WInner of the 2008 Western Heritage Award, Juvenile Books Where has Mr. Barrington gone? Follow Hannah, Nick, and Jackie back in time to the Texas Revolution as they search for clues leading to the m
A natural history of this pig-like animal?the only peccary species native to the United States?which is as much a part of the Southwestern landscape as the roadrunner, armadillo, and horned lizard Th
During the late 1800s and the first half of the 1900, Harvey Houses were a familiar sight to train travelers in the American West. Harvey Girls served gourmet meals to passengers of the Atchison, Tope
"For me, it is a delight to introduce Joe Don Miller and his Little League team from Roswell. . . . Dewey Johnson takes the reader through the teenage gauntlet that has tested us all."?David Poling, R
Isaac Webb, a young Texas ranger, struggles for decency amid the violence of the Texas Revolution and the early days of the Republic. Still in his teens when he joins Captain Noah Smithwick, Isaac dis
Southwesterners are well accustomed to this sleek, mostly brown and white, long-tailed nemesis of coyote as it darts across roads or perches on a post or branch never too far from the ground. Equally
Among the highlights of this book documenting twenty years in the life and work of a major Texas artist is Watkins’s creation of the double-walled caldron that has become his forte. Offering an exten
Winner of the Belmont University Prize for Best Book on Country Western Music. Alan Munde and Joe Carr are the best known as superb bluegrass musicians. In this book they demonstrate that they are als
Looking back at a wonderful way to make a living Few people have the opportunity to live and work in America's magnificent national parks, let alone in a wide diversity of those great parks. For thir
The combat history of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines--or “One Five” (1/5)--is long and illustrious, but there are many periods of their combat operations during the Vietnam War about which there is li
Pretty, twenty-year-old Mariposa has entered the U.S. from Honduras by way of Nuevo Laredo, without documentation. She now serves drinks and woos customers as a B-girl—sort of a dime-a-dance arrangeme
Twelve-year-old Sarah Stein loves life in New York. Who wouldn’t, growing up in a cool TriBeCa loft with an artist dad and a chocolate-maker mom, rollerblading in Central Park, hanging out with friend
Geologist Frankie MacFarlane and P.I. Philo Dain, just back from Afghanistan, are packing for an R&R trip to a cooler clime when Philo’s Aunt Heather is murdered in her empty Tucson mansion. Her h
Travel just about anywhere in the southern United States, and you will find pecan trees. The ?nut too hard to crack by hand”?the derivation of the pecan’s Algonquian name?is one of the most successful
Reared in isolation by her father on the Western prairie, Mary Dove has been taught to fear only one thing. One sparkling October day it happens. The inevitable stranger rides in off the plains, and M
Explore, as few have intimately done, the Big Bend Ranch State Park and the Chinati Mountains State Natural Area.Trust Wyman Meinzer to see as no one ever has the desert sanctuaries of the vast Big Be
"Tells the story of Steven L. Berk, M.D., who was kidnapped from his home in Amarillo, Texas, in March of 2005. Shows how Berk used his experiences and training as a physician to survive the ordeal an
The American Sun & Wind Moving Picture Company is an enchanting tale set in the silent film era.? Beginning in 1915, in Fort Lee, New Jersey, where a Jewish family makes one and two reel silent fi
Four hours. That was the amount of time between looking down the barrel of a gun and finding myself free along a silent highway lined by cotton fields. In the time period that seemed eternal, my uniqu
One hundred thirty-two species, subspecies, and varieties of cacti may be found in Texas. About one hundred of them occur in the state’s Trans-Pecos region, one of the most cactus-rich areas of the Un
"Account of the Spanish expedition in 1759 to punish the Wichitas and allies for their massacre of San Saba Mission in present-day Menard County, Texas. It is based on the journal of one of the Spanis
Welcome to the world of Texas ranching, where ?come ’n’ get it” is the national anthem, the kitchen is the most important room in the house, meals become staff meetings, and the cook is a treasured me
Texans love to eat, and one dish they can’t get enough of is chili—so much so that chili con carne is Texas’s state meal. This seemingly simple staple of Texan identity proves to be anything but, howe
Stand at the rim of Palo Duro Canyon or look down from any vista along the caprock, and let your imagination take over. Beneath an endless canopy of blue, you find yourself at the edge of an enormous
In 1870, sixteen-year-old Frank Maynard left his home in lowa and arrived in Towanda, Kansas, where he soon took a job helping to trail a small herd of cattle from Missouri to Colorado. Thus began hi
At the outset of summer break in 1959, Texas Tech senior Jerry Craft had no more enticing options than to stay home and help on the family ranch?so the telephoned offer to play for a semipro baseball
A heart of steel can’t be stolen—unless the thief is Hellie JondoeIt’s 1918. A war of nations is ending and a worldwide flu epidemic just heating up, but to thirteen-year-old Hellie, the only battle t
On a soft summer Virginia evening Shelly Wagner was pushing her five-year-old son in a tire swing in the backyard, idling away the hours between dinner and bedtime. She left him only for a moment, but
When a world-famous artist begins to lose her eyesight and puts down her brushes, it is a tragedy. When she starts to paint again, it must surely be a miracle.“What are those colors?” I asked, shoutin
The Literature of Emigration and Exile is a collection of works from various writers that explore the literature of emigration and exile. These writers examine poetic, fictional, and biographical voic
A remarkable memoir, written by Texan Robert H. Williams, ranging from the wild prairies of central Texas at the turn of the century into WWI with the infant Army Air force, around the world in the me
Women under the Napoleonic regime have been largely neglected by historians. Through recovered discourses and other primary sources, in Napoleon and the Woman Question June K. Burton uncovers the stra
Journalist Bob Horton was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Pentagon during the Vietnam War. In this memoir, he intertwines his news career in Washington, D.C., during the 196
Complete with glossary and bibliography, this book is a must have for every serious student of mammology. Illustrated with photographs and line drawings, this volume uses two or more pairs of contrast
Geographers and historians explore the canyon in the Texas panhandle where erosion has uncovered many prehistoric features. They look at the geology, archaeology, paleontology, human interactions sinc
Any scholar interested in dreams will be in Oberhelman's debt. His lucid translation and helpful annotations have brought Achmet away from the private preserve of Byzantinists and into the academic ma
