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  • av Gary Clark
    640,-

    "How often do we pass by moths under a porch light or fluttering under a streetlamp without giving them a second glance? Yet moths, far more plentiful than butterflies, with their intricate patterns and curious coloration, often emerge as beautiful as butterflies. Book of Texas Moths is based on the original field work of distinguished Texas naturalist, author, and photographer John Tveten (1934-2009), whose work stands as testament to what a person can discover by careful and systemic observation of the natural world. Beginning in 1978 until his death in 2009, Tveten kept meticulous field notes about nearly every bird, butterfly, mammal, reptile, dragonfly, and moth he encountered, using a form designed by his wife, Gloria, who shared his enthusiasm for documenting wildlife. In addition to careful field notes detailing the when, where, and what of moth observations, Tveten's entries were linked to corresponding photographs of the moths in various stages of their life cycles. He planned to shape all of this information into a book to be called Butterflies of the Night. After his passing, nature writers Gary and Kathy Adams Clark, close friends and proteges of John and Gloria Tveten, set out to transcribe and publish his field notes alongside the corresponding photographs. Remaining faithful to John's original research, this manuscript presents Tveten's careful documentation on the distribution, history, and identification of 100 Texas moth species, while incorporating his descriptive phrases into as many species accounts as possible. It is not intended as a field guide; rather, Book of Texas Moths takes readers into the mind of a disciplined naturalist as he conducted important original research."--

  • - Writing the Edges of the North American West
    av Sheila McManus
    760,-

    "Both Sides Now: Writing the Edges of the North American West brings together the best scholarship in a focused, synthetic survey of five themes in the history of the northern and southern borderlands: the borderlands as aboriginal homelands and the persistence of Indigenous territories and ways of being; imperial and national efforts to create binary notions of territory and identity; regulatory efforts aimed stopping or limiting the movement of certain people across their borders; the way the cross-border movement of capital, goods, and people, usually aided by state power, weakened those efforts; and the complex, binary-refusing identities that persist in borderlands communities. Historian Sheila McManus uses these themes to highlight the commonalities between the two borderlands' histories and provides an overview and a starting point for experts and newcomers in the field of North American borderlands history to address new questions. By conceptualizing both borders together and focusing particular attention on race and gender as well as empire and nation, Both Sides Now provides a unique methodology in North American scholarship that emphasizes the connections between these borderlands and others around the world"--

  • - A Writing Life in Four Acts
    av Teresa Palomo Acosta
    389,-

    This collection by Teresa Palomo Acosta - poet, historian, author, and activist - spans three decades of her writing, from 1988 through 2018. The collection is divided into poems, essays, a children's story, and plays. Each work addresses cultural, historical, political, and gender realities that she experienced from her childhood to the present.

  • - Another World
    av Becky Duval Reese
    552,-

    Austin artist David Everett was born and raised in Texas, and his work reflects an organic and wholly original Lone Star State ethos. His stunning vision and exquisite craftsmanship evoke nature's essential grace and harmony in beautiful sculptures, bas-relief carvings, woodcuts, and drawings.

  • - Adventures, Misadventures, and Glimpses of Nirvana along Our Storied Waterways
    av Andrew Sansom
    433,-

    Many of Texas' leading writers have had their hearts captured by a river, and they have created sparkling accounts of the waterways they love. Now, editors Steven Davis and Sam Pfiester have assembled the best of those works into a revelatory collection of diverse literary voices.

  • - The Fascinating World of the Justice of the Peace
    av Mark Dunn
    364,-

    Based on interviews with 200 justices of the peace from all parts of Texas, Texas People's Court takes readers on a tour of what it means to be a Texas justice of the peace: an experience that is by turns hilarious, sobering, heart-wrenching, and, from one end to the other, fascinating.

  • - The Home Front
    av Randolph B. Campbell
    715,-

    Offers an informative look at the challenges and changes faced by Texans on the home front during the Second World War. This collection of essays by leading scholars of Texas history covers topics from the African American and Tejano experience to organized labour, from the expanding opportunities for women to the importance of oil and agriculture.

  • - The First Stock Operation on the South Plains
    av Morgan Scott Sosebee
    406,-

    When people think of legendary Texas cattle ranches the images that first come to mind are iconic, open-range operations like King Ranch of South Texas. In Henry C. 'Hank' Smith and the Cross B Ranch, historian M. Scott Sosebee tells the story of one pioneer settler's small but significant ranch in West Texas.

  • - Louise Tobin in the Golden Age of Swing and Beyond
    av Kevin Mooney
    433,-

    Based on extensive oral history interviews and archival research, Texas Jazz Singer recalls both the glamour and the challenges of life on the road and onstage during the golden age of swing and beyond.

  • - A Navigator in the Strategic Air Command
    av Thomas E. Alexander
    694,-

    Thomas E. Alexander served for a number of years in the elite Strategic Air Command, designed as a primary deterrent to Soviet military ambitions. In this gripping memoir, Alexander presents 'an honest and reflective account of the impact the Cold War had on individuals who were then on the front lines of defense - like it or not.'

  • av Sr. Madeleine Grace
    583,-

    Provides a major biography of an important religious figure in Texas during a time of transition. This book will appeal to readers interested in Texas history, Galveston history, and the history of the Roman Catholic Church in America.

  • - Texas Botanist, Texas Philosopher
    av John E. Williams
    731,-

    Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer is known as the 'father of Texas botany'. His collections are credited with helping botanists to understand the nature and significance of the diversity of plants in the state. John Williams offers the first English translation of his essays, providing valuable insight into the natural and cultural history of Texas.

  • av Bob Wade
    641,-

    Bob 'Daddy-O' Wade is recognised as one of the progenitors of the 'Cosmic Cowboy Culture' that emerged in Texas during the 1970s. This book features images of more than a hundred of Wade's most famous pieces, complete with the wild tales that lie behind the art, told in brief essays by both Wade and artists and writers familiar with his work.

  • - The History and Ecology of the Henequen-Wheat Complex for Mexico and the American and Canadian Plains, 1880-1950
    av Sterling Evans
    552,-

    Drawing on extensive archival work as well as the existing secondary literature, Sterling Evans has woven an intricate story that will change our understanding of the complex, transnational history of the North American continent.

  • - Mexican Americans in Victoria, Texas
    av Anthony Quiroz
    442,-

    Anthony Quiroz shows how the experience of the Mexican American citizens of Victoria, who worked within the system, challenges common assumptions about the power of class to inform ideology and demonstrates that embracing ethnic identity does not always mean rejecting Americanism.

  • av Elizabeth Maret
    375,-

  • av Jim W. Corder
    389,-

    Nostalgia, wonderment, and a healthy and imaginative provincialism colour the pages of this book. The vibrantly concrete details of daily existence in a bygone time in a remote and desolate area of Texas are startlingly juxtaposed with philosophical musings about the limitations all of us face in comprehending even that little bit of life we live.

  • - West Point Since 1902
    av Lance Betros
    598,-

  • av Frank E. Vandiver
    635,-

  • - The First Road to Texas from the North
    av Gary L. Pinkerton
    546,-

    Trammel's Trace, named for Nicholas Trammell, was the first route from the United States into the northern boundaries of Spanish Texas. From the Great Bend of the Red River it intersected with El Camino Real de los Tejas in Nacogdoches. This volume tells its history.

  • - Early San Antonio and Texas
    av Jesus F. De La Teja
    369,-

    Showcases the finest work of Jesus F. de la Teja, a foremost authority on Spanish colonial Mexico and Texas through the Republic. For de la Teja, the Tejano experience in San Antonio is a case study of a community in transition, one moved by forces within and without.

  • - Death and Revival on an American Frontier
    av Louis Fairchild
    508,-

    Loneliness pervaded the lives of pioneers on the American plains. In this book, Louis Fairchild mines the letters and journals of West Texas settlers, as well as contemporary fiction and poetry, to record the emotions attending solitude and the ways people sought relief.

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    - The Fightin' Texas Aggies in World War I, 1917-1918
    av John A. Adams
    433,-

    Tells the little known story of the contribution of Texas A&M University to early aviation in World War I. Through painstaking research - using unit records, after-action reviews, alumni newsletters, and countless other university documents - John Adams Jr. paints a portrait of the Aggie aviator in the Great War.

  • - Major Battles of the Vietnam War
    av William Pace Head
    590,-

    From the defeat of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam at Ap Bac to the battles of the Ia Drang Valley, Khe Sanh, and more, Storms over the Mekong offers a reassessment of key turning points in the Vietnam War.

  • - Safekeepers of the Heritage
    av H. Henrietta Stockel
    345,-

  • - Aviation Medicine and the Origins of Manned Space Flight
    av Maura Phillips Mackowski
    479,-

    Describes the crucial f contributions of military flight surgeons who routinely risked their lives in test aircraft, research balloons, pressure chambers, or parachute harnesses. Maura Phillips Mackowski also reveals the little-known but vital contributions of German emigre scientists whose expertise created a hybrid specialty: space medicine.

  • - The Rio Grande Valley Civil War Trail
     
    523,-

    Runner-up, 2019 Texas Old Missions and Forts Restoration Book Award, sponsored by the Texas Old Missions and Forts Restoration Association (TOMFRA) Most general histories of the Civil War pay scant attention to the many important military events that took place in the Lower Rio Grande Valley along the Texas-Mexico border. It was here, for example, that many of the South's cotton exports, all-important to its funding for the war effort, were shuttled across the Rio Grande into Mexico for shipment to markets across the Atlantic. It was here that the Union blockade was felt perhaps most keenly. And it was here where longstanding cross-border rivalries and shifting political fortunes on both sides of the river made for a constant undercurrent of intrigue. And yet, most accounts of this long and bloody conflict give short shrift to the complexities of the ethnic tensions, political maneuvering, and international diplomacy that vividly colored the Civil War in this region. Now, Christopher L. Miller, Russell K. Skowronek, and Roseann Bacha-Garza have woven together the history and archaeology of the Lower Rio Grande Valley into a densely illustrated travel guide featuring important historical and military sites of the Civil War period. Blue and Gray on the Border integrates the sites, colorful personalities, cross-border conflicts, and intriguing historical vignettes that outline the story of the Civil War along the Texas-Mexico border. This resource-packed book will aid heritage travelers, students, and history buffs in their discovery of the rich history of the Civil War in the Rio Grande Valley.

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    - The Explorations of John Leonard Riddell
     
    269,-

  • av Michael Fogden
    558,-

    In this beautifully illustrated book with over 200 stunning photographs, Michael Fogden and Patricia Fogden draw from existing research and their extensive field experiences all over the world to present a detailed but accessible introduction to the natural history of flowers.

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