United States - State & Local - Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
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Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch: The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse
$24.99 Add to cartThanks to the classic Dolly Parton film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and ZZ Top’s ode La Grange, many people think they know the story of the infamous Chicken Ranch. The reality is more complex… [more below]
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Blaschke, Jayme Lynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1467135631
- Language: English
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Edinburg
$24.99 Read moreA town with two locations and multiple names, Edinburg today is the seat of Hidalgo County. Edinburgh, Texas (now known as Hidalgo) was first established on the Rio Grande River by shopkeeper John You… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Garcia, Janette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 12 2011
- ISBN10: 0738584770
- Language: English
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Stolen Heritage: A Mexican-American’s Rediscovery of His Family’s Lost Land Grant
$24.95 Add to cartMurder, violence, and intimidation are the bitter grapes of the Becerra and de la Garza families, early day Spanish settlers who had been in Texas several generations when Stephen F. Austin and other
- Author: Rubio, Abel G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: August 27 2018
- ISBN10: 1681791331
- Language: English
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Alias Billy the Kid
$18.00 Add to cartIn 1948 a childhood friend of Billy the Kid claimed Billy was still living and led investigators to a man in Texas known as William H. “Brushy Bill” Roberts. After iniitially denying it, Brushy finall
- Author: Sonnichsen, C. L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0692534040
- Language: English
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Historical Atlas of Oklahoma
$29.95 Add to cartThe Historical Atlas of Oklahoma has been an indispensable reference for longer than four decades. Issued on the eve of the Oklahoma Centennial, this fourth edition of the atlas is much more than an u… [more below]
- Author: Goins, Charles Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 23 2012
- ISBN10: 0806134836
- Language: English
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It Happened in Oklahoma: Stories of Events and People That Shaped Sooner State History
$16.95 Add to cartThis book offers an inside look at over 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Sooner State. Read all about the Trail of Tears in Tahlequah. Find out why George W. McLaurin
- Series: It Happened in
- Author: Dorman, Robert L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: May 17 2019
- ISBN10: 1493039105
- Language: English
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Tucumcari Tonite!: A Story of Railroads, Route 66, and the Waning of a Western Town
$24.95 Add to cartWinner of the Southwest Book Award
Tucumcari, New Mexico, was founded in 1901 by the Rock Island Railroad and soon had major railroad lines converging there from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Memphis as
- Author: Stratton, David H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 364
- Publish Date: April 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0826363393
- Language: English
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Follow Me to Hell: McNelly’s Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice
$20.00 Add to cartTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Tom Clavin’s Follow Me to Hell is the explosive true story of how legendary Ranger Leander McNelly and his men brought justice to a lawless Texan frontier. In tur- Author: Clavin, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1250214572
- Language: English
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Lust for Glory: An Epic Story of Early Texas and the Sacrifice That Defined a Nation
$39.95 Add to cartLust for Glory: An Epic Story of Early Texas and the Sacrifice That Defined a Nation is a concise, reader friendly depiction of the “Heroic Age” of Texas history. Employing short, episodic chapters, i
- Author: Hardin, Stephen L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 382
- Publish Date: November 29 2018
- ISBN10: 1933337753
- Language: English
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Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans
$26.00 Add to cartAn insider’s history of Texas that examines the people, politics, and events which have shaped the Lone Star State, from prehistory to the modern day
Here is an up-to-the-moment history of the Lone S- Author: Fehrenbach, T. R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 792
- Publish Date: April 07 2000
- ISBN10: 0306809427
- Language: English
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Arizona Outlaws and Lawmen: Gunslingers, Bandits, Heroes and Peacekeepers
$23.99 Add to cartA refuge for outlaws at the close of the 1800s, the Arizona Territory was a wild, lawless land of greedy feuds, brutal killings and figures of enduring legend. These gunfighters included heroes as wel… [more below]
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Guardabascio, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 13 2015
- ISBN10: 1626199329
- Language: English
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Hell Paso: Life and Death in the Old West’s Most Dangerous Town
$29.95 Add to cartSpanning a thirty-year period, from the late 1800s until the 1920s, Hell Paso is the true story of the desperate men and notorious women that made El Paso, Texas the Old West’s most dangerous town. Su… [more below]
- Author: Dolan, Samuel K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: December 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1493041509
- Language: English
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Mean as Hell
$24.95 Add to cartDee Harkey (1866-1958) was born in San Saba County, Texas. Orphaned at the age of three after his parents were killed by Indians, and raised by an older brother, he witnessed much violence. Three of h
- Author: Harkey, Dee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: November 17 2020
- ISBN10: 194898623X
- Language: English
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Lost Restaurants of Tulsa
$31.99 Add to cart- Author: Martin, Rhys A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: December 03 2018
- ISBN10: 1540237044
- Language: English
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Lost Fort Worth
$31.99 Add to cart- Author: Nichols, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: February 04 2014
- ISBN10: 1540209164
- Language: English
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Ghosts of the Rio Grande Valley
$21.99 Add to cartTradition meets tragedy in the chilling local lore of the Rio Grande Valley. Hidden in the dense brush and around oxbow lakes wait sinister secrets, unnerving vestiges of the past and wraiths of those… [more below]
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Bowles, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 26 2016
- ISBN10: 146711992X
- Language: English
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Oklahoma Treasures and Treasure Tales
$29.95 Add to cart“Son, there’s more treasure buried right here In Oklahoma than in the rest of the whole Southwest.” Those words from an old-timer launched Steve Wilson on a years long quest for the stones of Oklahoma
- Author: Wilson, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: May 15 1989
- ISBN10: 0806121742
- Language: English
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History of German Settlements in Texas Prior to the Civil War
$28.95 Add to cartUnsatisfactory social, economic, and political conditions in Germany from the close of the Napoleonic period through the revolutionary periods of 1830 and 1848 stimulated immigration to Texas. This bo… [more below]
- Author: Biesele, Rudolf
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 316
- Publish Date: June 01 1998
- ISBN10: 1571682368
- Language: English
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Ride the Devil’s Herd: Wyatt Earp’s Epic Battle Against the West’s Biggest Outlaw Gang
$18.99 Add to cartWinner of the Best Book Award by the Wild West History Association
A ripsnortin’ ramble across the bloodstained Arizona desert with Wyatt Earp and company… A pleasure for thoughtful fans of Old West … [more below]
- Author: Boessenecker, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1335150005
- Language: English
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The Cedar Choppers: Life on the Edge of Nothing
$19.95 Add to cartAt the low-water bridge below Tom Miller Dam, west of downtown Austin, during the summer of his tenth or eleventh year, Ken Roberts had his first encounter with cedar choppers. On his way to the bridg
- Series: Sam Rayburn Rural Life, Sponsored by Texas A&m University-Commerce #24
- Author: Roberts, Ken
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 276
- Publish Date: August 20 2019
- ISBN10: 1623498201
- Language: English
