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  • Hidden History of Tulsa

    by Steve Gerkin ...
    Series series Hidden History
    The story of Tulsa's transformation from a nineteenth-century cow town into the "Oil Capital of the World" has been above ground for years, but a great reservoir of Tulsey Town's heritage has remained beneath the surface. These neglected tales include the dirigible flyover of 1929, the Hominy Indians' victory over the New York Giants and the legendary final performance of Spade Cooley, convicted ... Read more

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  • A Time to Stand

    The Epic of the Alamo

    by Walter Lord ...
    The #1 New York Times –bestselling author of The Miracle of Dunkirk tells the story of the Texans who fought Santa Anna's troops at the Battle of the Alamo."Probably the best of all Alamo accounts . . . a history which should last." — The New York Times Book ReviewLooking out over the walls of the whitewashed Alamo, sweltering ... ... Read more

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  • Fetch the Devil

    The Sierra Diablo Murders and Nazi Espionage in America

    by Clint Richmond ...
    In 1938, Hazel Frome, the wife of a powerful executive at Atlas Powder Company, a San Francisco explosives manufacturer, set out on a cross-country motor trip with her twenty-three-year-old daughter, Nancy. When their car broke down in El Paso, Texas, they made the most of being stranded by staying at a posh hotel and crossing the border to Juarez for shopping, dining, and drinking. A week later, ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • 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

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  • Geronimo

    by Robert M. Utley ...
    Series series The Lamar Series in Western History
    This "meticulous and finely researched" biography tracks the Apache raider's life from infamous renegade to permanent prisoner of war ( Publishers Weekly).Notorious for his ferocity in battle and uncanny ability to elude capture, the Apache fighter Geronimo became a legend in his own time and remains an iconic figure of the nineteenth century American West. In Geronimo, renowned historian Robert M ... Read more

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  • Legends of the West: The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

    by Charles River Editors ...
    *Includes pictures of important people, places, and events. .*Explains the origins of the Gunfight and the controversial details that continue to be debated today.*Includes witness accounts and newspaper accounts of the gunfight. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. “The 26th of October, 1881, will always be marked as one of the crimson days in the annals of Tombstone, a day when blood ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Forgotten Tales of New Mexico

    by Ellen Dornan ...
    Series series Forgotten Tales
    New Mexico, a place defined by a history of grand conflicts, conquistadores, Pueblo warriors, and nuclear scientists, will celebrate its state centennial in 2012. What better time for a collection of forgotten tales that recounts the adventures and exploits of priests, soldiers, witches, and politicians, who carved out a living in the harsh frontier. Ellen will introduce the reader to a cross ... Read more

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  • The WPA Guide to Arizona

    The Grand Canyon State

    by Federal Writers' Project ...
    Series series WPA Guides Digital Library
    During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors-many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures-were ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Chisholm Trail

    A History of the World's Greatest Cattle Trail

    by Sam P. Ridings ...
    This frontier classic is one of the best books written about the world’s greatest cattle trail, the Chisholm Trail, a trail that was approximately eight hundred miles long, running from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas. It is a comprehensive book about the cattle drives of our western frontier and the interesting characters associated with them. Such characters include Charles Goodnight, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Oveta Culp Hobby

    Colonel, Cabinet Member, Philanthropist

    by Debra L. Winegarten ...
    Series series Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series
    This young adult biography introduces middle school readers to a remarkable woman who founded the Women’s Army Corps, served as Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and ran a media empire that included the Houston Post newspaper and radio and TV stations.Winner, Gold Medal for Biography, Military Writers Society of America, 2015Oveta Culp Hobby (1905–1995) had a lifetime of stellar ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Every Sun That Rises

    Wyatt Moore of Caddo Lake

    Edited by Thad Sitton, James H. Conrad ...
    “What I done and what I been accused of covers everything, you put ’em both together.” Wyatt Moore of Caddo Lake exaggerates, but perhaps not very much. During his long life at Caddo Lake, Moore was at various times a boat operator, commercial fisherman, boat builder, farmer, fishing and hunting camp operator, guide, commercial hunter, trapper, raftsman, moonshiner, oil field worker, water well ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Moquis and Kastiilam

    Hopis, Spaniards, and the Trauma of History, Volume I, 1540–1679

    Edited by Thomas E. Sheridan, Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa, Anton Daughters, T. J. Ferguson, Dale S. Brenneman, Leigh J. Kuwanwisiwma, Leigh Wayne Lomayestewa ...
    The first of a two-volume series, Moquis and Kastiilam tells the story of the encounter between the Hopis, who the Spaniards called Moquis, and the Spaniards, who the Hopis called Kastiilam, from the first encounter in 1540 until the eve of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. By comparing and contrasting Spanish documents with Hopi oral traditions, the editors portray a balanced presentation of their ... Read more

    $30.29 USD