 in the Tarleton University Southwestern Studies in the Humanities series. Maril interviewed both rich and poor, new-comers and old-timers along the 400 mile Texas Gulf Coast about all kinds of subjects from waiting for a hurricane to the desire to avoid living in crowded cities at cooler climates. Very nice collection to any Texana collection. [1 copy available]
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COMING OF AGE: A History of Texas Lutheran College
by A. G. Wiederaenders (Arthur George Wiederaenders) Condition: UNREAD c. 1978 Paul Anderson hardcover (gilt lettering & design) & DJ (in mylar jacket). Although the book is unread, there is a name on the loose endpage. The DJ has minor edgewear and a small tear top spine. The navy blue boards have gilt lettering and designs. Content: As the title states, this is a history of great little Texas College in Seguin, Texas Lutheran. 1 copy available]
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DALLAS AND FORT WORTH (2 Books for 1)
by Michael V. Hazel and Richard F. Selcer. B&W photos & maps illustrate. Condition: Both Dallas by Michael V. Hazel and Fort Worth by Richard Fl Selcer are NEW Trade Paperbacks published by the Texas State Historical Assn. as part of the Fred Rider Cotten Popular History Series. Content: As the titles indicate, these books present a history of 2 Texas cities and the surrounding North Texas area. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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A DEATH IN TEXAS: A Story of Race, Murder, and a Small Town's Struggle for Redemption (Jasper, Texas)
by Diana Temple-Raston. B&W photo section. Condition: UNREAD 2002 Henry Holt hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first editoin, first printing. Content: In the small town of Jasper, in the piney woods of deep East Texas, old slave relations still live below the surface along with an unwritten code of segregation. It was there that James Byrd was savagely dragged to death by three white men in a pickup. His death threatened to blow the town open. Dina Temple-Raston poignantly captures Jasper's desperate attempt to save its image as Jesse Jackson, the New Black Panthers, the KKK, and the media descended. In the process, she delves into such questions as, What does racism look like and where does it come from; follows the murderers to their final destination at Huntsville prison (ground zero for 40 percent of American executions); and shows how death forces people to see things the way they really are--and just how quickly they forget. A Death in Texas is a stunning and painful book that exposes racism in all its subtle and violent forms, and portrays the small heroes who try to change history. Basis for the Showtime TV movie, Jasper, Texas with Jon Voight and Louis Gosset, Jr. [1 copy available]
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DIAMOND BESSIE & THE SHEPHERDS
edited by Wilson M. Hudson. Texas Folklore Society # XXXVI. B&W photos. Condition: Very Good 1972 Encino Press (Austin) hardcover & DJ. first edition, first printing. Book is in very good condition but has been read. No flaws that I can find. DJ has 2 tiny punched holes bottom edge and light edgewear top edge. Content: This book contains 15 articles; here are some: the first two articles deal with folk drama. The people of Jefferson, Texas, have made a melodrama out of a murder trial that took place there in the later 1870s and they stage it every year. Los Pastores is a shepherds' play having to do with the epiphany of the Christ child; arising from tradition reaching back to the Middle Ages, it is still enacted by Spanish-speaking people in San Antonio and elsewhere in the Southwest. The third article describes the celebration of Holy Week in Seville, involving elaborate floats, processions, and music. Why are graves in Central Texas sometimes decorated with shells? Sara Clark answers this question and connects the practice with ancient symbolism. It used to be that every farmer in Texas, no matter how small his farm, had a cotton patch to bring in needed cash at the end of summer. And every little town had a gin, which gathered life around it and amounted to an institution, as E.J. Rissmann explains. The Sunday house was a peculiarity that developed at Fredericksburg. The farmers and ranchers needed a place to stay when they brought their families in to worship on Sundays, and so they built special houses to serve this purpose. The big dust storm that hit Pampa, Texas, in 1935 was a terrifying experience, according to the eyewitnesses quoted by Sylvia Grider. The camp meeting, with its vigorous preaching and religious seizures, was ready-made for American humorists, as Bill F. Fowler shows. E. Hudson Long deals with O. Henry's humorous and satirical treatment of the politician, a folk character on the American scene. The article by James T. Bratcher deals with what J. Frank Dobie called a "travelling anecdote," a brief story about a real person which with a few changes can be transferred to someone else. J.T. McCullen finds occurrences of a patternized story-payment of an insubstantial debt with something equally insubstantial-from the fifteenth century to the present and from Turkey to North Carolina. There are also articles by Texans about their trips abroad. [1 copy available]
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THE FIRST QUARTER CENTURY: Texas Historical Foundation
by Will Wilson and Deolece Parmalee. B&W photos. Condition: UNREAD 1979 Texas Historical Foundation hardcover (no DJ issued but does have a mylar jacket), no edition given. Content: The report of the Texas Historical Foundation and Texas Historical Commission on the successes and work of the first 25 years of operation. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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FROM RATTLESNAKES TO ROAD AGENTS: Rough Times on the Frio
by Frances Bramlette Farris. Edited & Introduction by C. L. Sonnichsen. B&W era photos illustrate. Condition: NEW c. 1985 TCU Press Trade Paperback, first thus, no printing given. Perfect condition. Content: Originally published in 1944, Ms. Farris tells of the hard times (and some good ones) living in Frio County (south of San Antonio) - floods, droughts, Indian raids, normal frontier tales. However, Bigfoot Wallace (he of Texas immortality) lived with her family for 30 years and some of the tales are also from him. Fascinating Texas history and Number 3 in the Chisholm Trail Series (a project to publish and preserve significant books dealing with Texas). Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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FRONTIER WAYS: Sketches of Life in the Old West
by Edward Everett Dale. Wonderful B&W illustrations by Malcolm Thurgood. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1989 University of Texas Press Trade Paperback, first printing. Although unread, this book was intended for a library and has all the markings, but was never shelved. The cover has been laminated. Content: This is a wonderful book which covers not only some of the more colorful characters of the Old West, but what Dale calls "the forgotten majority" - the most important factor in the conquest and development of the American Empire. The son of pioneer Texana, Dale drew upon his own memories and the memories of people he had known to re-create the lifeways of the western frontier. He writes in fascinating detail of how the pioneers learned to build sod houses, found water and wood, and erected schools and churches to keep culture and learning alive on the frontier. He also describes the plain food the fueled the pioneers' hard labor and the primitive medical care that sometimes kept them alive. Excellent history! Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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HISTORIC RANCHES OF TEXAS (SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR)
by Lawrence Clayton. Warm, colorful paintings by J. U. Salvant. Condition: NEW 1997 University of Texas Press large soft cover [10.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 (93 pages)], no printing given. Content: The open range was fenced in long ago, and cattle nowadays ride to market in eighteen-wheel trucks, but ranching remains a proud way of life for many Texans. This volume captures the best of that life in lovely watercolor paintings and an inviting text that traces the history and present-day operations of twelve prominent ranches with deep roots in Texas history. Lawrence Clayton and J. U. Salvant impart the traditions and spirit of each ranch, including the Four Sixes, Green, Iron Mountain, King, Lambshead, Matador, Pitchfork, Swenson, Waggoner, XIT, Y.O., and Yturria. Clayton writes of the timeless round of tasks that ranchers and cowboys perform today as their forebears did and also describes changes in ranching that have taken place over the years. Salvant's watercolors convey an enduring sense of place. She shows both the humble beginnings and the great houses that wealth built, as well as other scenes of ranch life--roundup and branding, supper time around the chuck wagon, and quiet Sunday chores outside the bunkhouse. Through these words and images, readers can enter the world of ranching, a world that surprisingly still lives up to many of its myths. Historic Ranches of Texas is a book that all aficionados of the West will treasure for many years to come. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE OUTLAW WEST
by Richard Patterson. Great B&W era maps, drawings, and photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 1997 Johnson Publishing large soft cover, sixth printing. Content: Reviewer: "This book is chock full of information concerning the people and places where our western history took place. The author's interest lies mainly in bank robberies, train robberies, and supposed sites of buried treasure. His subjects are well known outlaws of the day, and many that are still not widely known. He will picque your interest with clues to the where-abouts of long ago secrets hideouts, and remind you that more research in this area may lead to new discoveries just waiting to be found. While this book was written in 1985, and subsequent research has improved our knowledge of some of the subjects covered, Richard Patterson is a well repected wild west historian for a reason. Are you a wild west buff looking for a way to spice up your next road trip vacation? This book may just be your next vacation guide." Note: Of special value is the system of cross-references, useful for following the careers of outlaws and lawmen across the state boundaries. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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HISTORY, BATTLES AND FALL OF THE ALAMO
by L. F. Meyers. B&W photos. Condition: UNREAD Riverside Printing, Milwaukee, softcover, no edition, no printing. Content: This document was originally pubished in 1896 and is a pamphlet most likely sold in curio shops and perhaps even at the Alamo gift shop. It also contains a "complete" list of the defenders of the Alamo, their rank, and home state. Interesting! [1 copy available]
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IMPERIAL TEXAS: An Interpretive Essay in Cultural Geography
by D. W. Meinig. Introduction by Lorrin Kennamer. Maps, maps, and more maps. Also B&W photos. Condition: Good only 1975 University of Texas Press Tade Paperback, first printing. There is a serious break at page 40 - I believe it to be shelfwear. Otherwise the interior is clean with no additional problems. Light tanning to white cover edges. Not a collectible copy, but very readable. Content: A fresh approach to regional interpretation, Imperial Texas examines the develoment of Texas as a human area, from the simple outline of the Spanish colony to the complex paterns of the modern state. Meinig discusses the various peoples of Texas, who they are, where they came from, where they settled, and how they are proportioned one to another from place to place. ". . .a self-confident aggressive people driven by a strong sense of superiority and destiny, Texans can reasonably claim a strongly "imperial" history and character." Written at the height of one of the waves of immigration into the state, some of the data on the modern Texas may be dated, however, the colonial history and the history of the Republic still stands up. In short, the only thing that scares a Texan is a Yankee with a U-Haul. [1 copy available]
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THE IRISH TEXANS (The Texicans and the Texans series)
by John Brendan Flannery. "Loads" of sepia-tone photos and illustrations. Condition: Good+ 1980 University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures (San Antonio) large Trade Paperback. Intrior clean but the cover has problems: material is flimsy with edgewear to corners, a series of small stains bottom back cover, and light fading to cover edges. Not a collectible copy, but certainly readable. Content: This is a history of the Irish in Texas from the first colonies south of San Antonio (McMullen & McGloin) to today's Irish contributions to the State. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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ISAAC'S STORM: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
by Erik Larson. B&W maps. Condition: UNREAD 2000 Vintage Trade Paperback, 9th printing. Light upturn front cover fore edge. Content: On September 8, 1900, a massive hurricane slammed into Galveston, Texas. A tidal surge of some four feet in as many seconds inundated the city, while the wind destroyed thousands of buildings. By the time the water and winds subsided, entire streets had disappeared and as many as 6,000 were dead -- making this the worst natural disaster in America's history. Larson blends science and history to tell the story of Galveston, its people, and the hurricane that devastated them. Drawing on hundreds of personal reminiscences of the storm, Larson follows individuals through the fateful day and the storm's aftermath. There's Louisa Rollfing, who begged her husband, August, not to go into town the morning of the storm; the Ursuline Sisters at St. Mary's orphanage who tied their charges to lengths of clothesline to keep them together; Judson Palmer, who huddled in his bathroom with his family and neighbors, hoping to ride out the storm. At the center of it all is Isaac Cline, employee of the nascent Weather Bureau, and his younger brother--and rival weatherman--Joseph. Larson does an excellent job of piecing together Isaac's life and reveals that Isaac was not the quick-thinking hero he claimed to be after the storm ended. The storm itself, however, is the book's true protagonist--and Larson describes its nuances in horrific detail. [The storm affected lives in Texas as far north as little Grandview, Texas, whose old Methodist Church had a grand piano with a plaque dedicated to Mary Hayden who died in the hurricane. I never found out who she was.] [1 copy available]
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JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS: A True Account of Cabeza de Vaca's Remarkable Expedition Across the North American Continent, 1528 - 1536
by John Upton Terrell. B&W maps. Condition: Gently pre-read 1962 William Morrow hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. Although this is an older book, it has been well maintianed. Interior clean & tight. Content: The extreme adventure of de Vaca and his companions from Florida to Texas to Mexico City - an adventure that covered 5000 (mostly on foot) and 8 years. [1 copy available]
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LADIES OF THE HOUSE: How To Survive as the Wife of a Texas Legislator
by Betty Elliott Hanna. B&W photos of Texas political ladies illustrate. Condition: Gently pre-read 1993 Eakin Press hardcover (pictorial boards), first edition, first printing. No problems - just pre-read. Content: Literally a survival guide on Texas politics for wives who have "endured the campaign, suffered the election, reveled in the victory, coped with loneliness, grappled with jealousy and withstood criticism" - and now you get to Austin. All you need is good luck and a bottle of gin [my thoughts - not the author's]. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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LEGENDS OF TEXAS: Pirates' Gold and Other Tales (Vol. 2)
by the great J. Frank Dobie. E. Lisle Reedstrom cover photo. Condition: NEW 1995 Pelican paperback first thus, third printing. Does have 1 "bent" page edge. Content: Great Texas legends of pirates who made their way into Texas history. In this first mass market edition of a J. Frank Dobie classic are accounts of some of the best known tales of booty hidden in Texas. Also included are eerie stories and the origins of Texas flowers, names, and streams. Dobie is careful to choose those tales with the most reliable sources for authenticity. [1 copy available]
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LET THE COWBOY RIDE: Cattle Ranching in the American West
by Paul F. Starrs. B&W maps & photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 2000 Johns Hopkins large Trade Paperback, first pritning. Content: The title of this book is a bit deceptive as it is really about ranching and the American West, and as Starrs notes, a "cowboy is not a rancher." But they share legends that permeate American history, popular culture and environment -- built and otherwise. Starrs's book describes the legacy of this way of life, the fragmented and irrational laws governing the use of public lands and the resulting ecological problems. Starrs explores five regions in detail and tells of the differences and similarities between them. He looks at the history of Native American and Hispanic attitudes toward the land, attitudes that were generally more communal and protective. These attitudes receded before the Anglo ranchers' combination of mistrust and fierce defense of the right to exploit public lands. Anglo Americans identify the wide-open spaces of the West as an integral part of our identity, yet the some 600 acres required to graze one head of cattle in these arid lands has become just too much to sacrifice for one rancher's personal gains. Grazing fees are now routinely charged so that there is some equity in the use of public lands. But Starrs argues that profits are not the real motive of today's ranchers anyway; rather, the honor, tradition and lifestyle far outweigh any real money to be made. Starrs's book is copious with detail and information and well-researched. If it reads somewhat like a textbook, the story is so fascinating and such a part of us all that the reader is quickly drawn in. Starrs adds rational and careful thought to an often incendiary debate. The XIT Ranch of Texas is also covered here. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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LONE STAR JUSTICE: The First Century of the Texas Rangers
by Robert M. Utley. 2 B&W photo sections. Maps. Condition: NEW 2003 Berkley Trade Paperback, first printing. Content: The Texas Rangers have alternately been described as "fearless men of sterling character" and "ruthless, brutal, and more lawless than the criminals they pursued." The truth, says Robert M. Utley in Lone Star Justice, "lies somewhere in between the extremes." The Rangers got their start in 1823, and for half a century they were "citizen soldiers periodically mobilized to fight Indians or Mexicans." They were professionalized in 1874, when they became lawmen employed by the state of Texas. Utley summarizes their colorful history under the leadership of figures like Jack Hays and Ben McCulloch. They came to national attention during the Mexican War, when they fought with distinction under Zachary Taylor at Monterey and also served as scouts throughout northern Mexico. As lawmen, they were noted for apprehending fugitives (the murdering outlaw John Wesley Hardin fell to one of their bullets) and controlling mobs, but they were less successful at putting bad guys behind bars (a problem that the author blames on "a defective criminal justice system"). At bottom, Lone Star Justice is a sober-minded but generally admiring assessment of a unique group of men. [1 copy available]
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THE MAKING OF A HISTORY: Walter Prescott Webb and The Great Plains
by Gregory M. Tobin. B&W maps & sketches. Condition: Gently pre-read 1976 University of Texas Press hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition. Gently pre-read book with the interior being clean & tight. The DJ has small problems: light shelfwear to fore edge with a paling of the spine - enclosed in mylar jacket. Content: ne of the best known interpreters of the American West and his book "The Great Plains" (1931) is still a standard for Western history. Although this book is not a full biography of Webb, it is the first biographically oriented stufy of a manregaraded as one of the major western historians. [1 copy available]
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NATURE LOVER'S GUIDE TO THE BIG THICKET
by Howard Peacock. Foreword by Maxine Johnston. Photos. Condition: NEW & still shrink-wrapped 1994 Texas A&M University Press Trade Paperback. No idea what edition or printing this is since I have not removed the shrink-wrap. Content: Whether this is your first trip to the Big Thicket or your five hundredth, this handy guide will lead you down paths and waterways that are a nature lover's dram. In it you will find tips on identifying plants and animals residing in the preserve's then diverse ecosystems, suggestions on trails to follow, and descriptions of sights to see and recreational oportunities to enjoy. Oh yeah, personal observation: watch out for snakes! [1 copy available]
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PRESCRIPTION: MURDER (Companion book to Blood & Money
by Ann Kurth. B&W photo section. Condition: Acceptable only, 1976 Signet paperback edition, 4th printing. Edgewear, spine & hinge creases, however, the interior is clean & tight but tanning. Content: The nightmare-true story of the Texas surgeon who murdered his fist wife, and possibly four other people - told by his second wife and would-be victim. Texas' favorite murder mystery. [1 copy available]
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THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY: Spring 2002
by Editors of the Magazine. Color & B&W illustrations. Condition: UNREAD Spring 2002 Quarterly Journal of Military History magazine. Content: Articles: Deciphering Ultra's War Record (Williamson Murray); Revenge of the Texas Rangers (Robert Utley); Firsthand Accounts: Carlson's Raid on Makin (Patrick O'Donnell); Sedan: Harbinger of Modern War (Dennis Showalter); Opposing Views: Teddy Roosevelt's Medal of Honor (Coffman & Millett); and Eighth Georgia's Idyllic Shenandoah Sojourn (Wilkison & Woodworth); plus various shorter articles. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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REMEMBER GOLIAD!: A History of La Bahia (Fred Rider Cotten History Series)
by Craig H. Roell. B&W photos & maps illustrate. Condition: NEW 1994 Texas State Historical Assn. Trade Paperback, no printing given. Content: Reviewer: "Thorough, yet concise history of Goliad and the old Spanish mission, La Bahia. The Goliad Massacre has always been treated as less glamorous than the battles at the Alamo and San Jacinto. This book accurately identifies the importance of this event to the Texas Revolution and elevates it to its position of prominence. This is a chronical of memorable people caught up in the events leading up to the creation of the community of Goliad and the subsequent massacre." Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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RIVER OF LOST DREAMS: Navigation on the Rio Grande
by Pat Kelley. B&W era photos, maps, and navigation charts illustrate. Condition: Gently pre-read 1986 Univ. of Nebraska Press hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), assumed first edition. DJ shows light shelfwear. Content: The history of real and proposed navigation on the most important river in the West, IMHO. From the headwaters just above South Fork, Colorado, to Mexico, the Rio Grande has been a huge geographical and economic influence on Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. Until his retirement in 1981, Pat Kelley was Assistant Director for Telecommunications, University Libraries and Learning Resource Center, Pan American University at Edinburg, Texas. [1 copy available]
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SAN ANTONIO LEGACY
by Donald E. Everett. Jose Cisneros illustrations. Condition: UNREAD 1999 Maverick Press & DJ (in mylar jacket). Only flaw: price-clipped DJ. Beautiful copy and Cisneros' illustrations are warm & appropriate. Content: San Antonio's is an unlikely legacy. The frontier city's remoteness attracted miscreants and adventurers of all kinds, too many of them with short tempers and quick trigger fingers. Yet frontier San Antonio also drew--from a dozen diverse cultures--missionary priests, conservative merchants and proper ladies, who established a polite society amidst all the commotion. The mix also gave rise to the stories, some true, others not so, in San Antonio Legacy: of disorder in the Bull's Head Saloon, of hiding silver on wagon trains to the Mexican border, and why Bob Augustine was lynched in front of the Bishop's house. Then there are tales of San Antonio as the mother-in-law of the Army, of a society matron's drive to save the Texas bluebonnets, of unrequited love at the Alamo. All are told in the words of those who watched these things or participated or who talked with those who did--or who just made them up for the entertainment of those who would come later. The stories are illustrated by 22 drawings by Jose Cisneros. [1 copy available]
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TALES OF THE SUNDAY HOUSE
by Minetta Altgelt Goyne. Introduction by James Ward Lee. Cover illustration by Barbara Whitehead. Condition: NEW 1997 Texas Christian University Press Trade Paperback, no edition given. Content: This is a two-fold Texas history story. The first is the story of German and Austrian immigrants to the Hill Country of Texas, especially the Kreutz and Bracht families. The second is the history of the Sunday House hotel chain which you find in smaller central and west Texas communities which grew up from German farmers needing a place to stay when they came to town for Sunday services. The best Sunday House? Fort Stockton in deep West Texas! (Nope, I don't own it or have a financial interest in it. I just love to stay there.) [1 copy available]
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The TEXAS BLUEBONNET (INSCRIBED COPY)
by Jean Andrews. Color photos & drawings. Condition: Inscribed by author inside loose endpage. Gently pre-read 1987 University of Texas hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), second printing. DJ shows shelfwear to top edge. Interior clean & tight. This is not the revised edition. Content: Beautifully illustrated book containing all/any information you ever needed or wanted to know about the Texas State Flower, the Bluebonnet. End pages decorated with maps and photos of Bluebonnets. Did you know you could eat a Bluebonnet? Wild deer will; cows won't. Beautiful book & informative, too. [1 copy available]
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The TEXAS BLUEBONNET
by Jean Andrews. Wonderful color photos & drawings. Condition: Pre-read 1986 University of Texas hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. Interior clean. This is not the revised edition. Content: Beautifully illustrated book containing all/any information you ever needed or wanted to know about the Texas State Flower, the Bluebonnet. End pages decorated with maps and photos of Bluebonnets. Did you know you could eat a Bluebonnet? Wild deer will; cows won't. Beautiful book & informative, too. [1 copy available]
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TEXAS GIANTS: The New Breed
by The Texas Industrial Commission. Condition: UNREAD 1971 Texas Industrial Commission hardcover (No DJ, but I don't believe one was issued), navy boards with gilt lettering. First edition. Light tanning to interior page edges. Content: The history and condition in 1971 of Texas mega-businesses: Collins Radio, Dresser, Ennis Business Forms,Gifford-Hill, Levingston Shipbuilding, Recognition Equipment, Riviana Foods, Southland Corporation (7-11 stores); Tandy, Temple Industries, Texas Instruments (Perot), Tracor, University Computing, Varo, Zale Corporation (Zales jewelry). Good source book on Texas business. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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TEXAS GRAVEYARDS: A Cultural Legacy
by Terry G. Jordan. B&W photos & drawings. Condition: 1988 University of Texas Press Trade Paperback in Very Good condition. Pale diagonal crease bottom front corner; interior clean & tight. Second printing. B&W photos, mostly by the author, and drawings, maps. Content: Where more poignantly than in a small country graveyard can a traveler fathom the flow of history and tradition? During the past 20 years, Jordan has traveled the back roads and hidden trails of rural Texas in search of such cemeteries. With camera in hand, he has visited more than one thousand cemeteries created and maintained by the Anglo-American, black, Indian, Mexican, and German settlers of Texas. His discoveries of sculptured stones and mounds, hex signs and epitaphs, intricate landscapes and unusual decorations represent a previously unstudied and unappreciated wealth of Texas folk art and tradition. Texas Graveyards not only marks the distinct ethnic and racial traditions in burial practices but also preserves a Texas legacy endangered by changing customs, rural depopulation, vandalism, and the erosion of time. [1 copy available]
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THEY CALLED THEM GREASERS: Anglo Attitudes Toward Mexicans in Texas, 1821 - 1900
by Arnoldo De Leon. B&W map. Condition: UNREAD 1991 Univ. of Texas Press Trade Paperback, third printing. Tiny shelf wear to edges. Content: Tension between Anglos and Tejanos has existed in the Lone Star State since the earliest settlements. Such antagonism has produced friction between the two peoples, and whites have expressed their hostility toward Mexican Americans unabashedly and at times violently. This seminal work in the historical literature of race relations in Texas examines the attitudes of whites toward Mexicans in nineteenth-century Texas. For some, it will be disturbing reading. But its unpleasant revelations are based on extensive and thoughtful research into Texas' past. The result is important reading not merely for historians but for all who are concerned with the history of ethnic relations in our state. De León asserts that Texas historians overlooled an austere Anglo moral code which saw the morality of Tejanos as "defective" and that they described without censure a society that permitted traditional violence to continue because that violence allowed Anglos to keep ethnic minorities "in their place." De León's approach is psychohistorical. Many Anglos in nineteenth-century Texas saw Tejanos as lazy, lewd, un-American, subhuman. In De León's view, these attitudes were the product of a conviction that dark-skinned people were racially and culturally inferior, of a desire to see in others qualities that Anglos preferred not to see in themselves, and of a need to associate Mexicans with disorder so as to justify their continued subjugation. [1 copy available]
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THOSE BURIED TEXANS: No Stone Unturned
by Tom Allen. B&W photos illustrate. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1980 Hendrick-Long (Dallas) Trade Paperback, no edition given - may be first. Light tanning to white cover edges with pale shelfwear hinge crease. Great B&W photos of the gravestones of the Texas legends. Content: This book is an alphabetical listing of information and burial locations of some 1,700 important Texans. From gunslingers to heros and heroines; pioneers to cattlemen; the unworth to men of God, they are here. This work is an attempt to place a new emphasis and dimension on Texas History bu identifying burial sites, may of which were heretofore unknkown. From Henderson Yoakum (who the heck is that?) to Sam Houston to Admiral Nimitz to Audie Murphy - valuable infomation for writers of Texas History and teachers - and of course, us ordinary Texas citizens. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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UNGENTLEMANLY ACTS: The Army's Notorious Incest Trial
by Louise Barnett. B&W photos illustrate. Condition: NEW Hill & Wang hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket). First edition. Content: In April 1879, on a remote military base in west Texas, Captain Andrew Geddes, a decorated Army officer of dubious moral reputation, faced a court-martial. The trial unearthed shocking tales of seduction, incest, and abduction. The highest figures in the United States Army got involved, and General William Tecumseh Sherman made it his personal mission to see that Geddes was punished for his alleged crime. But just what had he done? Geddes had spoken out about an "unspeakable" act - he had accused a fellow officer, Louis Orleman, of incest with his teenage daughter Lillie. The Army quickly charged not Orleman but Geddes with "conduct unbecoming a gentleman." Which man was the villain and which the savior? Barnett's compelling examination of the Geddes drama is at once a suspenseful narrative of a very important trial and a study of the then prevailing attitudes toward sexuality, parental discipline, the Army, and the appropriate division between public and private life. It will enrich any reader's understanding of the tumultuous post-Civil War period, when Americans were striving to define their moral codes anew. [1 copy available]
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THE VAL VERDE WINERY: Its Role in Texas Viticulture and Enology ( Southwestern Studies Monograph # 75)
by Robert C. Overfelt. B&W era photos. Condition: UNREAD 1985 Texas Western Press Trade Paperback, Monograph # 75. Content: This is the history and importance of the Val Verde Winery founded in 1883 and is the continuously running winery in Texas. Texas makes such wonderful wines - if you haven't tried any, you're really missing out on great taste. My favorite? Fall Creek. [1 copy available]
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VOICES FROM THE WILD HORSE DESERT: The Vaquero Families of the King and Kenedy Ranches
by Jane Clements Monday and Betty Bailey Colley. Foreword by Tio Kleberg. Intro by A. CArolina Castillo Crimm. . B&W photos illustrate. Condition: UNREAD 1997 UT Press Trade Paperback, first printing. Problems: Small edgewear and a name on the loose end page. Content: Founded before the Civil War, the King and Kenedy Ranches have become legendary for their size, their wealth, and their endless herds of cattle. A major factor in the longevity of these ranches has always been the loyal workforce of vaqueros (Mexican and Mexican American cowboys) and their families. Some of the vaquero families have worked on the ranches through five or six generations. In this book, Monday and Colley bring together the voices of these men and women who make ranching possible in the Wild Horse Desert. From 1989 to 1995, the authors interviewed more than sixty members of vaquero families, ranging in age from 20 to 93. Their words provide a panoramic view of ranch work and life that spans most of the twentieth century. The vaqueros and their families describe all aspects of life on the ranches, from working cattle and doing many kinds of ranch maintenance to the home chores of raising children, cooking, and cleaning. The elders recall a life of endless manual labor that nonetheless afforded the satisfaction of jobs done with skill and pride. The younger people describe how modernization has affected the ranches and changed the lifeways of the people who work there. [1 copy available]
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WITH THE BORDER RUFFIANS: Memories of the Far West, 1852 - 1868
by R. H. Williams. Historical Notes by Arthur J. Mayer & Joseph W. Snell. B&W photos. Condition: UNREAD 1982 Bison Press Trade Paperback, first printing. Small edgewear with light rubbings along front hinge. Interior perfect. Content: Seeking his fortune, Williams left the English navy in 1852 to farm in southwest Virginia. When that lost luster he went west and joined the "Border Ruffians" who were fighting to make Kansas a slave state. By 1860 he was in Texas (as a Ranger) and within another year he was riding with an irregular Confederate cavalry, battling Yankees, large bands of thieves, and Comanches. Returning to England in 1868, he fashioned his American adventures into this extraordinary memoir, first published in 1907. [Written many years after the events, many of the names and places may not be familiar to today's readers, plus Williams often changed the names of people to either protect them or because he simply forgot their names. Notes for the Kansas chapters prepared by Joseph Snell; notes for the Texas chapters prepared by Arthur Mayer.] [1 copy available]
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