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	The Ranch That Was Us With deepest affection and artistry, twining strands of rich story with earthen wisdom, Becky generously offers the world she knows best, a shining world that is too precious and potent, too cranky and funny, too brave and essential, to let go of. We all need Raymond and Shatzie, the skies and the goats, the sunsets and stones and heartbroken git-back-up gumption, which have nourished her and her family for generation. And now, thanks to this wondrous book, we have them.	$24.95
	Texas Lawmen 1835-1899 - The Good and the Bad The tally of Texas lawmen killed during the state’s first sixty-five years of organized law enforcement is truly staggering. From Texas Rangers the likes of Silas Mercer Parker Jr., gunned down at Parker’s Fort in 1836, to Denton County sheriff’s deputy Floyd Coberly, murdered by an inmate in 1897 after ten days on the job, this collection accounts for all of those unsung heroes. Not merely an attempt to retell a dozen popular peace officer legends, *Texas Lawmen, 1835-1899* represents thousands of hours of research conducted over more than a decade. Ron DeLord and Cliff Caldwell have carefully assembled a unique and engaging chronicle of Texas history.	$29.99
	Texas Lawmen 1900-1940 - More of the Good & the Bad Lawlessness in Texas did not end with the close of the cowboy era. It just evolved, swapping horses and pistols for cars and semiautomatics. From Patrolman “Newt” Stewart, killed by a group of servicemen in February 1900, to Whitesboro chief of police William Thomas “Will” Miller, run down by a vehicle in the line of duty in 1940, Ron DeLord and Cliff Caldwell present a comprehensive chronicle of the brave – and some not so brave – peace officers who laid down their lives in the service of the State of Texas in the first half of the twentieth century.	$29.99
	West Texas Tales Writer-historian Mike Cox has been sharing Texas history and folklore for four decades, telling tales that have been overlooked or forgotten through the years. Travel to El Paso during the “Big Blow” of 1895, brave the frontier with Elizabeth Russell Baker and stare down the infamous killer known as Old Three Toe. From frontier stories and ghost towns to famous folks and accounts of everyday life, this collection of *West Texas Tales* has it all.	$19.99
	Enchanted Rock Blue(s) The wildly popular Enchanted Rock State Natural Area in the Texas Hill Country is the scene of adventure as Park Police Officer Maurice Neunhoffer confronts a series of challenges: a man-eating mountain lion, a shadowy camper hiding in the back of the park, a pregnant wife, and the threat of revenge by the Mexican drug cartel, all coming just months before his position is to be eliminated by budget cuts.	$15.00
	Central Texas Tales 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 happened to Bevo, the UT longhorn in 1920 to Mrs. Ross’s Croghan Cobbler recipe and rumors of a Lone Star visit by old Abe himself, writer-historian Mike Cox regales readers with over fifty stories about the fascinating people, history and places of middle Texas.	$19.99
	Texas Got It Right! If you’d like to find out why Texas is growing in population and political clout, open up *Texas Got It Right!* In this astute and provocative look at Texan policies, history, and culture, Sam and Andrew Wyly unpack the secrets behind the swagger. Discover how the Lone Star State has become an economic powerhouse and the Number-One place to move in the country.	$19.95
	Historic Tales from the Texas Republic Though the Republic of Texas existed as a sovereign nation for just nine years, the legacy lives on in the names that distinguish the landscape of the Lone Star State. Austin, Houston, Travis, Lamar, Seguin, Burnet, Bowie, Zavala, Crockett – these historical giants, often at odds, fought through their differences to achieve freedom from Mexico and Santa Anna, establishing a republic fit to be the twenty-eighth state to join the Union. In nineteen historical tales, Jeffery Robenalt chronicles the fight to define and defend the Republic of Texas, from revolutionary beginnings to annexation.	$19.99
	Texas Dames These are the Texas Dames, women who sallied forth to run sprawling ranches, build towns, helm major banks and shape Lone Star history. These “Dames” broke gender and racial barriers in every facet of life. Some led the way as heroines, while others slid headlong into notoriety, but nearly all exhibited similar strands of courage and determination to wrest a country, a state and a region from the wilds. From Angelina of the Hasinai, interpreter for the Spanish, and sharpshooter Sally Scull to Dr. Claudia Potter, America’s first female anesthesiologist, and Birdie Hardwood, first female mayor in the United States, historian Carmen Goldthwaite has been profiling Texas women and their accomplishments in her popular “Texas Dames” column. Here are their stories, from early Tejas to the twentieth century.	$19.99
	Blue Down South The town of Fredericksburg, located in the Texas Hill Country near the center of the State, was settled by the German Immigration Society in 1846. In 1861 the Germans watched Texas succeed from the Union and join the Confederacy with a great deal of dismay. They, like the rest of the frontier settlements, depended on the U.S. Army for protection from Indians and Mexican bandits. The Army left the area leaving many of the frontier forts abandoned. None of the Germans owned slaves or believed in slavery so they did not want to participate with the South in what they saw as a fight for slavery. Most of the Germans had been through the process of becoming United States citizens so they had recently sworn their allegiance to the United States of America and they intended to honor that oath. In June of 1861 the Germans in the Texas Hill Country formed a Union League to express their support for the North in the war that had started in Ft. Sumter two months earlier. This alerted the Confederates to the problem that they had in their midst. While staying true to the history of this time and the historical timeline we shall move to the spring and summer of 1862, place characters in our story and let it move forward from there. Voy Ernst Althaus is a native of the Texas Hill Country who had ancestors in Fredericksburg during the Civil War.	$10.00
	The Great Texas Stamp Collection Among the many difficulties that the newly formed Confederate States of America endured Appealing at once to devoted philatelists, Texas and U.S. history buffs, and amateur collectors of all kinds, *The Great Texas Stamp Collection* offers a unique vantage point from which to view our history as well as the very nature of collecting. Charles W Deaton is a professional philatelist and the founder and first president of the Texas Postal History Society.	$27.95
	Images of America Gillespie County The Gillespie County Historical Society’s Arcadia Book Committee reviewed thousands of photographs from its archives, many of which have been donated by descendants of the original settlers. Included is an 1847 Seth Eastman sketch that depicts the earliest days of Fredericksburg.	$21.99

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