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Texas Tales Your Teacher Never Told You

Author : C. F. Eckhardt

Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications

Page : 225 pages

File Size : 36,35 MB

Release : 1997-12-30

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1461625416

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Book Description

Cold facts and impersonal statistics may be the bacon of Texas history, but the tall tales and interesting side stories are the sizzle. In this book, C.F. Charlie Eckhardt presents some of the Texas history sizzle that is often ignored when pure historians write about the Lone Star State. He adds to the flavor of Texas history with tales about such things as the first Texas revolution, the first English speaking person in Texas, and the little known counterrevolution of 1838-1840. Charlie examines the expulsion of the Cherokees from Texas and provides details of some of the more famous Indian fights. Charlie also shows his romantic side with the legend of the famous Yellow Rose of Texas.



Lies My Teacher Told Me

Author : James W. Loewen

Publisher : The New Press

Page : 466 pages

File Size : 17,14 MB

Release : 2008

Category : History

ISBN : 1595583262

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Book Description

Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history.



Texas Tales Your Teacher Never Told You

Author : C. F. Eckhardt

Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications

Page : 225 pages

File Size : 50,75 MB

Release : 1997-12-30

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 155622141X

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Book Description

Charlie Eckhardt, a newspaper columnist and owner of the Lone Star Barber Shop in Seguin, Texas, spins his tales as only Charlie can. This book covers such topics as the little-known first Texas revolution and the counterrevolution of 1838-1840; the Linville raid; the legend of the Yellow Rose of Texas; Jim Bowie's famous knife and Sam Colt's equally famous pistol; and many more. From the early days of Texas up to the saving of the oil industry, Charlie tells 'em like he heard 'em and assures that some of the stories are actually true.



Best Tales of Texas Ghosts

Author : Docia Schultz Williams

Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications

Page : 409 pages

File Size : 44,39 MB

Release : 1998

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1556225695

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Book Description

Renowed storyteller Docia WIlliams gathers a medley of some of the best haunting stories from her four previous books, then she adds a hundred pages of new ghostly tales from Piney Woods of East Texas and from North Centeral Texas,including the Dallas area.



Tales with a Texas Twist

Author : Donna Ingham

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield

Page : 173 pages

File Size : 47,91 MB

Release : 2018-04-06

Category : History

ISBN : 1493032445

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Book Description

With this compilation of Texas--and Texanized--favorite myths and legends, award-winning tale teller Donna Ingham applies her own unmistakable voice to traverse her home state through such stories as: "The Coming of the Bluebonnet"--an oft-collected Commanche myth about love and sacrifice and the origin of the Texas state flower "The Story Behind the Story"--about two early cattlemen and the basis for an episode in Larry McMurtry's "Lonesome Dove" "The Life and Times of Pecos Bill"--a selection of tales about this legendary folk hero "Diamond Bill"--about an east Texas rattlesnake who fought in the Civil War "Cupid Was a Mama's Boy"--a Texanized classic Greek myth



Lawmen of the Old West

Author : Del Cain

Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications

Page : 240 pages

File Size : 15,11 MB

Release : 2001-01-16

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1556228341

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Book Description

The lawmen in this book were serious offenders against the laws they had at one time sworn to uphold. Their skills were honed in range wars and family feuds and polished along the cattle trails, in the saloons and banks, and on the trains of the West. More than one kicked out their lives at the end of ropes strung up by citizens who were outraged by their abuse of the trust that went along with the badge they wore. These are their stories.



Singin' a Lonesome Song

Author : Gary Brown

Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing

Page : 272 pages

File Size : 34,85 MB

Release : 2001-01-25

Category : History

ISBN : 1461625629

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Book Description

Texas convicts and inmates have made the Texas prison system the most colorful in the world over the past 150 years. T



Spindletop unwound

Author : Roger L. Shaffer

Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing

Page : 282 pages

File Size : 29,84 MB

Release : 1997-07-15

Category : True Crime

ISBN : 0585262411

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Book Description

Well documented by public records, actual court reports, and newspaper accounts, this book is a true story of greed, ambition and murder in the first degree.



When Darkness Falls

Author : Docia Shultz Williams

Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications

Page : 361 pages

File Size : 35,32 MB

Release : 1997-06-01

Category : History

ISBN : 0585262403

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Book Description

Once again, well-known ghost story writer Docia Williams brings us an all-new book about recent ghost sightings and mysterious happenings in the Alamo City. A chilling book for those wanting a guide to places where spirits are known to rendezvous or for those who just like a good ghost story.



Texas Boys in Gray

Author : Mamie Yeary

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield

Page : 226 pages

File Size : 29,18 MB

Release : 2000

Category : Soldiers

ISBN : 1556227779

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Book Description

Presents a collection of fascinating remembrances of those who were there. Sometimes humorous and sometimes heart breaking, the experiences of the Texas War Veterans.