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2018 Western Catalog
Bill O’Neal — Texas State Historian New Release John Chisum: Frontier Cattle King
By Bill O’Neal
John Chisum was a legendary figure of the Old West. During the 1850s Chisum recognized opportunity in the fledgling range cattle industry, and within a few years his herds numbered in the tens of thousands. His empire stretched across New Mexico and he was a central figure in the Lincoln County War. ISBN 9781681791135 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 164 pages • $19.95
Bill O’Neal currently is serving his sixth year as State Historian of Texas and is the author of more than forty books, as well as more than 300 articles and book reviews. His most recent writing award, the A. C. Greene Literary Award, was presented at the 2015 West Texas Book Festival in Abilene. In 2012 Bill received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Wild West Historical Association, and in 2007 he was named True West Magazine’s Best Living Non-Fiction Writer.
Sam Houston: A Study in Leadership
The Arizona Rangers
O’Neal repeatedly has visited the sites of Sam Houston’s life and lectured about Houston for more than three decades in Texas history classes at Panola College. The response to his public lecture on Houston as a leader at the Bob Bullock Museum inspired this book.
The first documented history of the Rangers ever published, and fills a sizable void in the annals of Arizona Territory. O’Neal’s enthusiasm for his subject and his respect for those remarkable men who wore the five-pointed star are apparent in his thoroughly researched and well written book.
By Bill O’Neal
ISBN 9781681790374 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 270 pages • $19.95
By Bill O’Neal
ISBN 9780890156100 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 234 pages • $19.95
The Bloody Legacy of Pink Higgins: A Half Century of Violence in Texas
Border Queen Caldwell: Toughest Town on the Chisholm Trail
In this, the first biography of Pink Higgins, the author reveals never before published details about the violence that followed the Higgins family to West Texas. Pink Higgins was a rugged Texan who lived a life of classic Western adventure.
The Wild West thrived for more than two decades in Caldwell, Kansas. Throughout the 1870s Caldwell was a lawless village astride the storied Chisholm Trail. Caldwell was also the launching point for the spectacular Cherokee Strip Land Rush.
By Bill O’Neal
ISBN 9781571683045 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 186 pages • $19.95
Captain Harry Wheeler: Arizona Lawman By Bill O’Neal
A Captain of the Arizona Rangers, Sheriff of Cochise County, Cavalry sergeant and World War I army captain. Intensely dedicated to duty and service. His turbulent life was punctuated with fatal shootouts and personal tragedy. In this biography of Harry Wheeler, Bill O’Neal provides never before published details about a remarkable Westerner from America’s final frontier. ISBN 9781571680648 • Paperback • 7 x 10 • 198 pages • $21.95
By Bill O’Neal
ISBN 9781934645666 • Paperback • 7 x 10 • 254 pages • $24.95
Cattlemen Vs Sheepherders: Five Decades of Violence in the West By Bill O’Neal
From the 1870s until the 1920s cattlemen and sheepmen clashed bitterly for rangeland in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. During five decades of irregular but vicious warfare, scores of attacks were launched by cattlemen, at least twenty-eight sheepmen and sixteen cowboys were killed, and more than 53,000 sheep were slaughtered. ISBN 9781571688569 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 236 pages • $19.95
Cheyenne 1867 to 1903: A Biography of the Magic City of the Plains By Bill O’Neal
The story of the formative period of Cheyenne, Wyoming, is the story of America’s last West. Founded as a railroad boomtown, Cheyenne was a raucous and violent Hell on Wheels. Rising as if by magic from an empty prairie. ISBN 9781571688392 • Paperback • 7 x 10 • 398 pages • $29.95
The Johnson County War By Bill O’Neal
This is the first comprehensive historical account of the range war in nearly four decades. O’Neal has reexamined familiar sources and explored new information, while visiting sites from Hole-in-the-Wall to the famous TA Ranch. ISBN 9781571688767 • Paperback • 7 x 10 • 306 pages • $24.95
Reel Rangers: Texas Rangers in Movies, TV, Radio & Other Forms of Popular Culture By Bill O’Neal
Texas Rangers have been portrayed on the silver screen, network radio and television. John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Tom Mix, and a host of lesser Western stars each took his turn at depicting Texas Rangers. Decade by decade, movie by movies, “Reel Rangersâ€? explores in detail rich popular that has dramatized the heroic mystique of the Texas Rangers. ISBN 9781571688408 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 216 pages • $19.95
Reel Cowboys: Western Movie Stars Who Thrilled Young Fans and Helped Them
Grow Up Decent and Strong By Bill O’Neal
Describes the lives and careers in Western films of actors from the silent film period, through the heyday of the Western in the 1930s and the 1940s, to such later Western stars as Clint Eastwood and John Wayne.
ISBN 9781571683304 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 236 pages • $19.95
Tex Ritter: America’s Most Beloved Cowboy By Bill O’Neal
Tex Ritter was a multi-dimensional entertaining starring in the worlds or music, radio and movies. One of the biggest stars of his era, Tex Ritter left a rich legacy that is explored by Bill O’Neal in-depth. ISBN 9781571682499 • Paperback • 8.5 x 11 • 157 pages • $19.95
Historic Ranches of the Old West By Bill O’Neal
A unique volume of information and colorful anecdotes about historic ranches, located throughout the American West. In all, almost sixty ranches are profiled, covering twelve states. Captivated by the mystique of the vanished ranching frontier, O’Neal has brought that mystique and lore to life. ISBN 9780978915094 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 378 pages • $24.95
Lampasas 1855-1895: Biography of a Frontier City By Bill O’Neal
For nearly three decades, the settlers of Lampasas were challenged by frontier hardships and dangers. The isolated Hill Country community was founded in the 1850s amid bubbling mineral springs. ISBN 9781940130637 • Paperback • 7 x 10 • 262 pages • $24.95 ISBN 9781940130644 • Hardback • 7 x 10 • 262 pages • $34.95
Bill O’Neal Books For Younger Readers Great Gunfighters of the Old West By Bill O’Neal
The struggle between lawmen and outlaws was a battle between good and evil. It was a life and death struggle that took place in towns like Tombstone and Dodge City. But the forces of law and order finally won, and the West was tamed. Profiles include the good, the bad and the good gone bad. Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid, Jesse James and John Wesley Hardin are just a few of the names included. ISBN 9781681790596 • Paperback • 7 x 10 • 98 pages • $12.95
Long Before the Pilgrims/Anos Antes de Los Peregrinos: The First Thanksgiving, El Paso del Norte, 1598/El Primer Dia de Accion de Gracias, El Paso del By Bill O’Neal
Long before the Pilgrims celebrated Thanksgiving at Plymouth in 1621, a similar feast of thanks was shared in the New World. In the 1500s, Mexican conquistador Juan de Oùate led an expedition north of the Rio Grande into an area now known as Texas. To celebrate his successful journey, he and his colonists joined Native Americans in a feast on April 30, 1598-the First Thanksgiving. Bilingual with both English and Spanish translations. ISBN 9781571684981 • Paperback • 7 x 10 • 42 pages • $12.95
Cattlemen & Ranching Black Sunday The Great Dust Storm of April 14, 1935 By Frank Stallings
One giant, black dust storm in April of 1935 became the signature event of a devastating period in the history of the South Plains of the United States. The author, who grew up in Pampa in the Texas Panhandle, gathered a collection of reminiscences, reports, and responses to the storm by individuals who had been in it, and by newspapers that had reported about it, then reflected about the storm during the following years. ISBN 9781571685285 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 170 pages • $19.95
Halff of Texas Merchant Rancher of the Old West By Patrick Dearen
Cowman Mayer Halff rode a long, busy trail that few men could have followed. It carried him from 1850s France to Texas and across 1,500 miles of wild western country waiting to be tamed. He was at ease whether dining with a President at a plush metropolitan banquet or across a campfire from a dirt-streaked cowboy in some forsaken cow camp. He founded several of Texas’ famous ranches: the JM Ranch on the Pecos River, the Quien Sabe in the Midland region, the Circle Dot in the Big Bend, the Mallet on the South Plains, and the Schreiner and Halff in South Texas. He eventually controlled almost a million acres. ISBN 9781571684363 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 249 pages • $19.95
Jesse Chisholm: Texas Trail Blazer and Sam Houston’s Trouble-Shooter By Ralph Cushman
One of the most comprehensive biographies of one of the men who pioneered Texas and the West. His name is synonomous with the West from the Chisholm Trail, but many of his other exploits and accomplishments have been ignored. Jesse Chisholm’s life spanned the Texas Revolution, the great cattle drives and the settling of the West. ISBN 9781571680327 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 246 pages • $19.95
High Plains Yesterdays: From Xit Days Through Drouth and Depression By Patrick Dearen
From about 1901 to about 1939, those living in the High Plains area witnessed and took part in its transition from a purely cattle-raising empire to a cattle and farming empire. Only venturesome, independent, and self-reliant people were willing to cast their fate with the High Plains. ISBN 9781571684066 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 302 pages • $24.95
The Oldest Ranch in Texas: A Ranch on the Road to History By Joe Wreford Hipp
Located nine miles south of the Alamo, between Leon Creek and the Medina River, Rancho de la Purisima Conceptión may quite possibly the oldest surviving ranch in North America, And, incredibly, is still owned by the same family. In 2003, 2,600 acres of the original ranch was acquired by Toyota is now home to the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Company Texas. ISBN 9781681790466 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 122 pages • $16.95
Windmills and Pumps of the Southwest By Dick Hays & Bill Allen
This is more than a “how to” book about installing, maintaining and repairing a windmill. Well-supplied with photographs, drawings, diagrams and parts list, the book will become the handbook for those who want to help “water the Southwest” with a windmill. ISBN 9780890153949 • Paperback • 5.5x8.5 • 122 pages • $16.95
Lawmen & Outlaws New Release Texas Iron: Guns of the Texas Rangers By Robert Moser
Profiles the weapons of the Texas Rangers, from flintlock of the colonial period to the Sig Sauers of modern times. The most comprehensive books ever published profiling the guns of the Rangers, but it is also the only book to tackle the subject. Chapters on seldom printed Texas Ranger badges, commemoratives, documented Ranger guns and more. There are 142 historical guns featured in its 202 pages. The introduction is by famous Texas Rangers, John Aycock, and the late Joaquin Jackson. This to be a must-have book for anyone interested in the legendary Texas Rangers, the guns they carried and their impact on Texas history. ISBN 9781681791050 • Paperback • 6x9 • 202 pages • $19.95
Case-Bound Hardback Version Available Soon Murder at the Corners By G.B. Ray
Captain Bob and his family were educated, and at the time of their coming to Texas had brought with them an undetermined amount of gold from Virginia. Captain Bob’s home district-the Corners had been infiltrated by Redlegs from Kansas, by renegades and bushwhackers. These ruthless men set out to get both the captain and his gold. ISBN 9781681790886 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 134 pages • $16.95
New Release Death on the Gallows: The Encyclopedia of Legal Hangings in Texas By West Gilbreath
The most comprehensive work ever done on legal executions by hanging in Texas. Arranged by counties, this book documents 467 executions in Texas, many that have been forgotten through the years. Thoroughly researched by West Gilbreath, a career law enforcement officer, this book is a must for any Texas history buff, as well as school and public libraries. ISBN 9781681790510 • Paperback • 8.5x11 • 416 pages • $34.95 ISBN 9781681790527 • Hardback • 8.5x11 • 416 pages • $39.95
Hangings and Lynchings in Dallas County, Texas: 1853 to 1920 By Terry Baker
Documents all of the known hangings in Dallas County including . . . Jane Elkins, a slave, hanged for the ax murder of Andrew C. Wisdom and the first female to be legally hanged in Texas . . . Four young men, two of whom were brothers, accused of being horse thieves and cattle rustlers were lynched by vigilantes . . . Fred Douglas, the last person to be legally hanged in Dallas County. ISBN 9781681790336 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 226 pages • $19.95 ISBN 9781681790329 • Hardback • 6 x 9 • 226 pages • $29.95
The Fourth Guardsman: James Franklin “Bud” Ledbetter By Glen Shirley
During the 1890s and past the turn of the century, the Indian Territory was a volcanic society ravaged by murder, rape, robbery, whiskey peddling and stock thievery. Into this miasma of crime strode James Franklin Ledbetter as a deputy United States marshal, wielding a Colt revolver and a Winchester rifle with which he could shoot the lobe off a man’s ear and never put a mark on his jaw. ISBN 9781571685667 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 226 pages • $22.95
The Letters of John Wesley Hardin Edited by Roy & Jo Ann Stamps
Considered by many to be one of the deadliest men in the west, claiming to have killed 42 men, John Wesley Hardin was also one of the most controversial men in the West. “The Letters of John Wesley Hardin,” helps to reveal the man behind the myth. A total of 281 personal letters from the legendary gunman, and from his wife, family, and closest friends, organized and transcribed by the authors. ISBN 9781571686220 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 360 pages • $24.95
Outlaws in the Big Thicket By Wanda Landrey
For the lawless, the Big Thicket offered the best natural hiding place in Texas. Wanda Landrey tells the tales of various outlaws and their deeds from extensive research and first hand accounts. The Sapp murders, the Kaiser Burnout and the escapades of “Red” Goleman are all covered, along with the boomtowns where riches were made and lost. ISBN 9781571684929 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 142 pages • $16.95
Black Gold and Red Lights: Oil Blood and Money Flowed Freely in the Boomtown of Borger By Jerry Sinise
Some towns are born casual and calm-like. Borger had a streetwalker for a midwife and an oil boom for a birth announcement. Oil, blood, and money flowed freely when this Texas Panhandle town burst upon the scene in the 1920s like a stampede of rawhide Texas Longhorns hellbent for water. ISBN 9780890153383 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 168 pages • $19.95
The Life and Death of Juan Coy: Outlaw and Lawman
By Charles Olmsted & Edward Coy Ybarra
The West was still wild in South Texas in the 1880s and 1890s for a rich Anglo landowner and a Mexican hired gun-outlaw-lawman. The authors explore a shoot-out that was more explosive than the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in a town that no longer exists.
ISBN 9781571683243 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 192 pages • $19.95
Quantrill’s Raiders in Texas By Evault Boswell
In the fall of 1863, William Clarke Quantrill, the Missouri bushwhacker, took about three hundred of his followers across Indian Territory to Sherman, Texas. They robbed and killed citizens and then they began to fight among themselves until Quantrill’s command splintered.
ISBN 9781571687845 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 210 pages • $19.95
Gamblers & Gangsters: Fort Worth’s Jacksboro Highway in the 1940s & 50s By Ann Arnold
A gripping account of rampant crime in Fort Worth, Texas during the 1930s, through the 1950s, with hoodlums, gamblers, murderers, dopers, pimps and lawmen on the take. In its day, Jacksboro rivaled the Strip in Las Vegas. ISBN 9781571682505 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 232 pages • $19.95
New Release
Just One Riot: Episodes of Texas Rangers in the 20th Century
Ray Wharton: Champion In and Out of the Arena
By Ben Proctor
The Texas Rangers—Emotions evoked by these words run the gamut, from undying admiration and respect, to fear and hatred. This book chronicles episodes of the Texas Rangers in the twentieth century. ISBN 9781571684141 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 226 pages • $19.95
Rodeo The Finals: A Complete Guide of the First 50 Years of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo
By George Sharman & M.J. Schumacher
During his long career, Ray competed and won just about every major rodeo in the country. He won money at New York’s Madison Square Garden, San Francisco’s Cow Palace and all points in between. But he always called Bandera, Texas, home. Rodeo gave Ray the means to acquire land and live the only life he ever wanted, the life of a cowboy. ISBN 9781681790497 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 142 pages • $16.95 ISBN 9781681790855 • Hardback • 6 x 9 • 142 pages • $24.95
Cowboy Up!: The History of Bull Riding
Kendra Santos - Editor
By Gail Woerner
This stunning book captures the excitement of all five decades of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo with riveting first-person accounts, comprehensive reporting, hundreds of action photos and documentation of every run and ride. This Book Was Originally $50 When Released
What started as an exhibition to entertain audiences has turned into the most popular-and dangerous-event in rodeo: bull riding. When a 150-pound man attempts to ride a two-ton bull with a killer instinct, it’s not a matter of whether the rider will get injured, but when, and how badly.
ISBN 9780615323435 • Paperback • 11 x 14 • 256 pages • $39.95
ISBN 9781571685315 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 322 pages • $24.95
Gold Buckle Dreams: The Life & Times of Chris LeDoux
The Cowboys’ Turtle Association: The Birth of Professional Rodeo
By David Brown
Chris LeDoux was a rodeo icon, known for his ability to ride bareback horses and a world championship. But Chris also had a talent with a guitar and an ability to put the life and thoughts of a rodeo cowboy into song. Unfortunately his life ended prematurely, the legend and music of Chris LeDoux live on. ISBN 9781940130132 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 316 pages • $24.95
By Gail Woerner
The story of the cowboy strike in 1936 at the Boston rodeo is a well-known bit of rodeo history. It is also no secret that the Cowboys’ Turtle Association was the forerunner of the Rodeo Cowboys Association and today’s Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.
ISBN 9780981490366 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 358 pages • $24.95
Fearless Funnymen: The History of the Rodeo Clown
Rope to Win: The History of Steer, Calf, And, Team Roping
By Gail Woerner
The most important tool for a cowboy is a rope. What he has done with it in the last 200 years is amazing. The evolution of the cowboy from taking care of cattle on the range to his competitive, top-level professional roping is all covered here.
By Gail Woerner
The most important tool for a cowboy is a rope. What he has done with it in the last 200 years is amazing. The evolution of the cowboy from taking care of cattle on the range to his competitive, top-level professional roping is all covered here.
ISBN 9780978915025 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 294 pages • $24.95
ISBN 9781571682826 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 240 pages • $19.95
Pete Knight: The Cowboy King By Darrell Knight
Bob Crosby: World Champion Cowboy By Eve Ball & Thelma Crosby
The story of one of rodeo’s greatest all-around cowboys. Originally published 40 years ago, the book tells the story of not only the man, but also the story of a golden era of rodeo. The cowboys and cowgirls earned the notoriety of movie stars and rodeos were major productions that traveled the world. rodeo arena.
ISBN 9780977161003 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 176 pages • $14.95
One of rodeo’s first international superstars. A champion bronc rider who won championships in the United States and Canada. His life was tragically cut short in the rodeo arena. His story eerily mirrors that of another rodeo legend, Lane Frost. Young, handsome, a superstar and at the top of his game, his life ended in a
ISBN 9780977161027 • Paperback • 5.5 x8.5 • 208 pages • $18.95
The CB Cowboys: The Saga of the Legendary Christensen Family By Billy Willcoxson
With only the meager start of a couple of workhorses, Hank and Bobby Christensen established one of the biggest Pro Rodeo companies in the history of rodeo. And over an expanded period of time, the callused hands of the Christensen family put together one of the biggest cattle and sheep operations in the Northwest. ISBN 9781571688231 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 256 pages • $24.95
They Call Me Sid Rock: Rodeo’s Extreme Cowboy By Sid Steiner & Jim Pomerantz
Sid Steiner is a fourth-generation legend rodeo star in one of the fastest growing sports in the country; his autobiography covers his family history as well as his life from popular son of a star to becoming the 2002 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Champion. This Book Was Originally $24.95 When Released
ISBN 9781572436275 • Hardback • 6 x 9 • 256 pages • $14.95
A Belly Full of Bedsprings: The History of Bronc Riding By Gail Woerner
The full story from the earliest days through the era of Buffalo Bill and right up into the present day. The names and backgrounds of the major competitors, promoters, and even famous bucking horses are all covered. As the title indicates, the book concentrates on the premier event of bronc riding, without mention of the other events such as bull riding and roping. Filled with many historic photographs. ISBN 9781571682093 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 260 pages • $19.95 ISBN 9781571682536 • Hardback • 6 x 9 • 260 pages • $24.95
African American Black, Red and Deadly: Black and Indian Gunfighters of the Indian Territory, 1870-1907 By Art Burton
Recounts the exploits of Cherokee Bill and other black and Indian outlaws and lawmen such as Dick Glass, the most notorious African American outlaw during the 1880s; Ned Christie, the most feared Indian outlaw of his time and more. Blacks were hired as peace officers because of their knowledge of Indian Territory. All-black calvary units built Fort Sill in the 1870s and kept settlers in check before the Land Run of 1889 when Oklahoma Territory was opened to settlement. ISBN 9780890159941 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 322 pages • $24.95
Black, Buckskin, and Blue: African American Scouts and Soldiers on the Western Frontier By Art Burton
In-depth look at African Americans who were scouts and soldiers on the United States western frontier during the 19th and 20th centuries. This book is a continuation of the research begun by the author for Black, Red, and Deadly: Black and Indian Gunfighters of the Indian Territory, 1870-1907. ISBN 9781571687869 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 298 pages • $24.95
Henry Ossian Flipper: West Point’s First Black Graduate By Jane Eppinga
In 1878 Henry Ossian Flipper seemed destined for a long military career. Four years later, he was on trial at Fort Davis, Texas, for embezzlement of government funds and conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. Found “not guilty” of the more serious charges of embezzlement, the nation’s first black officer was court-martialed on the specious conduct charges. Thoroughly “humiliated, discouraged, and heartbroken,” Flipper would soon embark upon a career which in time would bring him more honor and fame than if he had remained in the military. ISBN 9781681790060 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 234 pages • $19.95
Fiction Perseverance: A Novel By Patrick Dearen
It was 1932, the depths of the Great Depression, and thousands of desperate people rode the rails in search of jobs, homes, and hope. For some, the tracks were a road to nowhere, a dead end in a boxcar or under the wheels or in a sea of emptiness. Their fate seemed certain-until Ish Watson grabbed the rungs of a passing freight train bound for a dying relative on the Texas Gulf Coast. ISBN 9781571682352 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 140 pages • $17.95
Gringo Verde By Kerry McCan
At the turn of the 20th century, Texas cattleman Green Dunigan tries to focus on the sticky business of trading cattle from Mexico in the midst of a revolution. A revolution that moves its troops and supplies along the same rail lines that transport his cattle. Because of his prior service to and friendship with Pancho Villa, Green is sporadically drawn into the turmoil during its bitterest years. ISBN 9781571687784 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 352 pages • $24.95
The Memoirs of H.H. Lomax Series By Award-Winning Author Preston Lewis Bluster’s Last Stand By Preston Lewis
Events on the Little Bighorn might have turned out better for George Armstrong Custer had he listened to H.H. Lomax rather than trying to kill him. To save his own skin—and scalp, Lomax must outwit Custer and his troopers as well as face the horde of Sioux warriors swarming Last Stand Hill. At least that is how Lomax tells the story in his inimitable and humorous romp across Old West history.
The Demise of Billy the Kid By Preston Lewis
After a murky incident involving the killing of a Colorado lawyer, Lomax rides into New Mexico Territory in 1877 astride his mule Flash and soon finds himself roped into a band of rustlers until Billy the Kid drafts Lomax as the first member of his own gang. Lomax and the Kid cross paths time and again as each in his own way navigates the corruption and violence of the Lincoln County War. ISBN 9781681790015 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 296 pages • $19.95
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ISBN 9781681790961 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 338 pages • $19.95
The Fastest Gun in Hollywood: The Life Story of Peter Brown
Mix-Up at the O.K. Corral
By Peter Brown & Alexx Stuart
By Preston Lewis
If H.H. Lomax is to be believed, his toothache started the chain of events leading to the most infamous gunfight in all of the Old West. On top of that, he claims to have fired the first shot in the Mix-Up at the O.K. Corral. Whether rustling cats or tending bar, Lomax had a talent for making more enemies than friends. ISBN 9781681790930 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 324 pages • $19.95
The Fleecing of Fort Griffin By Preston Lewis
When the young Englishman Baron Jerome Manchester Paget arrives in 1878 Fort Griffin with a satchel full of money to start a buffalo ranch and find a bride, a horde of colorful swindlers from throughout Texas arrive to help him. With a passel of oddball characters and more twists and turns than a stagecoach trail.
ISBN 9781681790589 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 250 pages • $19.95
The Redemption of Jesse James By Preston Lewis
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Best known as Deputy Johnny McKay on Lawman and Texas Ranger Chad Cooper on Laredo, Peter Brown’s show business career has spanned five decades from theatre to prime time television to movies to daytime soap operas. Peter Brown has lived an exciting life. The Fastest Gun in Hollywood is his chance to share
ISBN 9781940130019 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 272 pages • $19.95
My Years with Bob Wills By Al Stricklin
Al Stricklin will be remembered for what he did best—playing western swing in the Bob Wills band, the Texas Playboys. He played almost to the end; his last appearances were just a few months before his death. In 1999 Stricklin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys.
ISBN 9781571681195 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 160 pages • $16.95
The Sons of the Pioneers By Bill O’Neal & Fred Goodwin
Tumbling Tumbleweeds and Cool Water are H. H. Lomax never intended to accompany only a couple of the hundreds of songs created Jesse James on his first bank robbery, but that by the Sons of the Pioneers, the most famous was less dangerous than staying with Ma James singing group in the history of Western music. and her frying pan. By then, though, young Charter members Roy Rogers (Len Slye), Bob Lomax had survived everything Union solNolan, Tim Spencer, and brothers Hugh and diers and Confederate partisans could throw Karl Farr (two gifted instrumentalists from at him and his family during the Civil War in Texas) developed a unique style of vocal connorthwest Arkansas. Lomax offers a fresh pertrol and harmony that became the group’s trademark. Alumni of spective on the legend of Jesse James and the dark days of the the Pioneers include Pat Brady, Lloyd Perryman, and Ken Curtis Civil War and its aftermath in the Ozarks who starred as Festus on the iconic television series, Gunsmoke, ISBN 9781681790213 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 278 pages • $19.95
ISBN 9781571686442 • Paperback • 7 x 10 • 258 pages • $24.95
Religion Frontier Religion: Elder Daniel Parker His Religious and Political Life By Dan B. Wimberly
Born in 1781, Daniel Parker was a controversial figure among frontier Baptists in Tennessee, Illinois, and Texas, he also achieved political prominence. he became an acquaintance of Sam Houston and sat in the Texas Provisional Government during the Texas Revolution.
ISBN 9781681790107 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 232 pages • $19.95
Horseback Gospel Poems and Prayers By Brad McLain
A collection of spiritual inspiration in a cowboy package. These poems and prayers were originally posted on the “Horseback Gospel” Facebook page that has reached more than 600,000 people in forty-five countries since it launched in June, 2014. ISBN 9781940130934 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 140 pages • $15.95
Women Western Women Who Dared to Be Different By Gail Woerner
When the subject of the West comes to mind most of the images tend to be masculine. But women have also played a major role in the West. Woerner shines the spotlight on women who played major roles in rodeo, ranching, business and more. Most of the women have similar strengths such as hard work, determination and belief in family. But all of their stories are unique and inspiring. ISBN 9781940130347 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 262 pages • $19.95
I Married a Cowboy
Surviving on the Texas Frontier: Personal Recollections of Life in Nineteenth-Century Texas By Sarah Harkey Hall
Few accounts of life in 19th century provide either the vivid detail or the poignancy of those reflections set down by Sarah Harkey Hall in 1905. Her narrative written at the age of forty-eight for her children, captured the rhythms of daily and seasonal life in frontier San Saba County and chronicles her struggle for physical and emotional survival, as well as the struggles of her family and community. ISBN 9780890159866 • Hardback • 6 x 9 • 153 pages • $19.95
Sunshine on the Prairie: The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker By Jack Ramsay
Captured by a band of Comanches as a nineyear-old while living in Fort Parker with her family. This is the intriguing story of why she did not want to be rescued from her Comanche family. During her 24-year captivity, she had become a wife to Nocona, the most feared of the Comanche war chiefs and the mother of Quanah, last and most famous of the Comanche war chiefs. ISBN 9781940130170 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 194 pages • $17.95
Cooking The Waldemar Cookbook: Memorable Savorings from the Waldemar Kitchen By Laura Pipkin Kramer
These days, people are beginning to rediscover the health benefits of wholesome, quality ingredients and the taste benefits of cooking from scratch. At Camp Waldemar for Girls, established in 1926 by Ora Johnson, these secrets were never forgotten. Delicious, nourishing food has always lain close to the heart of what makes the Texas Hill Country camp unique. ISBN 9781940130026 • Paperback • 7 x 10 • 204 pages • $19.95
By Connie Reeves
This is the loving story of Constance Douglas Reeves and her husband, Jack Reeves. He was a rodeo cowboy and rancher, while she was a stable owner, riding instructor and wife. Together they managed ranches for Lyndon Baines Johnson and she spent more than a half-century teaching girls horsemanship at Waldemar Camp. Connie married in 1942 and with her husband managed a 10,000 plus acre ranch for more than forty years. In 1997 she was inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame.. ISBN 9781940130101 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 106 pages • $14.95
A Pinch of This and a Handful of That, Historic Recipes of Texas 1830-1900 By Daughters of the Republic of Texas
In a time of microwave cooking and pizzas delivered in 30 minutes, it is a delight to find this collection of recipes and household hints of our foremothers compiled by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas tells it like it is. You not only cook by it, but also get a history lesson.
ISBN 9780890156490 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 202 pages • $19.95
Potluck on the Pedernales: Down Home Cooking from Deep in the Heart of LBJ Country By Community Garden Club of Johnson City
Contains recipes, folklore, and is presented in an amusing and informative way. This is a true LBJ Country cookbook of Pedernales Potluck from the people who made the history in the area so unique and the food just as great. ISBN 9781571684172 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 328 pages • $24.95
Potluck on the Pedernales: Second Helping
By Community Garden Club of Johnson City
The perfect companion recipe book to the original prizewinning Potluck on the Pedernales! Great down-home recipes—more than 600 in all— there are no duplicates of the recipes in the first cookbook volume.. ISBN 9781571684752 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 322 pages • $24.95
South Texas Mexican Cookbook By Lucy Garza
Straight from the cocina of a South Texas traditional Mexican home. Don’t expect the regular fare of restaurants specializing in “Mexican” food, but if you want a nostalgic trip down memory lane and tidbits to tantalize even the most avid gourmet, try some of Lucy Garza’s down-home recipes. ISBN 9781940130002 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 98 pages • $9.95
Rezepte: German-Texan Culinary Art By Nevilee Weaver
German pioneers were instrumental in the settlement of Texas and they left no more lasting legacy than the foods and flavors of the German culture. This book provides not only authentic recipes, but a look into the history of Texas and the people who helped settle it. ISBN 9781940130118 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 138 pages • $14.95
Young Adult - Chapter Books Cynthia Ann Parker: Indian Captive By Catherine Gonzalez
Cynthia Ann Parker may be the most famous of all of the people taken captive by Indians. Her story was loosely told in the John Wayne movie, The Searchers. She was raised and lived among the Comanche and her son, Quanah Parker, was the most famous of all of the Comanche leaders. ISBN 9781940130378 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 78 pages • $9.95
Bill Pickett: Bull Dogging King of the Rodeo By Malcolm Dickinson
The first African American inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame and the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. A superstar in his day, Pickett was a rodeo pioneer, credited with inventing the rodeo event, steer wrestling, also known as “bull dogging.” His daring and deeds have put him in the record books and made him one of the most celebrated cowboys in Western lore. ISBN 9781681790312 • Paperback • 5 x 7 • 142 pages • $10.95
Would You Like to Ride With . . . Famous Texas Ranchers By Jane Aexander Knapik
The Texas ranchers presented in this book helped develop ranching traditions and innovations. Famous ranchers include such notables as Charles Goodnight, Richard King, George W. Saunders to more modern day cattlemen such as Watt Matthews. ISBN 9781681790473 • Paperback • 5.5 x 8.5 • 98 pages • $10.95
The Littlest Vaquero: Texas’ First Cowboys By Maurine Liles
Fictional account of a young vaquero on a cattle drive to supply Longhorn cattle to troops in Louisiana fighting the American Revolution. While this is a fictional account, the book is based on real places and real events that are not well-known. ISBN 9781681790503 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 114 pages • $10.95
Inky and Me: Stories about Growing Up on a Ranch in Texas By Marshall Kuykendall
A boy, a dog and a way of life that offered adventure, humor and lessons that lasted a lifetime. Marshall Kuykendall is a sixth-generation Texan, having grown up on a ranch. His boyhood years on a ranch has given him numerous opportunities for stories about that time. ISBN 9781934645581 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 140 pages • $16.95
Stars Over Texas By Carolyn Adams
Ever since the first Spanish soldiers and priests set foot on land that would be called Texas, a unique history has evolved. That history, as well as the many other dynamic aspects of Texas, is shared in Stars Over Texas. Classroom-tested for comprehension and interest, the book is an excellent tool for students of Texas history, grades 3 through 7. ISBN 9781681790640 • Paperback • 5.5 x 8.5 • 120 pages • $12.95
Janice Shefelman’s Texas Trilogy A Paradise Called Texas - Vol. 1 By Janice Shefelman
Searching for a better life, Mina, Papa, and Mama left Germany bound for Texas. They had been told it was the paradise of North America, but when Mina steps onto the desolate beach at Indian Point on a cold December day in 1845, she wants to go back to Germany and Opa’s cozy house in the village of Wehrestedt. Based on her ancestors’ immigration to Texas, Janice Shefelman tells of a journey into the wilderness that is filled with hardship, tragedy and adventure. ISBN 9780890155066 • Paperback • 5.5 x 8.5 • 136 pages • $12.95 ISBN 9781940130651 • Hardback • 5.5 x 8.5 • 136 pages • $19.95
Willow Creek Home - Vol. 2 By Janice Shefelman
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 sequel to Janice Jordan Shefelman’s A Paradise Called Texas, and the second book in her popular early Texas trilogy. ISBN 9780890156377 • Paperback • 5.5 x 8.5 • 106 pages • $12.95 ISBN 9781940130859 • Hardback • 5.5 x 8.5 • 106 pages • $19.95
Spirit of Iron - Vol. 3 By Janice Shefelman
When Mina learns that Amaya, her Lipan Apache friend, has been kidnapped by a band of marauding Comanches, she disguises herself as a boy and follows the Texas Rangers to search for Amaya. Sequel to A Paradise Called Texas. This is the third part of a very popular Texas trilogy from award winning author, Janice Jordan Shefelman. ISBN 9780890158890 • Paperback • 5.5 x 8.5 • 154 pages • $12.95 ISBN 9781940130866 • Hardback • 5.5 x 8.5 • 154pages • $19.95
Comanche Song By Janice Shefelman
For Tsena, sixteen-year-old son of a Comanche chief, life changes forever in 1840. Based on encounters between the Comanches and Texans, the Council House Massacre and the Battle of Plum Creek. In this novel the reader will find out what it might have been like for a Comanche boy who was there. ISBN 9781571686374 • Paperback • 5.5 x 8.5 • 254 pages • $17.95
Son of Spirit Horse By Janice Shefelman
Young Wolf wants to win the horse race at the tribal fair. So does Little Big Mouth. And that is how the trouble starts. Can Young Wolf ’s colt, Snow Wind, run as fast as his father, the legendary wild white stallion? The story of Young Wolf concludes with a historical novel, “Comanche Song,” published by Eakin Press and chosen by the New York Public Library as a “Best Book for the Teen Age.” ISBN 9781940130361 • Paperback • 5.5 x 8.5 • 76 pages • $9.95
Animal Legends Series By Award-Winning Author - Preston Lewis They Call Me Old Blue: Or How I Helped Charles Goodnight Invent the Chuck Wagon By Preston Lewis
Old Blue, Texas’ most revered longhorn, worked for rancher Charles Goodnight. But Blue has almost been forgotten by history. With Old Blue, Spur Award-winner Preston Lewis launches a new series paying tribute to the animal legends of the West. ISBN 9781571686367 • Paperback • 5.5 x 8.5 • 188 pages • $16.95
Blanca is My Name: Or How I Saved the Buffalo on the Texas Plains By Preston Lewis
Blanca’s white fur marks her as different. In a sea of dark brown hides, she always stands out, and other young buffalo treat her cruelly because of it. But as settlers take over Texas and slaughter whole herds of buffalo, her destiny begins to unfold. The Comanche Indians revere Blanca as a magical creature. The fate of all buffalo depends on her, they say. Can she really save the buffalo from extinction? ISBN 9780977161089 • Paperback • 5.5 x 8.5 • 188 pages • $16.95
Just Call Me Uncle Sam: Or How a Camel Born at Sea Found Himself in Texas By Preston Lewis
Unique among animals that ever trod across Texas, Uncle Sam was a camel born at sea. Arriving in Texas in 1856 as part of the U.S. Army’s experimental Camel Corps, he must adapt to the challenges of a new land. ISBN 9781681791043 • Paperback • 5.5 x 8.5 • 166 pages • $16.95
Next Book in the Series
Don’t Call Me Charley Horse: Or How a Texas Racehorse Ran Away
Miscellaneous Western Titles
Jesse Chisholm Trailblazer & Peacemaker By Sybil O’Rear
The First Texans: Sixteen Tribes of Native Peoples and How They Live
Chisholm was a mixed-blood Cherokee fur trader. His name is most famous because of the namesake cattle trail, which he originally scouted and developed to supply his various trading posts among the Plains Indians in what is now western Oklahoma. This is a historical fiction account for the younger reader.
By Carolyn Burnett
Profiles the earliest Texans from the Alabama-Coushatta to the Wichitas. Included are each tribe’s food, clothing, shelter, weapons, tools, customs, religion and family structure. Included are 13 major tribes and three minor tribes who lived in Texas. This is an excellent resource for younger readers.
ISBN 9781571681102 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 101 pages • $10.95
ISBN 9781940130088 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 162 pages • $16.95
Paisano Pete: Snake-Killer Bird
Last Words: Dying in the Old West
By Marilyn Gilbert Komechak
By Garry Radison
Kelly befriends a roadrunner that lives on her family’s Texas ranch and learns about the bird’s keen intelligence and unusual traits, including snake killing. And when Pete and his mate, Ruby, hatch a rare white roadrunner, Kelly finds ways to protect their vulnerable offspring. readers.. ISBN 9781571687708 • Paperback • 5.5 x 8.5 • 108 pages • $11.95
Dying in the Old West chronicles the last words and dramatic deaths of over 550 Old West personalities. From the first entry, dated 1773, to the last, dated 1954, Radison’s Last Words takes the reader into the unique world that was the Old West. ISBN 9781571685100 • Paperback • 6 x 9 • 266 pages • $19.95
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