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Abstracts of Early East Texas Newspapers, 1839-1856
by Linda Cheves Nicklas
Listed under Texas Genealogy

Adobe Walls: The History and Archeology of the 1874 Trading Post
by T. Lindsay Baker, Billy R. Harrison, B. Byron Price

Alamo to Espada: A Vintage Postcard Profile of San Antonio's Spanish Missions
by Lewis F. Fisher
Listed under Collectible Postcards

The American Slave--Texas Narratives : Part 2, Supp. Ser. 2, Vol. 8
by Rawick
Listed under Slave Narratives

As Old As Dallas Itself
by Darwin Payne
(Hardcover)

Between the Enemy and Texas: Parsons's Texas Cavalry in the Civil War
by Anne J. Bailey
Listed under Civil War Texas

Black Cowboys of Texas
by Sara R. Massey (Editor), Alwyn Barr (Introduction)

Black Frontiersman : The Memoirs of Henry O. Flipper, First black Graduate of West Point
by Henry Ossian Flipper, Theodore D. Harris (Editor)
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Blood of Noble Men: The Alamo Siege and Battle
by Alan C. Huffines, Gary S. Zaboly (Illustrator)
Listed under The Alamo

Birds of Houston
by B. C. Robison, John L. Tveten (Photographer), John L. Tueken (Photographer)

Butterflies of Houston & Southeast Texas (Corrie Herring Hooks Series, No. 32)
by John L. Tveten, Gloria Tveten (Contributor)
Listed under Butterflies

Comanches in the New West, 1895-1908: Historic Photographs
by Stanley Noyes, Daniel J. Gelo
Listed under Comanche Indians

City on Fire: The Forgotten Story of a Disaster That Destroyed a Town and the Landmark Legal Battle That Ensued
by Bill Minutaglio
(Hardcover)

The Courthouses of Texas: A Guide
by Mavis P. Kelsey, Donald H. Dyal (Contributor)

Cowboy Spurs and Their Makers (Texas A&M University, No 35)
by Jane Pattie, et al
Listed under Cowboy Gear

Crazy Water: The Story of Mineral Wells and Other Texas Health Resorts (Chisholm Trail Series, No 10)
by Gene Fowler, Larry L. King
Listed under Spas & Health Resorts
 

Dallas Reconsidered : Essays in Local History by Michael V. Hazel Book Description: Dallas Reconsidered contains essays by a number of historians examining various aspects of the history of Dallas. As the title suggests, the book attempts to examine sides of the city's history that previously have been neglected. Its topics range from attempts to navigate the Trinity River to early Italian settlers to women's clubs to early flying exhibitions. The editor is Michael V. Hazel. This present paperback edition follows original publication in 1995 in hardcover. Paperback from Three Forks Press

Death of a Legend: The Myth and Mystery Surrounding the Death of Davy Crockett
by Bill Groneman
Paperback from Republic of Texas Pr

Donna Texas (Images of America)
by Laura Lincoln, Karen Gerhardt, Amy Alejandro
Paperback from Arcadia

Eyes Right: Vintage Postcard Profile of San Antonio's Military
by Lewis F. Fisher
Listed under Collectible Postcards

The Face of Texas: Portraits of Texans
by Michael O'Brien, Elizabeth O'Brien
Hardcover from Bright Sky Press

A Field Guide to Stone Artifacts of Texas Indians (Gulf Publishing Field Guide Series.)
by Ellen Sue Turner, et al
(Paperback)

Flags of Texas
by Charles E., Jr. Gilbert, James Rice
Hardcover from Pelican Pub Co
1989

Fort Davis: Outpost on the Texas Frontier
by Robert Wooster
Publisher: Texas State Historical Assn;

The First Polish Americans: Silesian Settlements in Texas
by T. Lindsay Baker
Listed under Texas Genealogy

From Can See to Can't: Texas Cotton Farmers on the Southern Prairies
by Thad Sitton, Dan K. Utley (Contributor)

German Pioneers on the American Frontier : The Wagners in Texas and Illinois
by Andreas V. Reichstein
Listed under Illinois History

Glen Rose: Texas (Images of America)
by Gene Fowler, Somervell County Historical Commission
Paperback from Arcadia

 

Gone to Texas: A History of the Lone Star State by Randolph B. Campbell Hardcover from Oxford University Press

Gunfighter: An Autobiography
by John Wesley Hardin
Listed under John Wesley Hardin
 

The History of Texas by Robert A. Calvert, Arnoldo De Leon, Gregg Cantrell Paperback from Harlan Davidson

Isaac's Storm : A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
by Erik Larson, Isaac Monroe Cline
Listed under Hurricanes

Kings of Texas : The 150-Year Saga of an American Ranching Empire
by Don Graham (Author)
Listed under Texas Genealogy

Las Tejanas : 300 Years of History
by Teresa Palomo Acosta, Ruthe Winegarten
Paperback from Univ of Texas Press

Los Mestenos: Spanish Ranching in Texas, 1721-1821 (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, No 18)
by Jack Jackson
(Hardcover)
 

Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans by T. R. Fehrenbach Paperback from DaCapo Press

Lone Star Justice: The First Century of the Texas Rangers
by Robert M. Utley
Listed under Texas Rangers

Lone Star Preacher : Being a Chronicle of the Acts of Praxiteles Swan, M. E. Church South Sometime Captain, 5th Texas Regiment Confederate States
by John W. Thomason, Max Lale (Designer)

Memorial and Genealogical Record of Southwest Texas
by Goodspeed Publishing Company
Listed under Texas Genealogy

Muleshoe and More : The Remarkable Stories Behind the Naming of Texas Towns
by Clare Bradfield, William H. Bradfield
(Paperback)

Our Land Before We Die: The Proud Story of the Seminole Negro
by Jeff Guinn
(Hardcover)

Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation
by John Phillip Santos
Mexican American journalist John Phillip Santos's lyrical and loving memoir explores his family's history in magnificent prose touched with the singing cadences of his Spanish-language heritage yet vibrant with the energy of American English. It's a combination utterly suited to his native San Antonio, where las viejitas--the little old ladies of the Garcia and Santos families--ruled over their children and grandchildren with the toughness and grandeur of the Mexico they left during the revolution of 1914. "Poised between those ancient Indio origins from the south ... and our Mestizo future in the north," these new Texans made Mexico live for their descendants in the magical stories and folkloric practices of an older culture. Yet there was also a sense of secrets kept and cherished possessions left behind, of people who had traveled far and traveled light. The "wind of story" was also "a wind of forgetting," and as Santos probes his heritage, he comes to understand that "it is okay to move on and forget." Nonetheless, this is a book that restores to memory the drama not just of a single family but of an entire people whose past is more closely entwined with that of the United States than some Americans care to remember. Santos depicts them with care and dignity. --Wendy Smith - Amazon.com
Paperback: 284 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.62 x 7.76 x 5.09
Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper); ; Reissue edition (August 1, )
ISBN: 0140292020

People and Places in the Texas Past
Book Description: People and Places In The Texas Past is about the interesting things that usually fall down between the cracks of Texas history. It deals with Theodore Roosevelt's trip to see Jack Abernathy catch wolves with his bare hands; Bigfoot Wallace chasing buffalo down Austin's Congress Avenue; Josiah Wilbarger's living in spite of the loss of his scalp; Fort Worth real estate man Charles Post, Postum, Post Toasties and General Foods; the Houston Ship Channel and other subjects Texan.
Hardcover: ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.00 x 11.50 x 9.00
Publisher: Yellow Rose Pr; ; (November 1983)
ISBN: 0912854057

Remembering Buddy: The Definitive Biography of Buddy Holly
by John Goldrosen, John Beecher
Listed under Buddy Holly
 

Revolution in Texas: How a Forgotten Rebellion and Its Bloody Suppression Turned Mexicans into Americans by Benjamin Heber Johnson Book Description: In Revolution in Texas Benjamin Johnson tells the little-known story of one of the most intense and protracted episodes of racial violence in United States history. In 1915, against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution, the uprising that would become known as the Plan de San Diego began with a series of raids by ethnic Mexicans on ranches and railroads. Local violence quickly erupted into a regional rebellion. In response, vigilante groups and the Texas Rangers staged an even bloodier counterinsurgency, culminating in forcible relocations and mass executions. Faced with the overwhelming forces arrayed against it, the uprising eventually collapsed. But, as Johnson demonstrates, the rebellion resonated for decades in American history. Convinced of the futility of using force to protect themselves against racial discrimination and economic oppression, many Mexican Americans elected to seek protection as American citizens with equal access to rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution. Hardcover from Yale Univ Pr

Roadside Geology of Texas
by Darwin Spearing
Listed under Roadside Geology

Railroads of Western Texas: San Antonio to El Paso
by Douglas Lee Braudaway
Listed under American Railroads

Search for the Shadowman
by Joan Lowery Nixon
Reading level: Ages 9-12

Peculiar Honor: A History of the 28th Texas Cavalry, 1862-1865
by M. Jane Johansson
Listed under Civil War Texas

Sam Houston
by James L. Haley
Listed under Sam Houston

The Seventh Flag: Comanche Indians in Texas
by John Proctor
Listed under Comanche Indians

The Texas Kickapoo: Keepers of Tradition
by Bill Wright, et al
Listed under Kickapoo Indians

Texas Flags
by Robert, Jr. Maberry, Peter C. Marzio

Texas Rivers
by John Graves, Wyman Meinzer
Hardcover from Texas Parks & Wildlife Pr

The Texas Sheriff: Lord of the County Line
by Thad Sitton
Hardcover from Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd)

Texas Volunteers In The Mexican War
by Charles D. Spurlin

Terry Texas Ranger Trilogy: Terry's Texas Rangers, Reminiscences of the Terry Rangers, the Diary of Ephraim Shelby Dodd
by Thomas W. Cutrer et al
Listed under Texas Rangers
 

Trees of Texas: A Guide to Easy Identification (W.L. Moody, Jr., Natural History Series, No 34) by Carmine A. Stahl, Ria McElvaney Hardcover from Texas A&M University Press

Voices from the Wild Horse Desert: The Vaquero Families of the King and Kenedy Ranches
by Jane Clements Monday et al.

Wildflowers of Houston and Southeast Texas
by John L. Tveten, Gloria Tveten (Contributor)

The Texas 36th Division: A History
by Bruce L. Brager
Book Description: The 36th Division was formed in 1917, just after the United States entered World War I. The division's documented ancestors in the Texas National Guard, the Texas Volunteer Guard, and the Texas militia trace back to the 1870s. The tradition in which the 36th played so great a part even predates the 1836 defense of the Alamo.

This history explores the division's origins and also goes "over there" with the 36th for combat in World War I, chronicles the division in state National Guard service between the world wars, and witnesses its federalization in 1940, followed by combat training in 1940-1942 and combat action in Italy and France during the Second World War.
(Hardcover)
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