Faces
of the Great Southwest Texas
A Photo Essay and Oral History of a rare Breed Written and Photographed by John Aceti
"You can see it in their faces. You can hear it in their words.
They are authentic West Texans who work the land and the sheep, goats and
cattle that inhabit the land. John F. Aceti spotted them and brings them
to life on the pages of this book, which will make most readers feel their
own lives are sheer luxury." —Liz Carpenter, author and speaker
$24.95
Paperback
ISBN 1-57168-995-8
8X10, 216 pages
BLACK
GOLD TO BLUEGRASS
From the Oil Fields of Texas to Spindletop Farm of Kentucky
by Fred B. Mckinley
and Greg Riley
Black Gold to Bluegrass is the first such work that
concentrates wholly on the Second Spindletop Oil Boom and what happened
afterward—taking the story from the oil fields of Southeast Texas and
Louisiana to the Bluegrass of Kentucky.
$29.95
Paperback
ISBN 1-57168-946-X
7 by 10, 376 pages
ALL
THINGS CONSIDERED ... ITS BEEN A GREAT LIFE By R.E. Peppy Blount
Fascinating autobiography pf a colorful Texan.
$28.95
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ISBN 1-57168-862-5
7 by 10, 314 pages
PLAYBILL'S
AND POPCORN by Michael A. Jenkins A crocodile is loose on an airplane. Nigerians get their first
amusement park and overcome their initial fear of the Ferris wheel. An
audience member bursts into song during a production of The Phantom of the
Opera. A wheelchair-bound woman rises and walks when she learns a better
seat is available elsewhere in the theater.
This is everyday life for Michael Jenkins, developer of amusement parks,
producer of shows and extraordinarily frequent flier.
In the course of doing his job, he’s been licked by a leopard. He’s
been cornered into eating a thousand- year-old egg, which may not have
been a thousand years old but certainly tasted like it. And at the Music
Hall at Fair Park in Dallas, he’s literally been carried away—by
floodwaters.
Weird and funny, warm and fuzzy, these are tales that could easily have
found their way into plot lines for shows—which only goes to prove that
life is the most fascinating show of all.
$24.95
Hardback
with dust jacket
ISBN 1-57168-863-3
6 by 9, index, photos
SAM
HOUSTON Slept Here Guide to the Homes of Texas’
Chief Executives by Bill O’Neal
More than 250 on-site photographs illustrate this
tour of homes of many of the Lone Star State’s most powerful political
leaders. From the Governor’s Mansion in Austin to the Texas White House
near Johnson City, from Sam Houston’s "Wigwam" in Huntsville
to the Eisenhower birthplace in Denison, almost a score of homes of Texas
governors and presidents are open to the public. Two fine Victorian
residences which once were governors’ homes now are B&Bs, in
Galveston and Weatherford. Another three dozen houses, while privately
owned today, may be viewed when driving through homestowns from Lubbock to
LaPorte, from Uvalde to Haskell. This travel book provides directions to
these houses, as well as photos and stories of the men and women and their
families who brought life to these plantation homes, log cabins, ranch
houses, and mansions.
$22.95
Paperback
ISBN 1-57168-584-7
7 by 10, 178 pages, photos, bibliography
OF MICE AND MOUNTAIN LIONS The
Adventures of a Wildlife Biologist By Ronnie
Ridley George "Of Mice and Mountain Lions gives a rare glimpse
into the rewarding, frustrating, exciting, humorous, and sometimes
dangerous lives of wildlife biologists...will be of interest to a wide
variety of readers, including...game wardens, park rangers, ranchers,
farmers, hunters, fishermen, armchair adventurers, naturalists, biology
students, and anyone who is interested in the great outdoors."
—Robert L. Cook, Executive Director, Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department (from the Foreword)
$19.95
Paperback
ISBN 1-57168-623-1
6 by 9, 182 pages
LAWYER MY TRAILS AND JUBILATIONS By Joseph D. Jamail
JOE JAMAIL has been...
—The lawyer who won the biggest lawsuit in history, Pennzoil vs. Texaco, with $11 billion verdict...
—Has been responsible for the national recall of three dangerous products—Remington 600, Honda All Terrain 3 Wheelers, and the prescription drug
Parlodel...
—Dubbed "King of Torts" by Time and Newsweek and “Trial Lawyer of the Century" by Texas Monthly and California Trial Lawyers...
—The lawyer who has over $12 billion in jury verdicts and over $13 billion in verdicts and settlements.
—The lead counsel in over 200 personal injury cases where recovery was in excess of $1 million...
—Described by his own mother as the kind of boy she didn't want her sons playing with...
He has been called , a savior, a philanthropist, a “good ‘ol boy,” and a SOB—but one thing Joe Jamail has never been is boring!
$24.95
Hardback
ISBN 1-57168-809-9
6 by 9 Hardcover, 275 pages
THE
RED ZONE Cars, Cows, and Coaches By Red McCombs with Mickey
Herskowitz
Big man, big voice, big boots, and big deals. Meet Red McCombs, who hasn't heard his given name, Billy Joe, since his mother called him that years ago. His is a story of "only in America," but with a Texas twist.
In the circles he travels, people know him only as Red. They also know him as cattle and oil baron, empire builder in cars and sports, investor in more than 200
companies, co-founder of what is now Clear Channel Communications, the world leader in radio stations and billboards.
He brought major league sports to San Antonio, owned the Spurs in the NBA, sold them, bought the Denver Nuggets, and later sold that team over the phone. Then he bought the Minnesota Vikings in a suspenseful bidding war won, in the first round, by author Tom Clancy.
The son of a car mechanic, he had the gift of words and ideas. In short order, he emerged as a millionaire before he was thirty, and one of the top three Ford dealers in America.
He was a driving force behind the HemisFair in San Antonio and in the construction of the Alamodome, a roofed stadium that was built before it had a tenant but whose debt was paid off before the doors opened.
$24.95 Hardback
ISBN 1-57168-707-6
6 by 9, 240 pages, hardback
TEXIAN
ODYSSEY The Life and Times of a Forgotten
Patriot-Colonel Eleaxar Louis Ripley
Wheelock (1793-1847) By Mary Foster Hutchinson
Eleazar Louis Ripley Wheelock had fortunate beginnings as the grandson of the founder of Dartmouth College. But he would not take the easy route in life. His personal odyssey would lead him through poverty in pioneer Ohio, climactic battles in the War of 1812, law studies in Kentucky, peril on the Arkansas frontier, and finally, in 1824, an arduous journey to a new land that would define the man: Texas. There he became a settler with Robertson's Colony and subsequently led a life of adventure as a captain of the Texas Rangers, silver miner, founder of a fort and town, Indian agent, surveyor, rancher, land agent, lawyer, and political hopeful.
Texian Odyssey is a valuable addition to the record of largely forgotten settlers who came to Texas by the thousands and created a great state out of nothing but courage and sweat.
$24.95.95
Paperback
ISBN 1-57168-686-X
6 by 9
BLACKIE
SHERROD AT LARGE By Blackie Sherrod “This collection is a wonderful showcase for the breadth and depth of Blackie Sherrod’s appeal, never abandoning the idiom of sports, but always reaching beyond it to teach life’s lessons to all of us. It’s a great, entertaining read.”
— Burl Osborne, former publisher,
Dallas Morning News
$24.95
Hardback
ISBN 1-57168-721-1
288 pages
TEXAS
GIANT The Life of Price Daniel By Dan Murph
Foreword by: President George Bush
Price Daniel was elected to more high offices than
anyone in Texas history. He was speaker of the Texas House, attorney
general, U.S. senator, governor, and supreme court justice. He also served
in the cabinet of his Senate colleague, President Lyndon Johnson, who
described Daniel as "the soul of honor." A personal friend of
almost every president dating back to Harry Truman, Daniel left
significant footprints across American history.
$26.95
Hardback
ISBN 1-57168-571-5
6 by 9, 322 pages, photos, index,
MAN
OF AZTLAN
A Biography of Rudolfo Anaya
By Aberlardo Baeza, Ph.D
Rudolfo Anaya has been widely heralded as the
"founder of Chicano literature." Bless Me, Ultima and many of
his other works are standard texts in Chicano studies worldwide. This
concise biography offers a fresh look at the man behind the classics. Dr.
Abelardo Baeza is professor of English and Spanish at Sul Ross State
University, Alpine, Texas.
$14.95
Paperback
1-57168-564-2
6 by 9, 86 pages
THUNDER
BEYOND THE BRAZOS
A BIOGRAPHY OF MIRABEAU B. LAMAR
By Jack C. Ramsay, Jr.
For two acts of bravery under fire, Mirabeau
Buonaparte Lamar received a field commission in the Texas army only a few
days before the Battle of San Jacinto. General Sam Houston issued the
commission for the young blue-eyed Georgian. Lamar and Houston became the
bitterest of political enemies during the days of the Republic of Texas.
$24.95
Paperback
1-57168-580-4
6 by 9, 244 pages
FRANKIE
Mrs. R.D. Randolph and Texas Liberal Politics By Ann Fears Crawford
"Frankie" Randolph's name is synonymous with Texas'
turbulent politics in the 1950's to the 1970's.
$22.95
Hardback
1-57168-351-8
6 by 9, 184 pages, photos, endnotes, and index.
NOLAN
RYAN
Texas Fast Ball to Cooperstown By Ken Anderson
Nolan Ryan grew up like any regular kid in the
small Texas town of Alvin. He went to school, rode a bike, played sports,
and sometimes
fought with his older brothers and sisters. But unlike every other regular kid, he could
throw a fastball. He threw it better than any pitcher before him
VOLMA, MY
JOURNEY
One Man's Impact on the Civil Rights Movement in Austin, Texas
By Carolyn L. Jones
A 20-year president of Austin's NAACP, and a crucial figure in the
civil rights struggle in Austin, Texas.
$19.95 Paperback
ISBN 1-57168-145-0
265 pages, 5½ x 8½
photos, endnotes, epilogue, index.
JEAN
LAFFITE
Prince of Pirates
By Jack C. Ramsay, Jr. No other name is more associated with the Gulf Coast than that of
this privateer.
$22.95
Paperback
ISBN 1-57168-612-6
224 pages, 6 x 9
photos, notes, bibliography, and index.
THE FALL
OF THE DUKE OF DUVAL
By John E. Clark “The incredible story of how millions of public dollars from an
oil-rich South Texas county were looted for the enterprises of political boss George B.
Parr.”— William Sessions, former FBI Director
$24.95 Paperback
ISBN 1-57168-333-X
392 pages, 6 x 9
photos, bibliography, index.
BONNIE
AND CLYDE By James R. Knight
“Jim Knight has contributed a very relevant and detailed addition to the ever-increasing research on this subject. Knight has managed to combined much new information with pertinent past research to clarify and in most cases increase our understanding of this very tragic story, a story which is exceedingly important if we are ever to fathom such criminal activity and know how to combat it in the future. A great job ... well-written and well-told!” —John Neal Phillips, author of
Running with Bonnie and Clyde (University of Oklahoma Press)
$29.95
Paperback
ISBN 1-57168-794-7
230 pages,
photos, index
BILL
CLEMENTS
Texian to His Toenails
By Carolyn Barta
With foreword by James Michener
The author has been a political writer, political
editor, editor of the op-ed page, and columnist for the Dallas Morning News for
thirty years.
$29.95 Hardback
ISBN 1-57168-090-X
480 pages, 6 x 9, photographs index, bibliography, notes
LEGENDARY
TEXIANS
VOLUME I
By Joe Tom Davis
Jane Long, Deaf Smith, David G. Burnet, William Barret Travis, Bigfoot Wallace, John O.
Meusebach, Charles Goodnight, and Shanghai Pierce.
$17.95 Hardback
ISBN 0-89015-336-1
192 pages, 5½ x 8½.
photos, notes and index
LEGENDARY
TEXIANS VOLUME 2 By Joe Tom Davis
Quanah Parker, Cynthia Ann Parker, Roy Bean, Gail Borden, Josiah Wilbarger, L. H. McNelly,
John Wesley Hardin, Pamelia Mann, Brit Bailey, and Strap Buckner.
$17.95 Hardback
ISBN 0-89015-473-2
200 pages, 5½ x 8½
photos, notes and index
LEGENDARY
TEXIANS VOLUME 3
By Joe Tom Davis
Michael Muldoon, the DeLeon family, the Groce and Wharton families, Emily Morgan, William
Goyens, Robert Potter, and Rufus Burleson.
$17.95 Hardback
ISBN 0-89015-559-3
224 pages, photos, notes, index
LEGENDARY
TEXIANS VOLUME 4
By Joe Tom Davis
“Three-Legged Willie” Williamson, Jack Hays, Richard King,
and Sul Ross.
$17.95 Hardback
ISBN 0-89015-669-7
224 pages, photos, notes and index
HELLO
SUCKER
The Story of Texas Guinan
By Glenn Shirley
The true story of the fiery actress who took Broadway and New York by
storm — Mary Louise Cecilia Guinan.
$15.95 Hardback
ISBN 0-89015-690-5
128 pages, 6 x 9
photos, bibliography
THE
CIVILIZERS
The DuVals of Texas
By Roy L. Swift Through five generations as high judges,
lawyers, writers, and explorers, the DuVals
of Texas have made a solid contribution to Texas, rarely matched by any
other single family in the Southwest.
$32.95 Hardback
ISBN 0-89015-840-1
584 pages, 6 x 9
photos, notes, bibliography, index
DEPRESSION
DESPERADO
The Chronicle of Raymond Hamilton
By Sid Underwood Raymond Hamilton, a pal of Bonnie and Clyde was
one of the best known desperadoes of the 1930's. His 1934 escape from the
Texas State Prison in Huntsville Texas made the front page of the New
York Times. This book chronicles Hamilton's life from humble
beginnings in Schulter Oklahoma to an early demise at the age of 21 in the
Texas death house.
$18.95 Paperback
ISBN 0-89015-966-1
288 pages, 6 x 9
34 photos, bibliography, index
DOC The Legacy of Dr. H.B. Cowart South Mississippi Country Doctor 1881-1970 By Jane E. Marshall Brister
Long-forgotten roads in South Mississippi come to life again as the story of Doc unfolds through the family history, early medical practice, and house calls made by Hiram Benjamin Cowart during the first half of the twentieth century.
From 1905 to 1965, Dr. Cowart was the family practitioner to the people of a tri-county area in South Mississippi, ultimately settling in Poplarville, Mississippi. Not only did he deliver more than 5,000 babies over the span of his career, but he was a gifted diagnostician.
$18.95
Paperback
ISBN 1-57168-736-X
6 by 9, 152 pages
