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Jim Hall tells his entire story -- his life and his cars -- for the first time to award-winning author George Levy in this authorized biography
Author : George Levy
Publisher : Evro Publishing Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,3 MB
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781910505663
Jim Hall tells his entire story -- his life and his cars -- for the first time to award-winning author George Levy in this authorized biography
Author : Tim McClure
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,28 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Advertising campaigns
ISBN : 9780972282512
A behind the scenes look at the most successful antilittering campaign in history.
Author : Robb Walsh
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 38,21 MB
Release : 2002-04
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780811829618
Walsh delivers both a practical cookbook and a guided tour of Texas barbecue lore, giving readers straightforward advice right from the pit masters themselves. Their time-honored tips, along with 85 closely guarded recipes, reveal a lip-smacking feast of smoked meats, savory side dishes, and an awesome array of mops, sauces, and rubs. Photos.
Author : James Frank Dobie
Publisher :
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 27,93 MB
Release : 1964
Category : History
ISBN :
V2 : Pirates' Gold and Other Tales.
Author : Lora-Marie Bernard
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 44,71 MB
Release : 2020-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1439668833
A journalist searches for the truth behind the traditional folk song, and a free black woman’s role in the Texas Revolution. The legend of the Yellow Rose of Texas holds an indisputable place in Lone Star culture, tethered to a familiar song that has served as a Civil War marching tune, a pop chart staple, and a halftime anthem. Almost two centuries of Texas mythmaking successfully muddled fact with fable in song, and the true story of Emily D. West remains mired in dispute and unrecognizable beneath the tales that grew up around it. The complete truth may never be recovered, but in this book Lora-Marie Bernard seeks an honest account honoring the grit and determination that brought a free black woman from the abolitionist riots of Connecticut to the thick of a bloody Texas revolution. A Lone Star native who grew up immersed in the Yellow Rose legend, Bernard also traces other stories that legend has obscured, including the connection between Emily D. West and plans for a free black colony in Texas. Includes illustrations
Author : Wesley Treat
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,6 MB
Release : 2009-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781402766879
"If your taste extends to the odd side of traveling, [this is your ticket]."--"Booklist."
Author : Bob Alexander
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 45,50 MB
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 157441691X
Authors Bob Alexander and Donaly E. Brice grappled with several issues when deciding how to relate a general history of the Texas Rangers. Should emphasis be placed on their frontier defense against Indians, or focus more on their role as guardians of the peace and statewide law enforcers? What about the tumultuous Mexican Revolution period, 1910-1920? And how to deal with myths and legends such as One Riot, One Ranger? Texas Rangers: Lives, Legend, and Legacy is the authors’ answer to these questions, a one-volume history of the Texas Rangers. The authors begin with the earliest Rangers in the pre-Republic years in 1823 and take the story up through the Republic, Mexican War, and Civil War. Then, with the advent of the Frontier Battalion, the authors focus in detail on each company A through F, relating what was happening within each company concurrently. Thereafter, Alexander and Brice tell the famous episodes of the Rangers that forged their legend, and bring the story up through the twentieth century to the present day in the final chapters.
Author : Linda Broday
Publisher : Sourcebooks Casablanca
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,99 MB
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781492630173
First in a thrilling Historical Western Romance series from NYT and USA Today bestselling author Linda Broday HISTORICAL WESTERN ROMANCE All Texas Ranger Sam Legend wants is time to recuperate at his family ranch, but fate has other plans. Swept into a desperate battle to save a woman on the run from a ruthless band of outlaws, Sam must put everything on the line to win the day. Sierra awakens a dream Sam thought long dead and ignites a passion he believed impossible. As she finds her way into his heart, Sam will do anything to save her—even enlist the help of his outlaw half-brother. In Texas, some legends are born, some are made, and some are forged by destiny. Which will he be?
Author : Greg Brown
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 17,22 MB
Release : 2016-04-24
Category :
ISBN : 9781532929540
In August of 1976, one of the most notorious murder scenes played out in Ft. Worth, Texas. Cullen Davis was one of the richest men in Texas and his second wife, Priscilla Davis, with whom he was divorcing, was shot in their mansion. Also shot and murdered were her twelve-year-old daughter and her thirty-year-old boyfriend, Stan Farr. Priscilla and two other people said it was Cullen. The culprit was wearing a wig so his identity was somewhat hidden but not completely. Cullen was arrested in the early morning hours of August 3, 1976, at the home of his girlfriend, Karen Master. He later went on trial for the murder of Priscilla's daughter. He was found not guilty but the next year he was put on trial for a murder-for-hire plot to kill the judge overseeing his divorce from Priscilla. He got off from that charge, too. Finally in 1979 he and Priscilla were divorced. Priscilla received 3.3 million dollars and Cullen was able to move back into his 19,000 square-foot mansion. This book explains the facts of that fateful August night and what happened in the courtrooms of Texas. But the majority chronicles the path Priscilla took after the trials of the 1970's. Priscilla was not done with Cullen yet and she would try tirelessly to obtain some kind of justice. She also decided to have a little fun along the way. The press loved Priscilla but the general public were split. She had been painted as a low-rent gold-digger in the Texas courtrooms but everyone also knew that Cullen was probably guilty of murder. In the end, only the two of them really knew the truth. This is the story of how Priscilla learned to live with the fact that Cullen would never have to pay for his actions and her reputation would be forever marred. In 1995, a 26-year-old man named Greg Brown moved in with Priscilla, who was now 53. They became lovers and Greg tells how Priscilla learned to make the most of tragic situations which were both of her making and not of her making. It's a story of struggle, love and compromise even in the most dire of circumstances.
Author : Donna Ingham
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 39,9 MB
Release : 2010-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0762766689
Part of our growing Mysteries and Legends series, Mysteries and Legends of Texas explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in Texas’s history. Each episode included in the book is a story unto itself, and the tone and style of the book is lively and easy to read for a general audience interested in Texas history.