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Humor & Drama of Early Texas
Taylor Trade Publishing 2002; US$ 18.95This large collection of historical vignettes focuses on the human interest aspects of the people and events of frontier Texas. more...
Beaches, Blood, and Ballots
University Press of Mississippi 2007; US$ 67.50This book, the first to focus on the integration of the Gulf Coast, is Dr. Gilbert R. Mason's eyewitness account of harrowing episodes that occurred there during the civil rights movement. Newly opened by court order, documents from the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission's secret files enhance this riveting memoir written by a major civil rights... more...
Faded Glory
Texas A&M University Press 2012; US$ 23.00Each of the wars fought by Texans spawned the creation of scores of military sites across the state, from the lonely frontier outpost at Adobe Walls to the once-bustling World War II shipyards of Orange. Today, although vestiges of the sites still exist, many are barely discernible, their once-proud martial trappings now faded by time, neglect, the... more...
On Politics and Parks
Texas A&M University Press 2012; US$ 30.00When George Bristol first saw the mountains surrounding East Glacier, Montana, in the early summer of 1961, he was, in his own words, awed to his depths. Thus began a love affair with nature and public parks that has endured for more than fifty years. This same love affair would lead Bristol to become a crusader for America?s national parks and,... more...
Crossing Rio Pecos
TCU Press 2012; US$ 15.95The Pecos River flows snake-like out of New Mexico and across West Texas before striking the Rio Grande. In frontier Texas, the Pecos was more moat than river?a deadly barrier of quicksand, treacherous currents, and impossibly steep banks. Only at its crossings, with legendary names such as Horsehead and Pontoon, could travelers hope to gain passage.... more...
Beyond Wari Walls
University of New Mexico Press 2010; US$ 75.00Wari culture and its influence in Andean prehistory is investigated here from a variety of geographic locales. more...
Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right
PublicAffairs 2013; US$ 26.99Texas may well be America?s most controversial state. Evangelicals dominate the halls of power, millions of its people live in poverty, and its death row is the busiest in the country. Skeptical outsiders have found much to be offended by in the state?s politics and attitude. And yet, according to journalist (and Texan) Erica Grieder, the United States... more...
War along the Border
Texas A&M University Press 2012; US$ 24.95Table of Contents: Foreword, Tatcho Mindiola Introduction, Arnoldo De León Beyond Borders: Causes and Consequences of the Mexican Revolution, Paul Hart The Mexican Revolution?s Impact on Tejano Communities: The Historiographic Record, Arnoldo De León La Rinchada: Revolution, Revenge, and the Rangers, 1910?1920, Richard Ribb The Mexican... more...
Is Our Children Learning?
Simon & Schuster 2001; US$ 13.95He was a poor student who somehow got into the finest schools. He was a National Guardsman who somehow missed a year of service. He was a failed businessman who somehow was made rich. He was a minority investor who somehow was made managing partner of the Texas Rangers. He was a defeated politician who somehow was made governor. You can hardly blame... more...









