Dodge City: Queen of Cowtowns
 A good anecdotal history: Stanley Vestal is a good writer when it comes to anecdotal history. The yarns he spins are interesting, and often quite amusing. This book, written in 1952, is not as dated as one might think. One will recognize differences in [... more]
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Neil Sperry's Complete Guide to Texas Gardening, 2nd Edition
Texas Made EASY: Neil Sperry definately knows what he's talking about in regards to what will/will not grow in Texas. As a recent homeowner, I needed all the help I could get. So far, all of my plants have made it two years and I've lived here for two [... more]
$39.95
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Consummate Connecticut: Day Trips with Panache
consummately complete: How could you pick up this intensively researched labor of love and not want to run on up to Connecticut or go exploring in your own backyard?It's ALL in here -- the leafy byways, eccentricities, history, the quirky and remarkable [... more]
$19.95
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Spirits of San Antonio and South Texas
THIS IS THE BOOK TO READ IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GHOSTS!: This is a very informitive book. I love the stories about the railroad tracks. I loved it so much that before I moved away from San Antonio I just had to try it out. Two ghoulish thumbs ups.: An [... more]
$16.95
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Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive ...
Provocative, but has a fatal flaw: I would summarize the thesis as stating that congressional districts should be as homogenous as possible, so most of the voters get the representative they want rather than being outvoted by a slim majority of other [... more]
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Where Love Grows
Love outlasts the vine!: Becca Reynolds is an investigator of insurance scams for her father's firm, and is sent to rural Georgia to find out how a weed found only in Texas made its way across states without setting down roots. When she arrives she finds [... more]
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Custer's Brother's Horse
A Terrific Novel!: What a terrific novel! This type of entertaining story-telling just doesn't come along very often. Put it among the best-written historical novels of Texas, with THE WONDERFUL COUNTRY and LONESOME DOVE, and with great recent post-Civil [... more]
$24.95
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Black Gun, Silver Star: The Life and Legend of Frontier ...
In The Story of Oklahoma, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves appears as one of " eight notable Oklahomans, " the " most feared U.S. marshal in the Indian country." That Reeves was also an African American who had spent his early life as [... more]
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Wild at Heart
bJane Graves/bis a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, where she earned a B.A. in Journalism in the Professional Writing program. In 1999, she was a finalist for Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart Award, which led to her first sale. Now this [... more]
$10.52
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