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Call to Glory by Michael J Gilhuly Publisher Comments Infused with blood and honor of Jim Bowie, Davie Crockett and Sam Houston -- Texans became tough, hell bent for leather. Here you will find such men, the Wiley brothers. This is their story on how they started the Texas Rangers to bring law and order to... (read more) List Price $23.25 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover 
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The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy by Robert Leleux Publisher Comments In the Dear John letter Daddy left for Mother and me, on a Saturday afternoon in early June 1996, on the inlaid Florentine table in the front entry of our house, which we found that night upon returning from a day spent in the crème-colored light of... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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One Ranger: A Memoir (Bridwell Texas History Series) by H Joaquin Jackson Publisher Comments When his picture appeared on the cover of Texas Monthly, Joaquin Jackson became the icon of the modern Texas Rangers. Nick Nolte modeled his character in the movie Extreme Prejudice on him. Jackson even had a speaking part of his own in The Good Old Boys... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Storm over the Bay: The People of Corpus Christi and Their Port by Mary Jo Holoubek O'Rear Publisher Comments Since the late 1830s, the natural harbor at the mouth of South Texas' Nueces River has been a center of regional maritime trade. But by the early 1900s, a storm of political wrangling, cronyism, and corruption was threatening to scuttle the city's... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $22.14 Google eBooks - Electronic
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They Called It the War Effort: Oral Histories from World War II Orange, Texas by Louis Fairchild Publisher Comments Over the course of World War II, Orange, Texas’s easternmost city, went from a sleepy southern town of 7,500 inhabitants to a bustling industrial city of 60,000. The bayou community on the Sabine became one of the nation’s preeminent... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $28.00 Used - Hardcover
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Texas Hold 'em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad by Kinky Friedman Publisher Comments "Texas Hold 'Em is more than just a card game. It deals...with that fine, forgotten art of playing a poor hand well....Texas Hold 'Em is a state of mind, a spiritual survival technique, a way of holding on to things that might just be important in this... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Houston: The Unknown City, 1836-1946 (Sara and John Lindsey Series in the Arts and Humanities) by Marguerite Johnston Publisher Comments In their willingness to leave home and country to create a new city and a new nation, the first Houstonians were a special breed. They were adventurers and builders; they were citizens of the world. This is the story of these people, their descendants... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Claytie: The Roller-Coaster Life of a Texas Wildcatter by Mike Cochran Publisher Comments The native son of a distinguished West Texas family and a 1954 graduate of Texas A&M whose career and personal pursuits have ranged from farmer to insurance salesman to wildcatter, pipeline entrepreneur, rancher, banker, real estate mogul, big game... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $22.14 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Courage of Common Men by Stephen Nea Manning Publisher Comments Interviews with World War II veterans from across Texas reveal firsthand accounts of their experiences--some bitter, some humorous, and some shocking. Included are cherished photographs of the veterans during the war and as they look now.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans by T R Fehrenbach Publisher Comments Here is an up-to-the-moment history of the Lone Star State, together with an insider's look at the people, politics, and events that have shaped Texas from the beginning right up to our days. Never before has the story been told with more vitality and... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Texas Mutiny: Bullets, Ballots and Boss Rule by Tweed Scott Publisher Comments There's more to the famous tale of how Lyndon Johnson bulldozed his way into the U.S. Senate on the strength of 87 questionable votes. This is the story of a political boss and the sophisticated small-town lawyer who brings him to his knees. It's the... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis by William C. Davis Publisher Comments Details the lives of Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, and William Travis, and the... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Amazing Faith of Texas: Common Ground on Higher Ground by Roy Spence Publisher Comments This volume is an exploration in words and pictures of people and places that represent the strong, abiding belief that sustains faith-filled Texans--from tiny churches on dusty back roads to the mega churches, temples, mosques, and synagogues.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Life of Stephen F. Austin, Founder of Texas, 1793-1836: A Chapter in the Westward Movement of the Anglo-American People by Eugene Campbell Barker Publisher Comments Almost a hundred years after the death of Stephen F. Austin this first full-length biography was published. And for almost a quarter of a century--dividing his time between editing, teaching, textbook writing, and serving in various academic capacities... (read more) List Price $42.50 Your price: $37.72 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Deep in the Heart of San Antonio: Land and Life in South Texas by Char Miller Publisher Comments Char Miller's essays cover a wide range of South Texas topics, from natural and environmental history to urban development to San Antonio's future. Miller uses simple subjects--the First Friday Art Walks in South Town, for example--as a springboard for a... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Big Bend: A History of the Last Texas Frontier by Ronnie C. Tyler Publisher Comments A long needed account of the human invasion of this rugged Texas desert land.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $14.16 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas, 1836-1986 by David Montejano Publisher Comments This book presents a different kind of history, an interpretive, history that would outline the connections between the past and the present while maintaining a focus on Mexican-Anglo relations.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Three roads to the Alamo :the lives and fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis by William C Davis Publisher Comments Three Roads to the Alamo is the definitive book about the lives of David Crockett, James Bowie and William Barret Travis-- the legendary frontiersmen and fighters who met their destiny at the Alamo in one of the most famous and tragic battles in American... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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Lone Star Lawmen: The Second Century of the Texas Rangers by Robert M Utley Publisher Comments Based on unprecedented access to Ranger archives, Lone Star Lawmen chronicles one hundred years of high adventure as told by one of the nation's most respected Western historians. Highlighting the gradual evolution of this celebrated force, Robert M... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Remember the Alamo! by Robert Penn Warren Publisher Comments Remembering the Alamo is a tale of extraordinary courage and riveting adventure. For thirteen days, 189 men lead by Davy Crockett, Colonel William Travis and hopelessly outnumbered, held off the Mexican army lead by General Santa Anna at the Mission San... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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