Tag: Southwest

BOOK BRIEFS: Movie Stunts, Famous Bandits and a World War I Regiment – #bookreview

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Cowboy Stuntman From Olympic Gold to the Silver Screen Dean Smith with Mike Cox (Texas Tech University Press – hardback, Kindle) Dean Smith won an Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter relays at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Then the 20-year-old returned home to Northwest Texas, where he had been a rodeo cowboy. Later, … Continue reading BOOK BRIEFS: Movie Stunts, Famous Bandits and a World War I Regiment – #bookreview

Book Briefs: Four Works of Fiction & Nonfiction from the American Southwest – #bookreview

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A Texas Jubilee: Thirteen Stories from the Lone Star State James Ward Lee (TCU Press – paperback, Kindle) James Ward Lee, former English department chairman at the University of North Texas, has earned his membership in the Texas Literary Hall of Fame the hard way. He has written numerous books, short stories and other well-received works. … Continue reading Book Briefs: Four Works of Fiction & Nonfiction from the American Southwest – #bookreview

The Last Camel Charge – An intriguing look at America’s pre-Civil War desert military experiment – #bookreview

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The Last Camel Charge: The Untold Story of America’s Desert Military Experiment Forrest Bryant Johnson (Berkley Caliber, hardback – Kindle) The U.S. Army employed camels as transportation and pack animals in the American West during the mid-19th century and tried to create “a U.S. camel cavalry, a true camel corps,” the author of this fascinating … Continue reading The Last Camel Charge – An intriguing look at America’s pre-Civil War desert military experiment – #bookreview

Five Dark Riders – A novel rich with history, intrigue, action & romance – #fiction #bookreview

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Five Dark Riders Bill Sloan (Zipp City Press, paperback, Kindle) Bill Sloan is an acclaimed historian and veteran newspaper journalist previously nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He also is one of America’s best writers of World War II Pacific-theater combat narratives. (His latest, Undefeated: America’s Heroic Fight for Bataan and Corregidor, was published in April.) … Continue reading Five Dark Riders – A novel rich with history, intrigue, action & romance – #fiction #bookreview

Dance All Night: Those Other Southwestern Swing Bands, Past and Present – #bookreview #in #music

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Dance All Night: Those Other Southwestern Swing Bands, Past and Present Jean A. Boyd (Texas Tech University Press, hardback, list price $65.00; paperback, list price $39.95) Fans of 1930s and 1940s western swing will find plenty to enjoy in this entertaining book by Jean A. Boyd, a  Baylor University music history professor and native of Fort … Continue reading Dance All Night: Those Other Southwestern Swing Bands, Past and Present – #bookreview #in #music

The New London explosion – Two views of America’s worst school disaster – #bookreview #texas #history

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 My Boys and Girls Are in There: The 1937 New London School Explosion By Ron Rozelle (Texas A&M, hardback, list price $24.95; Kindle edition, list price $24.95)  Gone at 3:17: The Untold Story of the Worst School Disaster in American History By David M. Brown and Michael Wereschagin (Potomac Books, hardback, $29.95; Kindle edition, list … Continue reading The New London explosion – Two views of America’s worst school disaster – #bookreview #texas #history

The Trials of Eroy Brown: The Murder Case That Shook the Texas Prison System – #bookreview #in

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The Trials of Eroy Brown: The Murder Case That Shook the Texas Prison System By Michael Berryhill (University of Texas, hardback, list price $29.95; paperback, list price $25.00) A prizewinning journalist has dug deeply and impressively into a double killing that still haunts the Texas Department of Criminal Justice more than 30 years after it … Continue reading The Trials of Eroy Brown: The Murder Case That Shook the Texas Prison System – #bookreview #in

An omnibus of 3 novels from ‘the greatest Western writer of all time’ – #bookreview

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Long Way to Texas: Three Novels By Elmer Kelton (Forge, hardback, list price $25.99) Elmer Kelton, author of more than 50 books, primarily Western novels, died in 2009. But his works live on in popular collections and reprints. This new omnibus from Forge gathers together three “rare” Kelton Westerns: Long Way to Texas, Joe Pepper, … Continue reading An omnibus of 3 novels from ‘the greatest Western writer of all time’ – #bookreview

Eight recent books of fiction, nonfiction & poetry – #bookreview

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Here are eight recent books to consider, whether you prefer fiction, nonfiction or poetry.   Midnight Movie By Tobe Hooper, with Alan Goldsher (Three Rivers, paperback, list price $14.00 ; Kindle edition $0.99)  Fans of Tobe Hooper’s horror movies, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, likely will relish this experimental first novel. It is written in a … Continue reading Eight recent books of fiction, nonfiction & poetry – #bookreview

Where the West Begins: Debating Texas Identity – #bookreview

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Where the West Begins: Debating Texas Identity By Glen Sample Ely (Texas Tech University Press, $34.95, hardback) Many eyes are on Texas once again now that Gov. Rick Perry is running for President. Of course, he’s now being slammed even by members of  his own party (including former officials in the George W. Bush Administration) for trying … Continue reading Where the West Begins: Debating Texas Identity – #bookreview