Texas Legend

Texas Legend
Author: George Levy
Publisher: Evro Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-06-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781910505663

Jim Hall tells his entire story -- his life and his cars -- for the first time to award-winning author George Levy in this authorized biography

Legends of Texas Barbecue Cookbook

Legends of Texas Barbecue Cookbook
Author: Robb Walsh
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2002-04
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9780811829618

Walsh delivers both a practical cookbook and a guided tour of Texas barbecue lore, giving readers straightforward advice right from the pit masters themselves. Their time-honored tips, along with 85 closely guarded recipes, reveal a lip-smacking feast of smoked meats, savory side dishes, and an awesome array of mops, sauces, and rubs. Photos.

Don't Mess with Texas

Don't Mess with Texas
Author: Tim McClure
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Advertising campaigns
ISBN: 9780972282512

A behind the scenes look at the most successful antilittering campaign in history.

The Yellow Rose of Texas

The Yellow Rose of Texas
Author: Lora-Marie Bernard
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2020-01-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 1439668833

A journalist searches for the truth behind the traditional folk song, and a free black woman’s role in the Texas Revolution. The legend of the Yellow Rose of Texas holds an indisputable place in Lone Star culture, tethered to a familiar song that has served as a Civil War marching tune, a pop chart staple, and a halftime anthem. Almost two centuries of Texas mythmaking successfully muddled fact with fable in song, and the true story of Emily D. West remains mired in dispute and unrecognizable beneath the tales that grew up around it. The complete truth may never be recovered, but in this book Lora-Marie Bernard seeks an honest account honoring the grit and determination that brought a free black woman from the abolitionist riots of Connecticut to the thick of a bloody Texas revolution. A Lone Star native who grew up immersed in the Yellow Rose legend, Bernard also traces other stories that legend has obscured, including the connection between Emily D. West and plans for a free black colony in Texas. Includes illustrations

To Love a Texas Ranger

To Love a Texas Ranger
Author: Linda Broday
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2016-10-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1492630187

"Linda Broday's heroes step right out of her books and into your heart." —JODI THOMAS, New York Times bestselling author An honorable cowboy joins forces with an outlaw to save a desperate woman on the run in this exciting historical western romance from queen of the genre, USA Today bestseller Linda Broday. Gravely injured on the trail of a notorious criminal, Texas Ranger Sam Legend boards a train bound for his family ranch to recuperate...only to find himself locked in battle to save a desperate woman on the run. Determined to rescue the beautiful Sierra, Sam recruits an unlikely ally. But can he trust the mysterious gunslinger to fight at his side? Sam is shocked to discover his new ally is not only an outlaw, but his half-brother. Torn between loyalty to his job and love of his family, Sam goes reeling straight into Sierra's arms. Yet just as the walls around his battered heart begin to crumble, Sierra is stolen away. Sam will risk anything to save her—his life, his badge, his very soul—knowing that some bonds are stronger than the law...and some legends were born to be told. Three Brothers. One Oath. No Compromises. Men of Legend: To Love a Texas Ranger The Heart of a Texas Cowboy To Marry a Texas Outlaw

THE LEGENDS OF TEXAS

THE LEGENDS OF TEXAS
Author: J. Frank Dobie
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
Total Pages: 174
Release: 1995-08-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1455607266

There's treasure buried beneath Texas soil or stowed in caves covered over by stones. It might be the mother lode that's waiting to be uncovered or some Spanish pirate's chest of jewels and doubloons. Nearby a ghostly figure walks the dunes, or is it just an illusion brought on by the approaching dust storm? In this new mass market edition, J. Frank Dobie has collected accounts of some of the best known tales of booty hidden in Texas hill and dale as well as some eerie stories and the origins of Texas flowers, names, and streams. You will learn about "The Enchanted Rock in Llano County," "Lafitte's Treasure Vault," and "The Holy Spring of Father Margil at Nacogdoches." These lively stories reveal the love for adventure, independence, and mystery that has made Texas the state it is. And just as Dobie hoped, with these tales readers from all over can see the "richness of their own traditions." Dobie believed that worthwhile literature about this region had to be derived from an understanding of its life, lore, and history. Legends of Texas indirectly led to the founding of the Texas Folklore Society, the nation's second oldest folklore organization.

Legends of Texas

Legends of Texas
Author: James Frank Dobie
Publisher:
Total Pages: 306
Release: 1964
Genre: History
ISBN:

V2 : Pirates' Gold and Other Tales.

Texas Rangers

Texas Rangers
Author: Bob Alexander
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Total Pages: 673
Release: 2017-07-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 157441691X

Authors Bob Alexander and Donaly E. Brice grappled with several issues when deciding how to relate a general history of the Texas Rangers. Should emphasis be placed on their frontier defense against Indians, or focus more on their role as guardians of the peace and statewide law enforcers? What about the tumultuous Mexican Revolution period, 1910-1920? And how to deal with myths and legends such as One Riot, One Ranger? Texas Rangers: Lives, Legend, and Legacy is the authors’ answer to these questions, a one-volume history of the Texas Rangers. The authors begin with the earliest Rangers in the pre-Republic years in 1823 and take the story up through the Republic, Mexican War, and Civil War. Then, with the advent of the Frontier Battalion, the authors focus in detail on each company A through F, relating what was happening within each company concurrently. Thereafter, Alexander and Brice tell the famous episodes of the Rangers that forged their legend, and bring the story up through the twentieth century to the present day in the final chapters.

Legendary Texas Storytellers

Legendary Texas Storytellers
Author: Jim Gramon
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2002-10-29
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1461662052

Storytelling is alive and well in Texas! Let storyteller and biographer Jim Gramon give you a personal introduction to some of his legendary storytelling friends.

Texas Tragedy

Texas Tragedy
Author: Greg Brown
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2016-04-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9781532929540

In August of 1976, one of the most notorious murder scenes played out in Ft. Worth, Texas. Cullen Davis was one of the richest men in Texas and his second wife, Priscilla Davis, with whom he was divorcing, was shot in their mansion. Also shot and murdered were her twelve-year-old daughter and her thirty-year-old boyfriend, Stan Farr. Priscilla and two other people said it was Cullen. The culprit was wearing a wig so his identity was somewhat hidden but not completely. Cullen was arrested in the early morning hours of August 3, 1976, at the home of his girlfriend, Karen Master. He later went on trial for the murder of Priscilla's daughter. He was found not guilty but the next year he was put on trial for a murder-for-hire plot to kill the judge overseeing his divorce from Priscilla. He got off from that charge, too. Finally in 1979 he and Priscilla were divorced. Priscilla received 3.3 million dollars and Cullen was able to move back into his 19,000 square-foot mansion. This book explains the facts of that fateful August night and what happened in the courtrooms of Texas. But the majority chronicles the path Priscilla took after the trials of the 1970's. Priscilla was not done with Cullen yet and she would try tirelessly to obtain some kind of justice. She also decided to have a little fun along the way. The press loved Priscilla but the general public were split. She had been painted as a low-rent gold-digger in the Texas courtrooms but everyone also knew that Cullen was probably guilty of murder. In the end, only the two of them really knew the truth. This is the story of how Priscilla learned to live with the fact that Cullen would never have to pay for his actions and her reputation would be forever marred. In 1995, a 26-year-old man named Greg Brown moved in with Priscilla, who was now 53. They became lovers and Greg tells how Priscilla learned to make the most of tragic situations which were both of her making and not of her making. It's a story of struggle, love and compromise even in the most dire of circumstances.