A duel between his father and a man named Stephen Cooper had led to the disintegration of his family , for on that day his mother had miscarried , so worried was she for her husband's safety . Christopher sometimes wondered what it ...
To escape the oppression of the Reconstruction in Kentucky, a former Confederate soldier moves his family to Texas unaware of the dangerous cargo he has agreed to move with him.
Campbell presents the epic tales of Texas history in a new light, offering revisionist history in the best sense--broadening and deepening the traditional story, without ignoring the heroes of the past. The scope of the book is impressive.
Peyton Lewis and Fletcher Rucker are two humble Rebel boys whose innocence was destroyed in the bloody wreckage of the Civil War.
Hunted by cavalry and bounty hunters, Josey Wales and a Cherokee friend struggle for survival on the dangerous trail to Texas.
Offers a history of the state of Texas from the arrival of the first humans approximately ten thousand years ago to the twenty-first century.
Gone to Texas engagingly tells the story of the Lone Star State, from the arrival of humans in the Panhandle more than 10,000 years ago to the opening of the twenty-first century.
Organized chronologically, the text focuses on five main themes: Texas as a "forgotten" province of the Spanish empire that was only protected when some other nation threatened to occupy it; the interpretation of the Texas Revolution as a ...
In a fictionalized account of one man's adventures on the western frontier, Ellis journeys to Texas in search of a new life but instead finds himself a prisoner in Mexico and a revolutionary.
Join Betsy Chutchian as she embarks on a journey to recreate 12 of her greatgreat grandmother's quilts inspired by her writing.