Rafting the Brazos

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McDonald, Walter

History & Criticism

Univ of North Texas Pr

Writers' Guide to Texas Markets

Reference

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To Catch a Mouse, Make a Noise Like a Cheese

Kornfeld, Lewis

Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine: The First Twenty Years

Medical Books

The story of Emil Henry Marks and his LH7 Ranch records not only the history of a unique family but also tells of the cattle business on the coastal prairies of Texas when ranching was the principal industry of the region, before Houston became a major metropolitan center and industry became king. It also chronicles the beginning of the Salt Grass Trail Ride, one of Houston's most enduring traditions. 
Marks registered the LH7 brand in Harris County in 1898 and started the ranch with 63 acres of grass west of Houston and a few Longhorn cattle. By the early 1930s the LH7 was running 6,670 head on 36,000 acres. The city's shadow loomed over the LH7 in the 1940s and 1950s, and eventually a big bite of the ranch was condemned to protect booming Houston from flooding along Buffalo Bayou. At age seventy, Marks made the first Salt Grass Trail Ride in January 1952, which is reenacted each February to kick off the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

The LH7 Ranch in Houston's Shadow : The E.H. Mark's Legacy from Longhorns to the Salt Grass Trail

Biographies & Memoirs

Sizemore, Deborah Lightfoot

Historical

Described erroneously in the November R&amp;R as a reprint of the edition originally published by the Federal Works Agency of the WPA in 1940. In fact, it has not been published previously. It was housed at the Dallas Public Library for use by researchers. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

The WPA Dallas Guide and History

History

Holmes, Maxine

Americas

Soft cover; Fine; Signed by Author; No Dust Jacket; 102 pp. In absolute pristine condition! This is the limited slipcase edition, SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY THE AUTHOR, this being #61 of 135 copies. It also comes with a laid in, tissue protected, newspaper article about the book and its author. The author is a former president of the Texas Folklore Society and is well known around the state for his humorous speeches and articles, many of which are included in this book. This limited edition volume is from the library of Texas State Historian Al Lowman.

Texas My Texas

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Lee, James Ward

Diets & Weight Loss

Walter Prescott Webb and other historians have long recognized South Texas as the cradle of the cattle industry in the United States. While missions and presidios were the primary Spanish frontier institutions in the settlement of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and central and east Texas, the private cattle ranch was the institution used to settle South Texas. As it had been in Spain and later in Mexico, the private cattle ranch was the cutting edge of the Spanish frontera. This book, which accompanies a major traveling exhibit funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Meadows Foundation, examines the Spanish and Mexican roots of the ranch which came to the South Texas region as early as the 1730s. This work traces the evolution of the ranch in South Texas through Spanish Exploration and Settlement of Texas; The Ranch: A Spanish Institution; The Ranch in Mexico; The Ranch in South Texas; Two Modern Ranches.

El Rancho in South Texas: Continuity and Change from 1750

Arts & Photography

Graham, Joe S.

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Millions of people around the world have seen something in the sky they could not identify. The only official scientific study of these UFOs was contracted by the U. S. Air Force in 196667. The Colorado Project, conducted by Dr. E. U. Condon of the University of Colorado, was controversial from its inception, and before issuing its final report had undergone constant media antagonism, staff dissention, abrupt firings, and covert activity.Dr. Craig's experiences as the major field investigator for reported UFO sightings make fascinating reading, both for firm believers in extraterrestrial visitation and those who are most skeptical. He records both detailed descriptions and personal musings of individual cases he examined. In addition, he gives a historical overview of the UFO phenomenon, the involvement of the U. S. Air Force, the development of amateur UFO study groups, and the continuing UFO Wars.”In keeping with Dr. Craig's lifelong concern with bridging the gap between science and the humanities, his book is written in an engaging, humorous style at the same time it records his strictly scientific attitude toward his work.His findings close the door on the dreams of many UFOlogists, but then his philosophical musings open a big window and let the possibility of the existence of UFOs back in.

Ufos: An Insider's View of the Official Quest for Evidence

Craig, Roy

The importance of the work of D. H. Lawrence in the field of ecology and environmental awareness has been largely overlooked. LaChapelle argues that Lawrence deserves to be ranked alongside Thoreau and Muir. Beginning with the effect of Lawrence's childhood near Sherwood Forest, LaChapelle explores the intense relationship Lawrence had with all of nature so that his senses were as fully developed as those of a primitive hunter.

D. H. Lawrence: Future Primitive (Philosophy and the Environment)

LaChapelle, Dolores

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