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Author : Mac Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780998269948
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (699 download)
Download or read book Scurry Book 3 written by Mac Smith and published by . This book was released on 2020-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kathryn Cotten
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)
Download or read book Saga of Scurry written by Kathryn Cotten and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronicle of Scurry County from its earliest roots to the 1950's.
Author : Mac Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780998269917
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (699 download)
Download or read book Scurry Book 1 written by Mac Smith and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scurry is the story of a colony of mice in an abandoned house who are struggling to survive a long, strange winter. The humans are all gone and the sun is rarely seen. As food becomes scarce and many mice fall ill, the scavengers are forced to search farther from their home, braving monster infested lands in search of anything that will help the colony survive another day. Being hunted by feral cats and predatory birds is part of life for these mice, but beyond the fences stalks something far more fearsome...
Author : Robert L. Martin
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477301321
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)
Download or read book The City Moves West written by Robert L. Martin and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-08-27 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where water supply, railway transportation, and oil reserves have been abundant, towns in central West Texas have prospered; where these resources are few, settlements have maintained only slight growth or disappeared entirely. Supporting his conclusions with profuse statistical evidence, Robert L. Martin traces the economic development of six major towns in the area, all with over 10,000 residents in 1960: Lamesa, Snyder, Sweetwater, Big Spring, Midland, and Odessa. Ranching brought the first settlers to West Texas in the 1870s and dominated the economy until 1900. In the 1880s farmers began to arrive, and between 1900 and 1930 agricultural production replaced ranching as the most important industry. With the influx of population came the railroad, and small settlements were established along its route. Those with sufficient water supply prospered and, as counties were organized, became county seats and supply centers for the surrounding agricultural regions. The land could not support a large agricultural population, and agriculture-related manufactures soon drew population to the towns. However, it was not until the oil discoveries of the 1920's that the modern city emerged. After World War II, oil production and oil-related industries generated great wealth and caused a boom in population growth and urban development. Despite the growth in prosperity, the economy is precariously balanced. Urban centers dependent on oil—an industry of limited life—have matured in an area without sufficient water or agricultural resources to support them. Martin concludes that, without careful planning and a solution to the water problem, these cities could some day become ghost towns on the plains.
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ISBN 13 : 9780998269931
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (699 download)
Download or read book Scurry Book 2 written by and published by . This book was released on 2018-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bob Alexander
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1574414992
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (744 download)
Download or read book Riding Lucifer's Line written by Bob Alexander and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Texas-Mexico border is trouble. Haphazardly splashing across the meandering Rio Grande into Mexico is--or at least can be--risky business, hazardous to one's health and well-being. Kirby W. Dendy, the Chief of Texas Rangers, corroborates the sobering reality: "As their predecessors for over one hundred forty years before them did, today's Texas Rangers continue to battle violence and transnational criminals along the Texas-Mexico border." In Riding Lucifer's Line, Bob Alexander, in his characteristic storytelling style, surveys the personal tragedies of twenty-five Texas Rangers who made the ultimate sacrifice as they scouted and enforced laws throughout borderland counties adjacent to the Rio Grande. The timeframe commences in 1874 with formation of the Frontier Battalion, which is when the Texas Rangers were actually institutionalized as a law enforcing entity, and concludes with the last known Texas Ranger death along the border in 1921. Alexander also discusses the transition of the Rangers in two introductory sections: "The Frontier Battalion Era, 1874-1901" and "The Ranger Force Era, 1901-1935," wherein he follows Texas Rangers moving from an epochal narrative of the Old West to more modern, technological times. Written absent a preprogrammed agenda, Riding Lucifer's Line is legitimate history. Adhering to facts, the author is not hesitant to challenge and shatter stale Texas Ranger mythology. Likewise, Alexander confronts head-on many of those critical Texas Ranger histories relying on innuendo and gossip and anecdotal accounts, at the expense of sustainable evidence--writings often plagued with a deficiency of rational thinking and common sense. Riding Lucifer's Line is illustrated with sixty remarkable old-time photographs. Relying heavily on archived Texas Ranger documents, the lively text is authenticated with more than one thousand comprehensive endnotes.
Author : Linda Nelson
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105654427
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (56 download)
Download or read book Witch Book (Orgarlan Saga, 2) written by Linda Nelson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kenneth E. Dowlin
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1491804793
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (918 download)
Download or read book Noisy River: the Saga of Captain Paul Dowlin written by Kenneth E. Dowlin and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruidoso, Spanish for noisy river, is the name given to the burbling stream tumbling out of the White Mountains in New Mexico. These mountains and much of the plains to the east were inhabited by natives known as the Mescalero who have tribal ties to the Apache. It was alongside this busy stream that Paul Dowlin, an ancestor of Irish immigrants who migrated to the United States even before the Revolutionary war, found his destiny. He was born and lived in eastern Pennsylvania for over 30 years. His yearning for adventure and advancement led him to make his way across the country in 1859. Soon after his arrival in New Mexico Territory he joined the newly formed New Mexico Volunteers to resist the invasion by the Confederate forces and supporters. The fighting in the Civil War in New Mexico was brief; but the battles against the native tribes took much longer. Dowlin served directly under the command of Kit Carson, the commander of the New Mexico Volunteer Army in the Civil War battles and the major campaigns against the Mescalero, Navajo and other tribes. After separation from the army Dowlin was able to acquire land and build a thriving settlement in what became Lincoln County, New Mexico. At one time he was one of the largest tax payers in the county and one of the political leaders of the county and the state. He was always cordial to all people including the Mescalero, the Mexican descendants in the area, and the late coming Americans. The question is: Why was he shot and killed in 1877? He was unarmed and knew his killer. Ken Dowlin, a descendent of Captain Paul Dowlin has woven facts derived from 4 years of research in libraries, museums, archives, and site visits into family stories that were passed down from generation to generation. His education, career, and lifelong learning has provided him with the necessary skills to produce a historical novel based on facts and family stories.
Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 868 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)
Download or read book Frontier Times written by and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jerome Tuccille
Publisher : Beard Books
ISBN 13 : 9781587982262
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (822 download)
Download or read book Kingdom written by Jerome Tuccille and published by Beard Books. This book was released on 2004-02 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reprint of a previously published work. It deals with the life of H.L. Hunt, the oil tycoon, and his family.
Author : Kyle Jarrard
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0470318325
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (73 download)
Download or read book Cognac written by Kyle Jarrard and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-04-21 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rich in history and admirable scholarship. . . . It's a fine grande champagne of a book, to be savored over and over." -Patricia Wells, author of The Provence Cookbook Called the "brandy of the gods" by Victor Hugo, Cognac is a universal symbol of refinement and quality. In the first comprehensive history of this celebrated drink, Kyle Jarrard charts Cognac's birth in the 1500s and its transformation into the world's most coveted brandy. Along the way, he reveals how Cognac distillers weathered vineyard die-offs, the German occupation, and other challenges over the years-and offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at Hennessy, Remy-Martin, Courvoisier, Martell, and other legendary brands. For any Cognac lover, this fascinating book will make the perfect gift. Kyle Jarrard (Paris, France) is a senior editor at the International Herald Tribune and author of the highly acclaimed novels Over There and Rolling the Bones.
Author : William Kamkwamba
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101637420
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind written by William Kamkwamba and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-02-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land. Retold for a younger audience, this exciting memoir shows how, even in a desperate situation, one boy's brilliant idea can light up the world. Complete with photographs, illustrations, and an epilogue that will bring readers up to date on William's story, this is the perfect edition to read and share with the whole family.
Author : Peggy H. Gregory
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Cotten Picking written by Peggy H. Gregory and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Barratt
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1410798305
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Bahama Saga written by Peter Barratt and published by Author House. This book was released on 2004-05-21 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BAHAMA SAGA is a chronicle of the human presence on a unique archipelago of the Americas. The story takes its title from a few invented characters and the romantic and beautiful country of seven hundred sub-tropical islands. The confetti of Bahamian islands has, at different times, been a locus for the three races of the planet. After the original Amerindian inhabitants perished, the Bahamas remained uninhabited for nearly 150 years until people from Bermuda - largely of English and African stock - re-settled the islands commencing in 1648. Not long afterwards many more Africans were brought to the Bahamas in bondage. Their descendants today hold the destiny of the islands in their hands. The geographical location of the Bahamas allowed the islands to play a brief, but important part in the history of the modern world. The eastern islands protrude out into the Atlantic Ocean so as to make them one of the nearest parts of the Americas to Europe and it was here that an explorer from Europe made a historic landfall at what, for him at least, was a 'New World. It was just over five hundred years ago that Christopher Columbus in 1492 sailed the ocean blue. The islands on the western side are a mere 50 miles from the United States. Throughout time, events on the North American continent have had a major affect upon the history of the Bahama Islands as this well-written and intriguing story relates.
Author : West Texas Historical Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book The West Texas Historical Association Year Book written by West Texas Historical Association and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Holmes Jenkins
Publisher : Austin, Tex. : Pemberton Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Cracker Barrel Chronicles written by John Holmes Jenkins and published by Austin, Tex. : Pemberton Press. This book was released on 1965 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bibliography of Texas Town and County histories.
