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Finding The Great Western Trail

de Sylvia Gann Mahoney

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 "Follows the recovery and marking of the Great Western Trail from northern Mexico through the US just passed the Canadian border"--Provided by publisher.
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Quincie Bolliver

de Lou Halsell Rodenberger

28,26€

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 Features Quincie, the motherless thirteen-year-old daughter of an itinerant muleskinner. Set in the Texas oil patch, this book tells her story, which not only presents the viewpoint of a young girl who comes of age in the shadow of the derricks but also in the currency of her creators sensitivity to the natural world and environmental issues.
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William Whiteway Of Dorchester

de William Whiteway

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The Peculiar Sanity Of War - Hysteria In The Literature Of World War I

de Celia Malone Kingsbury

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 During wartime, paranoia, gossip, and rumor become accepted forms of behavior and dominant literary tropes. This title examines the impact of war hysteria on definitions of sanity and on standards of behavior during World War I.
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Ditches Across The Desert - Irrigation In The Lower Pecos Valley

de Steve Bogener

48,86€

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 In the late 1870s, promoter Charles Eddy joined lawman Pat Garrett in a grandiose scheme. They would dam the Pecos River, build irrigation canals, and turn the area into an agricultural oasis. This book illuminates the myriad personalities and interests that combined and clashed over the Pecos Valley reservoirs and canals.
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Great Lonely Places Of The Texas Plains

de Walter Mcdonald

48,86€

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 Little can overwhelm the senses more than our great lonely plains, expanses of sky and horizon so enormous that sometimes composition gets lost in between. This title features photographs and poems, that deal with the vast, wide plains, their dramatic colors, and the calm, as well as the people who thrive beneath their skies.
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Seeing The Elephant - Voices From The Oregon Trail

de Joyce Badgley Hunsaker

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 From the late 1830's to the mid - 1870's, nearly half a million ordinary folk left farms and families, friends, and all that was familiar and turned their faces west to Oregon to California. This title covers timelines, maps, photographs, and historical illustrations that enable readers to trace Trail migration chronologically and geographically.
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Mary Dove

de Jane Gilmore Rushing

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 Reared in isolation by her father on the Western prairie, Mary Dove has been taught to fear only one thing. One sparkling October day it happens. The inevitable stranger rides in off the plains, and Mary Dove does what she had always promised her father she would she shoots. Yet compassion overcomes Mary's fear.
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Desert Sanctuaries - The Chinatis Of The Big Bend

de David Alloway

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 Lets you explore the Big Bend Ranch State Park and the Chinati Mountains State Natural Area. This title shows the desert sanctuaries of the vast Big Bend and also lets you pay tribute to their best-kept secret, the twin canyons of the Chinati Mountains, San Antonio and Los Pelos.
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The Waltz He Was Born For - An Introduction To The Writing Of Walt Mcdonald

de Andrew Hudgins

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 Texas Poet Laureate Walt McDonald has published more than eighteen volumes of award-winning poetry. This title includes essays that analyze McDonalds writings about war and the veterans return to civilian life, the regional grounding of his far-reaching verities, and the writer himself.
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Tuneful Tales

de Maceo C. Dailey

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 As the Harlem movement focused on experiences of black Americans who sought relief from racism and endeavored to build communities, this title offers voice to the many-sided black experience in remote El Paso.
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Through The Shadows With O.Henry

de Mike Cox

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 The author was for several years a close friend of O Henry (William Sydney Porter). This title describes the horrors of prison life and also tells how he, O Henry, and their friends managed to cope.
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The Prairie Dog - Sentinel Of The Plains

de Russell A. Graves

28,26€

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 Black-tailed prairie dogs once played a vital role in the vast grasslands ecosystem of the Great Plains of North America. In more than one hundred color photographs, and with accompanying text, the author shows prairie dogs and their neighbors in their daily lives, eating, playing, and building and keeping a constant lookout over their land.
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The Story Of Palo Duro Canyon

de Frederick W. Rathjen

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 Of the canyons that break the eastern edge of the Staked Plains, Palo Duro is by far the most spectacular. This title includes seven essays devoted to geology, archeology, paleontology, vegetation, park development, and the amphitheater, and its road log from Canyon, Texas, through the Palo Duro State Park.
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Wordsworth'S Gardens

de Carole Buchanan

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 Buchanan describes the philosophy and spirituality in which Wordsworth's landscaping and gardening plans were rooted. A brief history of landscape design and the concept of nature in the 18th century is followed by a careful description of the connections between his poetry and the many features of
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From Basin To Peak - Explorer'S Encyclopedia To The Colorado-New Mexico San Juan Basin

de Wesley M. Howe

25,69€

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 Discovering the San Juan Basin? Curious as to how Durango got its name? What are the common plants and animals you can see? Who were Ike and Port Stockton? When was the Pueblo Revolt? What is the Old Spanish Trail? Who were some of the notable characters who left their mark on the region? This guide offers the answers to those questions and more.
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The Bone Pickers

de Al Dewlen e W.U. Mccoy

28,26€

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 The six Munger siblings are the heirs of hard-drinking, hardscrabble farmer. Sitting as directors of the several corporations in which their wealth resides, five of the siblings Spain, Texas, Laska, China, and Bethel struggle to balance their past with their present, their place in society, and their obligations to community.
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Texas Almanac 2004-2005

de Dallas Morning News

12,81€

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 The "Texas Almanac" contains information on such topics as: the natural environment; demographic data and a detailed road map for each of Texas' 254 counties; lists of state and national parks and historic sites; and an astronomical calendar. This teacher's guide accompanies the almanac.
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Texas Almanac 2004-2005

de Dallas Morning News

17,96€

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 This Texas resource contains the latest information on such topics as: the natural environment; demographic data and a detailed road map for each of Texas' 254 counties; lists of state and national parks and historic sites; an astronomical calendar; and details of the 2002 elections.
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Critical Perspectives On V.S. Naipul

de Robert D. Hamner

20,54€

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Only An Artist - Adelaide Alsop Robineau, American Studio Potter

43,71€

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 With images of roughly a hundred works, this title looks at the famed Everson collection, as well as pieces from museums around the country, including the Detroit Institute of Arts; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Mint Museum of Art; Newark Museum of Art, Ohio State University; and Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University.
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Poet On Demand - The Life, Letters, And Works Of Celia Thaxter

de Jane Vallier

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The Quirt And The Spur - Vanishing Shadows Of The Texas Frontier

de Edgar Rye

25,69€

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 Drawing upon his experiences during the frontiers heyday, the author focuses on the area around old Fort Griffin during the 1870s, a time and place that was fast fading from memory. He successfully presents the vanishing shadows of the frontier past and set them down for posterity.
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Recollections Of Western Texas, 1852-55 - By Two Of The U.S. Mounted Rifles

de Robert M. Utley

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 When brothers William and John Wright arrived in the United States from Ireland in 1850 and could find no other suitable employment, they joined the US Armys Regiment of Mounted Rifles, which served on the Texas frontier. This title presents a description of their experiences on several counts.
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