"A biography of LaVern Roach, a professional boxer from Plainview, Texas, who was active during the mid-twentieth century; Roach earned a top ten middleweight boxing ranking, and died from injuries su
"Moving stories of Jewish sensibility The stories in John J. Clayton's newest collection are luminous, expressing a struggle to see growth and meaning in life as much as possible. Nearly all focus
On July 8, 1860, Dallas, Texas burned. Three slaves were accused of arson and hanged without a trial. Today, most historians attribute the fire to carelessness. Texas was the darkest corner of
Late in 1835, the Mexican army surrendered San Antonio and retreated across the Rio Grande. Texas colonists, including young Belle Wood, rejoiced. No one expected more trouble from Mexico. So when Bel
In his pursuit of Texas terroir, the sense of place manifest in Texas wine country’s sun-baked soils, variable climate, and human intervention, Russell Kane has traveled the state tasting wine, interv
Originally a Junior Literary Guild selection, Bank Street College choice for Best Books for Children, and winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best Western Juvenile BookIn 1888 Kans
2005 SPUR Award Winner A West Texas starscape, stunning by any measure, is emblematic of Walt McDonald’s plains. A lifelong celebration culminates in this, his best?and perhaps last?collection of new
"Jim Sanderson has created a terrific story around a memorably roguish central character. . . . Nevin's History is a good, good-humored story, and Jim Sanderson is a writer to watch."?Dallas Morning N
Fleeing Atlanta and an emotionally abusive marriage. Imogene McBride is heading west with her precocious, beautiful teenage daughter, Cora, when their car breaks down in the tiny North Texas town of A
Energy scholar Vaclav Smil wrote in 2003, ?Tug at any human use of energy and you will find its effects cascading throughout society.” Too often public discussions of energy-related issues become grid
Few works reveal anything about the role of federal judges in the early twentieth-century American West. Arnon Gutfeld fills that void by analyzing the major issues and dilemmas those judges faced as
Few works reveal anything about the role of federal judges in the early twentieth-century American West. Arnon Gutfeld fills that void by analyzing the major issues and dilemmas those judges faced as
You’ve met them in your own life: the influential mentor who made a difference. The public servant whose energy and dedication were an inspiration to all. The business leader who overcame adversity an
The story of childhood on America’s farms in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Always Plenty to Do is a journey back to America’s breadbasket. Fleshing out the contours of everyday life
Some 30,000 American Indians call Albuquerque, New Mexico, home, and twelve Indigenous nations, mostly Pueblo, live within a fifty-mile radius of it. Yet no study until now has focused on the complexi
More than a century later, the Galveston hurricane of 1900 is still the largest natural disaster in American history. Pounding most of the historic island city to rubble, and claiming perhaps as many
For four decades, the embroiderers of Ninhue, Chile, have been stitching scenes of rural life in the ?place of stones”?their village in the foothills of the Coastal Range between Santiago and Concepci
The Spurs of James J. Wheat, Pioneer Collector is more than a beautiful book of spur photos. The author provides information for spur aficionados and collectors, alike. He gives pointers on what make
With references to his work appearing everywhere from the New Yorker to The Simpsons, Joseph Conrad remains one of the twentieth century’s most widely discussed literary figures. And yet it may be tha
Soaring across extensive terrain, from the working world of Detroit to American suburbia and pop culture; from the European landscape of World War II to the current war in Iraq, Christine Rhein opens
2005 Poets' Prize * Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist * Booklist Editors' Choice 2004 ?For formalists, this author comes as a gift, a poet fully in charge of her forms, subtle and controlled. She
As enigmatic and contradictory as far West Texas has always been, it is nevertheless surprising to learn that in 1925 its desert germinated a slender but vibrant shoot of the Harlem Renaissance. Isol
"An outstanding contribution to the historiography of the American West and likely will remain for a long time the definitive work on the Texas Panhandle."?Ernest Wallace "As one born in the region,
"A most significant yet unsung contribution within the field of Turkish studies over the past quarter of a century has been the work of Barbara K. Walker in collecting, preserving, and sharing Turkish
A blend of fiction and drama, in which nothing is certain With Dreaming of the Delta, Perla Suez joins the ranks of other prominent Argentine writers who have incorporated the horrors of the violent
An American "Dreyfus Affair" By all accounts, Uriah Phillips Levy, the first Jewish commodore in the U.S. Navy, was both a principled and pugnacious man. On his way to becoming a flag officer, h
Book Seven in the award-winning series for middle readers, a sobering window on slavery in Texas A struggle over a bowl of popcorn begins another time-traveling adventure for Nick, Jackie, and Hanna
An American "Dreyfus Affair" By all accounts, Uriah Phillips Levy, the first Jewish commodore in the U.S. Navy, was both a principled and pugnacious man. On his way to becoming a flag officer, h
They were little more than boys in the turbulent 1960s when Lee Roy Herron and his high school buddy, David Nelson, signed up for Marine Corps officer training. Decisions during college took the pair
When a thirteen-year-old boy strikes out on his own in 1885, leaving his Civil War?ravaged Mississippi homeland for the wild Red River borderland between North Texas and Indian Territory, the American
?To teach kids history, try time travel. Cuate, a veteran schoolteacher, spins the tale of a seventh-grader Hannah, her brother Nick, and her friend Jackie. They are intrigued by a mysterious trunk be
Black-tailed prairie dogs once played a vital role in the vast grasslands ecosystem of the Great Plains of North America. The burrows of these little digging rodents aerated and watered the deep soil
Black-tailed prairie dogs once played a vital role in the vast grasslands ecosystem of the Great Plains of North America. The burrows of these little digging rodents aerated and watered the deep soil
A Homeric hero in an epic foreclosure battle Homer Maxey was a war hero, multimillionaire, and pillar of the Lubbock, Texas, community. During the post-World War II boom, he filled the West Texas ho
In 1838 Texas vice president Mirabeau B. Lamar, flush from the excitement of a successful buffalo hunt, gazed from a hilltop toward the paradise at his feet and saw the future. His poetic eye admired
The cave at Mount Bonnell, not far from the school Hannah, Nick, and Jackie attend in Austin, has attracted many visitors over the years, from Indians to Boy Scouts to historic reenactors. But when Ja
To the American public it’s a 2,000-mile-long project to keep illegal immigrants, narcotics, and terrorists on the other side of the U.S.?Mexico border. In the deserts of Arizona, it’s a ?virtual fenc
He was the top male box office attraction at the movies, one of the most widely read newspaper columnists in America, a radio commentator with an audience of more than 60 million, and a globetrotting
In October 2004, Barry Lopez invited a group of writers to meet with him, Bill McKibben, Alan Weisman, and Dennis Covington at the Junction campus of Texas Tech University. Out of this meeting grew a
A voice as resonant as her love of the Plains, a commitment even deeperAuthor Mari Sandoz was as passionate about Plains peoples as she was about language and literary acclaim. That the mastery of Cr
