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  • Time of the Rangers

    Texas Rangers: From 1900 to the Present

    by Mike Cox ...
    The second installment of a no-holds-barred look at the history of the famed Texas Rangers from western author Mike CoxFollowing up on his magnificent history of the 19th century Texas Rangers, Mike Cox now takes us from 1900 through the present. From horseback to helicopters, from the frontier cattle days through the crime-ridden boom-or-bust oil field era, from Prohibition to World War II ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Historic Photos of Texas Lawmen

    by Mike Cox ...
    Series series Historic Photos
    The history of law enforcement in the Lone Star State goes back well before photography, dating to Texas’s days as part of the Spanish empire. After that Texas became a province of Mexico and for nearly a decade stood among the nations as an independent republic before becoming the 28th state in the Union in 1845.Beyond the contribution to law and order made by constables, sheriffs, town marshals, ... Read more

    $27.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Texas Panhandle Tales

    by Mike Cox ...
    Series series American Chronicles
    The Texas Panhandle is like a whole 'nother country. The area stretching from just south of Lubbock all the way north to Oklahoma is filled with ranch land, oil fields, windy plains, and some of the Lone Star State's most unique history. Meet the duck that started a gun battle in Oldham County and find out how Kate Polly's pancake flipping saved her life. Or witness Gene Autry's days as a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Big Bend Tales

    by Mike Cox ...
    Series series American Chronicles
    Travel deeper into the Texas outback with writer-historian Mike Cox as he recounts the lesser-known stories from Alpine, Fort Davis and Marfa. Revisit the grandeur of Alpine's Holland Hotel, peer through the telescope at the McDonald Observatory and dip your toes in the water hole at Ernst Tinaja, if you dare. Travel back to a time when the Comanche Trail stretched one thousand miles from Kansas ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Texas Rangers

    Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821–1900

    by Mike Cox ...
    " A lively, enlightening history of one of the oldest, most esteemed law-enforcement agencies in America." — BooklistStarting in 1821 with just a handful of men, the Rangers' first purpose was to keep settlers safe from the feared and gruesome Karankawa Indians, a cannibalistic tribe that wandered the Texas territory. As the influx of settlers grew, the attacks increased and it became clear that a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Historic Photos of Texas Oil

    by Mike Cox ...
    Series series Historic Photos
    On January 10, 1901, near Beaumont, Texas, an unremarkable knoll of earth the world would soon call Spindletop shot a geyser of oil a hundred feet into the air, confirming the belief of Pattillo Higgins that black gold lay buried there. The Texas oil industry had begun in earnest, and neither Texas nor the world would ever be the same.In the years to come, Texas oil would fuel the nation’s ... Read more

    $27.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wicked San Antonio

    by Mike Cox ...
    Delve into San Antonio's wicked past, from the lawless lore of the Spanish settlement through the criminal misdeeds of the modern metropolis.Residents of the Alamo City tolerated scores of cockfighting pits, gambling joints, opium dens, around-the-clock saloons and other places of ill-repute. Some disturbers of San Antonio's peace, like Judge Roy Bean, left town to achieve greater notoriety ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Historic Photos of Heroes of the Old West

    by Mike Cox ...
    Series series Historic Photos
    No story in United States history is more compelling than the exploration and settlement of the American West, and the tales of those who blazed the trails will forever enthrall Americans yet unborn. In Historic Photos of Heroes of the Old West, the dauntless adventurers who gave us the legend come alive together in profile. Herein are the early pathfinders Zebulon Pike and Lewis and Clark, James ... Read more

    $27.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Train Crash at Crush, Texas

    America's Deadliest Publicity Stunt

    by Mike Cox ...
    Series series Disaster
    On September 15, 1896, Crush boasted the highest population in Texas. Built near Waco, the town provided the staging ground for a publicity stunt ramming two trains together at top speed. Showrunner and Katy Railroad official William Crush thought he had planned for every contingency. But when elephant-sized chunks of steam locomotive began raining down into the packed stands, the extravaganza ... Read more

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  • Gunfights & Sites in Texas Ranger History

    by Mike Cox ...
    Series series Landmarks
    Since colonizer Stephen F. Austin proposed hiring ten rangers "for the common defense" in 1823, the Texas Rangers have protected the Lone Star State from its enemies with dedication and fortitude. All across Texas are places where Rangers made history. From the Alamo to nearly forgotten graves and battle sites, important landmarks in the story of these legendary lawmen lie in every corner of the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Legends & Lore of the Texas Capitol

    by Mike Cox ...
    Series series
    From its beginning as one of the most ambitious construction projects west of the Mississippi, the imposing red granite Lone Star statehouse loomed large in Texas lore. The iconic landmark rests on a foundation of election rigging, an unsolved murder, land swaps and pre-dedication blackmail. It bore witness to the first meeting between LBJ and Lady Bird, as well as a bizarre resolution honoring ... Read more

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  • Central Texas Tales

    by Mike Cox ...
    Central Texas is an area as diverse culturally as it is geographically. Bordered by Hill Country in the west, green farmland in the east and Waco and New Braunfels in the north and south, this area has drawn settlers from around the globe for over two centuries, leaving their mark and their stories along the way. From a surprising story of nineteenth-century psych ops at Fort Mason and what really ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus