"The great mansion in which Bob Hayes lives and which he loves passionately, is the width and breadth of the pine hills about which he wrote and over which he traveled daily," according to the late E. B. Germany. He was the industrialist who helped build the steel mills and oil fields of East Texas and who knew the author intimately over long years of their association. The great love he holds for this area is manifested in the material gleamed here from the columns he wrote through his years as East Texas Bureau Chief of The Dallas News. His keen sense of humor, his insight into the minds of the people he loved, the joy he gained in living are all delineated in the compilation of articles as they appeared in The Dallas News through the years. Except for the prying eye of Robert M. Hayes, his insatiable curiosity, and his pleasure in meeting and talking with people, many of the captivating and delightful stories of his time and place would have been lost to posterity, and the people would have been poorer for it. Only in the inimitable manner of a dedicated story teller such as this could life and the people be made real and alive.

It Really Happened in East Texas

Robert M. Hayes

Branch-Smith

Historic Texas churches

McFall, Cordelia Brown

No sad songs;

Gerald Austin Brown

Smart Golf

Kemp, Charles

Sports & Outdoors

Angels then and now

Harrison, Margaret Wynne

That Special Breed: The American Quarter Horse

Lyn Jank

This is not a print-on-demand, facsimile copy or modern reprint but a hardcover book published with a dust jacket price of $12.50 by Branch-Smith, Inc., Fort Worth, TX in 1978. This book covers a soldier's personal and military experiences through Europe, Greece, Bolivia and Guatemala. It is not designed as a military textbook. It is a story of one man's career in the armed forces. Colonel Cecil Roberts was born in Texas in 1919. He started his military training at Fort Sill Oklahoma in 1935 and entered active duty in early 1941 as a reserve 2nd lieutenant of infantry. He served with the 1st and 9th Armored Divisions during World War II. He saw combat service with the 14th Tank Battalion during the Battle of the Bulge and the capture of the Remagen Bridge in Europe. Upon the cessation of hostilities, he remained in the army. He continued his service with various assignments in Greece, Bolivia and Guatemala retiring in December of 1966.

A Soldier from Texas

Cecil E. Roberts

Elston Brooks: The first sponsored program on KXOL (Fort Worth, Texas) was Ballads by Brooks presented by The Fair Department Store and starred 17 year old Elston Brooks. The show premiered on April 2, 1947 at 5:30pm. Brooks later became a columnist for the Ft. Worth Star Telegram and author of several books. Elston Brooks passed away in 1991.

Don't dry-clean my blackjack

Humor & Entertainment

Brooks, Elston

Puzzles & Games

Thistle Hill: The Cattle Baron's Legacy

History

Porter, Roze McCoy

Americas

Amarna Reliefs from Hermopolis in American Collections

Cooney, John D.

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