Over 90,000 troops were trained at Camp Howze in Gainesville, Texas during World War II. "Poker Games, Pillow Shams, and Parched Prairies" is an insightful second edition publication of journalist Betty Stephenson's perspective of Camp Howze.

Poker Games, Pillow Shams, and Parched Prairies: Camp Howze

BETTY STEPHENSON

History

Hewell Enterprises

Did Billy the Kid really present a magnificent Arabian horse to a friend as a going away gift - or is this part of the tangled mythology of the Texas desperado? Was a man named "Pink" Higgins one of the best gunslingers in West Texas history - or merely a mighty accurate shooter with his favorite .45 who didn't take kindly to derogatory words about himself or anyone in his circle? These and other tantalizing nuggets from the Old West are posed in The Cruel Plains by Michael J. Price and George E. Turner, a fascinating and informative new collection of short story "puzzlers and torments" from Zone Press that explores the legends and lore of the Southwestern Great Plains. From authors who proudly claim their origins in the oil-and-cattle country of the Southwestern frontier, The Cruel Plains seeks to both inform and entertain while delving into and uncovering the mysteries of both fact and fiction that make western folklore so engaging. While many of the stories in The Cruel Plains were originally made public in the pages of the now defunct Southwest Heritage quarterly magazine, which Turner once served as publisher, they have been freshly revised in this new compilation. Turner, the longtime Editorial Art Director for the Amarillo (TX) News &amp; Globe Times before spending more than two decades as a visual effects and storyboard artist in Hollywood, Calif., also served as editor of The American Cinematographer magazine before his death in 1999. Price considered Turner a mentor, collaborator and friend after initially enjoying Turner's work in the News &amp; Globe Times and later working with him at Southwest Heritage. Price currently is Associate Editor of the Fort Worth Business Press. In their 30-year partnership, Turner and Price also authored the three-volume Forgotten Horrors movie history series, as well as Human Monsters and The Cinema of Adventure, Romance &amp; Terror. Price and Turner are also skilled illustrators who created all of the original artwork and cover art featured in The Cruel Plains.

The Cruel Plains

Literature & Fiction

Price, Michael H.

Turner, George E.

Genre Fiction

Arthur Joseph Gionet was born in Berlin, New Hampshire February 9,1925. From 1939 to 1948 he attended the French speaking Oblate Fathers Seminaries, located in Colebrook, N.H., Bucksport. Maine, and Natick, Mass. Having left the seminary (without degrees because none were given then), he enlisted in the United States Air Force and served until August 1952. Upon his discharge, he enrolled at St. Thomas University in Houston, Tx. where he obtained his B.A. degree. In 1953, he began teaching French and Latin at Galena Park High School and left secondary teaching in 1961 to teach as an instructor at the University of North Texas, Denton, Tx. Meanwhile, he continued his graduate work at the University of Texas at Austin. In 1957, he received his Masters, and continued until he obtained his Doctorate in French and Latin in 1968. He taught at UNT until his full retirement in 1995. He reached the rank of Regents Professor and is now on the Emeritus Faculty.     The author began writing bits of the Happy Days of the Great Depression while he was teaching elementary and secondary level French. He would tell the stories entirely in French with many gestures and the use of the blackboard as listening and comprehension devices. Happy Days was first written in French and only later did it appear in English.

The Happy Days of the Great Depression

Biographies & Memoirs

Arthur J. Gionet

Memoirs

The Road to Austin

Matt Garrett

Half Way Home

Don Johnson

Bob Simondson is a good and solid man who travels through life with a special joy for all that is good in it. From the innocence and excitement of his youth to the wonderment of old age, Bob manages to always see the beauty and joy each day has to offer.  Into the Eyes of Life is the heart-warming journal of one man's journey through life . . . a touching chronicle of all that life brings Bob-the joys and sorrows, the ups and downs, the triumphs and heartaches. With unbridled love and unabashed appreciation, Bob's unique charm is that he embraces everyone and everything that has been a part of his life. Indeed, he's a very special man who's found a way to love all that life has given him.

Into the Eyes of Life

Bill Knight

Being appointed a community college president is not a matter of chance, but rather the result of working hard to prepare for the quest. YES, YOU CAN is a straightforward handbook for college administrators whose dreams and goals now face the ultimate challenge and career opportunity-becoming a school president. For the person aspiring to become a community college president, YES, YOU CAN will empower you with the necessary knowledge, tips and guidance you'll need to be successful on the job. Written by Dr. J. Neil Admire and based on his experiences from 25 years in community college administration-including 15 as president of two different college systems-YES, YOU CAN prepares you to become No. 1 and all that it entails. - Learn the vital steps needed while preparing for the interview. - Create and effectively communicate your vision for the school's future. - Turn your ideas and goals into action ... and accomplishments. - Build successful relationships with staff, faculty and political leaders. - Strengthen and fully utilize your true leadership skills. If you want to reap the rewards and respect as a college president, you first have to win the job and then turn your hard work into success. With YES, YOU CAN, every aspirant will learn to meet these challenges with the confidence and knowledge that can take them to the top!

Yes, You Can! Become a Community College President

Politics & Social Sciences

J. Neil Admire

Social Sciences

In the dying days of the Old West, this true-life story of West Texas rancher Noah Wilkerson has earned a small, but captivating, place in the era's history. A self-made man with little formal education, Wilkerson was a headstrong landowner used to doing things this way and answering to no one. Nothing about Noah suggested timidity. A man of few words, Wilkerson never really "fit in" with those around him. Nevertheless, he built a successful cattle and horse ranch as well as a home for his wife and nine children. His ordinary life, however, suddenly became entangled with many questions and few answers when a debatable arrest and conviction for murder led him to a new existence - as an outlaw on the run with a price over his head. Guilty...But Not As Charged is a fascinating, well-researched examination of this somewhat complex man whose decisions ultimately put him on the wrong end of a lawman's gun.

GUILTY...But Not As Charged

Ed Walker

Pirates, Soldiers & Fat Little Girlfriends is a new collection of quotes -- some humorous, some brutally honest and all of them memorable -- made by some of the most well-known (and not-so-well-known) Texas athletes, coaches and officials.

Pirates, Soldiers & Fat Little Girlfriends: More Classic Texas Sports Quotes

Alan Burton

Sports & Outdoors

My world halted when my husband died. This book shares my grief, my reflections and my innermost thoughts. He was the love of my life. This book chronicles the first fourteen months following my husband's death. It tells our story from our childhood until his death. Every day I wish for "Just One More Night." It also gives valuable information on bipolar illness. My husband suffered from bipolar illness. It is a story of the good the bad and the ugly; also forgiveness. I hope this book will be of interest to all women who have been in relationships where abuse and infidelity abounded; also those who have lost a spouse. Dorothy Minter

Just One More Night

Dorothy Jean Askew Minter

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