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Author: Allan A. Metcalf
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780618043620
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn short, delightful essays, a professor of English explains the key features that make American speech so expressive and distinct. With chapters on ethnic dialects and dialects in the movies, the author reveals the resplendence of one of our nation's greatest natural resources--its endless and varied talk.
Author: Del Cain
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Published: 2001-01-16
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1461625599
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSome of the law officers who served the West during the last half of the nineteenth century drifted from one side of the law to the other and sold their talents to whichever side offered the most advantage. Others used their positions as cover for their criminal activities. 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. Some of them did good work enforcing the law when that was their job. Others had equally successful careers on the other side of the law. 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.
Author: Evault Boswell
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Published: 2000-04-26
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1461625513
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on a 1912 publication about Texans who fought for the South in the Civil War, Texas Boys in Gray presents a collection of fascinating remembrances of those who were there. Sometimes humorous and sometimes heartbreaking, the experiences of these men are documented as a tribute to Texas war veterans. Texas Boys in Gray captures, in their own words, the patriotism, the fear, the confusion, the bravery, the terrible wounds, the desperate hunger, the camaraderie, the horrible prison conditions, and the joyful reunions that were all part of that historical time.
Author: Jim Harris
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Published: 2000-03-17
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 0585262683
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere's more than one kind of Texas native-we share our magnificent state with numerous other species some with four legs or more and some with no legs at all. Naturalist Jim Harris has studied most of them, and in Lone Star Menagerie he shares some little-known facts, fascinating tales, and amusing personal experiences with these creatures that we live alongside.
Author: Tom Dodge
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
Published: 2000-04-26
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 1461662273
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTom Dodge is at his best when he talks about Texas. This collection of writings over the past decade includes his most poignant and provocative National Public Radio vignettes as well as longer pieces from newspapers and magazines. Here are the wry, sometimes ironic, observations on all things Texas his listeners are used to. His insights include a unique analysis of junkyards, railroads, bookstores, horned toads, sandy-land farms, and his grandmother's homemade grape jelly.
Author: Henry Chappell
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Published: 2001-02-15
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 1461708400
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBobwhites in the Texas panhandle, prairie grouse in the Flint Hills of Kansas, Gambel's quail in New Mexico's arroyos, blue quail on the staked plains, and doves and Mearn's quail in Arizona. In these lyrical essays, Henry Chappell examines the bonds that exist between hunter, hunting dog, land, and prey. At Home on the Range with a Texas Hunter evokes a powerful sense of history and place and never shies from the responsibilities and ethical struggles every hunter faces.
Author: Gary Brown
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Published: 2001-01-25
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1461625629
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTexas convicts and inmates have made the Texas prison system the most colorful in the world over the past 150 years. T
Author: Georgina Gentry
Publisher: Zebra Books
Published: 2013-10-09
Total Pages: 442
ISBN-13: 1420129171
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Woman With A Will Miss Lillian Primm is beyond weary of polishing the manners of Boston's young ladies, so when she inherits half ownership of a "hotel" in Fort Floppett, Texas, she eagerly heads out West--only to discover that The Texas Lily is no less than a house of ill repute! A Man With A Plan Bradley O'Neal doesn't intend to change a thing about The Texas Lily, least of all the lovely ladies who keep customers coming back for more. It won't be the first time he turns on the charm to get his way--and discovering what lies behind Miss Primm's proper facade is a game too tempting to pass up. . . A Match Made In The Wild West Now, as the straitlaced schoolmarm faces off against the shrewdest gambler in the Lonestar State, let the winner take all. . . "Another wonderful battle-of-the-sexes novel. . .a most enjoyable read." --Booklist (starred review) on To Tempt a Texan
Author: Sophia Dembling
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
Published: 2001-12-27
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 1461625661
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Texas "Yankee" is a loose term covering a lot of ground. If you're not a Texan or a southerner, you're a Yankee and therefore, to many Texans, suspect. There are many rites of passage to being a Yankee in Texas: the first time you spot a pickup with a gun rack; the first time you realize that a week is a long time to go without Mexican food; the first time you recognize a change in seasons; your first thunderstorm; your first honky-tonk. Culture Shock in Texas can be intense and is exacerbate by local rules of propriety that tell us to keep out mouths shut. But here in this book we are going to talk all about it with good old Yankee outspokenness. We'll clear the air, share experiences, orient newcomers, and have some good laughs.
Author: Shelley Gray
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 2012-10-01
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 1426761767
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTexas, 1874. Long ago, Scout Proffitt gave up on ever being a man of honor like his Civil War hero brother Clayton. But when Scout steps foot on the rundown remnants of the Circle C ranch, he wonders if maybe—just maybe—the Lord has something different intended for him. Rosemarie has lived most of her life doubting her worth and shouldering the blame for her brother’s death. But when a stranger rides onto her ranch, claiming he owns it, she suddenly is given a choice: either keep looking at the dark side of life . . . or dare to dream.
