[PDF] Central Texas Tales eBook

Author : Mike Cox
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 46,49 MB
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1614237506

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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, historian Mike Cox regales readers with over fifty stories about the fascinating people, history and places of middle Texas.

Author : C. F. Eckhardt
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 29,45 MB
Release : 1997-12-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 155622141X

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Charlie Eckhardt, a newspaper columnist and owner of the Lone Star Barber Shop in Seguin, Texas, spins his tales as only Charlie can. This book covers such topics as the little-known first Texas revolution and the counterrevolution of 1838-1840; the Linville raid; the legend of the Yellow Rose of Texas; Jim Bowie's famous knife and Sam Colt's equally famous pistol; and many more. From the early days of Texas up to the saving of the oil industry, Charlie tells 'em like he heard 'em and assures that some of the stories are actually true.

Author : Heath Dollar
Publisher : Sleeping Panther Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 41,35 MB
Release : 2017-09-14
Category :
ISBN : 9780998066141

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Whether they left home as fast as they could or would never dream of leaving, this collection is about the folks from Waylon County in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. A nine-time bride is faced with a law stopping her from marrying again. A military contractor, fresh from Afghanistan, enters the Wailin¿ Biscuit Café with a comfort monkey on his back, and a bookman descended from Spanish explorers discovers an incredible treasure. Waylon County is Texas itself. It is a place of fable, satire, and the slow drawl of truth.

Author : Patricia Cisneros Young
Publisher : Tate Publishing
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 24,1 MB
Release : 2007-11
Category : Short stories, American
ISBN : 1602475482

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' These] vignettes of Brownsville people, part real and part fiction, capture the character of our border community. The reader becomes involved with the characters and the stories. It's as though the essence of our society and culture had been opened to view through a historical prism. And the stories are just plain pleasurable to read.' -Dr. Anthony Knopp, Ph.D, Professor of History at the University of Texas at Brownsville, Texas