Bad Company and Burnt Powder is a collection of twelve stories of when things turned ""Western"" in the nineteenth-century Southwest. Each chapter deals with a different character or episode in the Wild West involving various lawmen, Texas Rangers, outlaws, feudists, vigilantes, lawyers, and judges. Covered herein are the stories of Cal Aten, ......
In 1874 Joseph Glidden patented and manufactured the nation's first barbed wire, and the next year Henry Sanborn came to Texas selling Glidden's wire to cattlemen. Sales increased each year, and in 1883 Sanborn sold Texas ranchers one million dollars' worth of barbed wire, but free-range cattle advocates and homesteaders revolted against the ......
The Presidio of San Francisco, from Outpost of Empire to Magnificent Park Volume 17
Since ancient times societies have employed outposts to secure new frontiers. The Presidio of San Francisco, founded in 1776, offers a classic case study of this phenomenon. Under the flags of Spain, Mexico, and the United States, this bastion by the bay stood guard over a major port that evolved into the storied city by the Golden Gate. During ......
Behind Every Choice Is a Story is a poignant blend of personal stories, commentary, and memoir that chronicles the life-changing reproductive choices that women, men, and teens make every day. The book also traces Gloria Feldt's personal journey from the dusty oil fields of West Texas to becoming a Head Start teacher and activist in the civil ......
On November 22, 1963, the author of Behind the Scenes was a young Dallas Times Herald reporter who sprinted from his newspaper desk to Dealey Plaza minutes after shots were fired at President John F. Kennedy. Thus began Darwin Payne's close involvement in covering one shocking event after another on this history-making weekend. Eyewitnesses he ......
A Guide for Families and Friends of Texas Prison Inmates
Behind the Walls is a detailed description of the world's largest prison system by a long-time convict trained as an observer and reporter. It spotlights the day-to-day workings of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice_what's good, what's bad, which programs work and which ones do not, and examines if practice really follows official policy. ......
A Guide for Families and Friends of Texas Prison Inmates
Behind the Walls is a detailed description of the world's largest prison system by a long-time convict trained as an observer and reporter. It spotlights the day-to-day workings of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice_what's good, what's bad, which programs work and which ones do not, and examines if practice really follows official policy. ......
Ben Thompson was a remarkable man, and few Texans can claim to have crowded more excitement, danger, drama, and tragedy into their lives than he did. He was an Indian fighter, Texas Ranger, Confederate cavalryman, mercenary for a foreign emperor, hired gun for a railroad, an elected lawman, professional gambler, and the victor of numerous ......
Selected as one of the Best Jazz Books of the Year (2021) by The New York City Jazz Record The New Yorker recently referred to Pat Metheny as "possibly the most influential jazz guitarist of the past five decades." A native of Lee's Summit, Missouri, just southeast of Kansas City, Metheny started playing in pizza parlors at age fourteen. By the ......
