First published in 1935, Old Jules is unquestionably Mari Sandoz's masterpiece. This portrait of her pioneer father grew out of 'the silent hours of listening behind the stove or the wood box, when it was assumed, of course, that I was asleep in bed. So it was that I heard the accounts of the hunts, . . .of the fights with the cattlemen and the sheep-men, of the tragic scarcity of ...

Manufacturer: Bison Books
Written By: Mari Sandoz

This volume celebrates the can-do, risk-taking, creative pioneers of Texas Instruments from its inception in the 1930s as a tiny geophysical exploration company working out of the back of a truck in the oilfields of the Southwest, to its status in the world today as one of the world's leading electronics companies. From the determination of its founders - Eugene McDermott, Erik Jonsson, Cecil ...

Manufacturer: Southern Methodist University Press
Written By: Caleb Pirtle III

The Buffalo Gap Historic Village, in Buffalo Gap, Texas, got its start in 1956 as the "Ernie Wilson Museum of the Old West" and was housed in the original Taylor County Courthouse. Over the next fifty years, however, the museum evolved into a full-fledged historic village, boasting twenty buildings and more than 9,000 artifacts. With this transformation, the historic village also began ...

Manufacturer: State House Press
Written By: Donald S. Frazier, Robert F. Pace, Robert P., Jr. Wettemann

In 1860, Somerset Place was one of the most successful plantations in North Carolina--and its owner one of the largest slaveholders in the state. More than 300 slaves worked the plantation's fields at the height of its prosperity; but nearly 125 years later, the only remembrance of their lives at Somerset, now a state historic site, was a lonely wooden sign marked "Site of Slave ...

Manufacturer: Doubleday
Written By: Dorothy Redford

This book preserves a glimpse into the universal roles of a mother in a daughter's life. It is a poignant collection of tales told by well-known women of Texas as they share the life moments and memories of their mother's influence on their own lives. From stories and tales that span generations, Susie weaves a tapestry of legacies in the form of insightful interviews about the mothers, delectable ...

Manufacturer: Republic of Texas
Written By: Susie Kelly Flatau

Gavan Daws' remarkable achievement is to free Hawaiian history from the dust of antiquity. Based on years of work in the documentary sources, Shoal of Time emerges as the most readable of all Hawaiian histories. Starting with the Western discovery of the islands in 1778--on through the days of the whalers, the missionary period, the plantation era with its vast numbers of Oriental ...

Manufacturer: University of Hawaii Press
Written By: Gavan Daws

A former BBC producer chronicles the Murphey family's experiences and misadventures as they leave the hectic pace of city life and spend their first year trying to revive the broken-down Bean Blossom Farm in Brown County, Indiana.

Manufacturer: Hearst Books
Written By: Sallyann J. Murphey, Glenn Wolff

Tombstone’s Early Years is packed with dramatic events like the gunfight at the O.K. Corral and colorful characters such as Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson. John Myers Myers brought all his skill as a writer and historian to this authoritative account of "the town that would not die."

Manufacturer: Bison Books
Written By: John Myers Myers

From the site of the Boston Massacre to the Bunker Hill Monument, the historic landmarks of Boston exemplify pivotal events in American history. There is no better way to relive the birth of our nation than by walking along Boston's Freedom Trail. This thoroughly updated fifth edition will guide you as you follow the 2 1/2 mile trail through history. Put on your walking shoes and visit the Boston ...

Manufacturer: Globe Pequot
Written By: Jack Frost, Shirley Moskow

The Sweeter the Juice is a provocative memoir that goes to the heart of our American identity. Shirlee Taylor Haizlip, in an effort to reconcile the dissonance between her black persona and her undeniably multiracial heritage, started on a journey of discovery that took her over thousands of miles and hundreds of years. While searching for her mother's family, Haizlip ...

Manufacturer: Free Press
Written By: Shirlee Taylor Haizlip