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Illustrations by Mark Mitchell. Includes bibliographical references and index. Variant title : UT History 101.Author: Margaret Catherine BerryPublisher: Eakin PressPublication Date: Apr 18,...

This is the second book in William L. Adams' series about military vets from the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas. "Valley Vets II: An Oral History of Texan Korean and Viet Nam Veterans of the Lower...

Author: Janice ShefelmanPublisher: Eakin PressPublication Date: May 01, 2023Number of Pages: 200 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1681792265ISBN-13: 9781681792262

Walking Historic Galveston: A Guide to its Neighborhoods is the city's first practical, comprehensive walking guide of the Islands most concentrated historic areas with interesting anecdotes about...

The 345th Bomb Group, Air Apaches, Fifth Air Force, as the first full Air Force Combat Group sent to the Pacific in World War II, added a new dimension to the ever-growing saga of the B-25 . . . a...

In times of fear, people seek comfort, purpose, and direction. We feel sadness and depression. We think about such issues as responsibility, error, guilt and forgiveness. We explore spiritual...

Many Christians live with doubts about certain traditional Christian beliefs, and their doubts often result in guilt. Others are led to reject the faith out of disagreement with beliefs that seem to...

This is a unique title from noted Texas author and storyteller, Rose-Mary Rumbley. Part travel guide, part cookbook and all intertwined in an entertaining story, Rose-Mary takes the reader to almost...

Fourteen-year-old Josh and his friend Shan are facing hard times on their families' farms in Central Texas in 1934. It's the days of the Dust Bowl and Great Depression, and rain is as scarce as money...

Since 1923, from when the Texas state park system began, no one set of records was pooled together to show all the parks namesakes from biographical data; that is, until Allan C. Kimballs wrote "Who...

Meet the twenty-six year old lawyer who commanded Texas' most famous garrison for thirteen incredible days and penned the words, "I shall never retreat or surrender-victory or death." William Barrett...

William Barrett Travis was born in South Carolina, but his name will forever be linked to Texas and honored by Texans. He was only twenty-six and a lieutenant colonel in the Texas Army when he found...

A summer of drought and epidemic illness in 1847 forces Mina, Papa, and his new wife, Lisette, to move on from Fredericksburg, Texas, to a larger land grant deep in Comanche territory. This is the...

Texans are proud of the ranching traditions of their state. The Texas ranchers presented in this book helped develop some of those traditions. They provided some colorful chapters in the state's...

A collection of stories introducing the dwellings of some early Texas inhabitants, including the Comanche tipi, the settlers' dugouts and dogtrots, and the Greek Revival mansion of the Civil War...