Description
Assemble a composite portrait of the Texas plains through these historic tales.
Many thousands of years ago, Clovis Man hunted huge mammoths here. More recently, Waylon Jennings drew his musical inspiration here. In the intervening time, the Texas prairie has been the backdrop for the wildest of Wild West shootouts, landmark legal battles and epic achievements in sports, music and medicine. Familiar icons like Roy Orbison and Dan Blocker, as well as forgotten characters like Charlie Squirrel-Eye Emory and John the Catfish Kid Gough all helped shape the colorful history of the Texas Plains. Who shot the sheriff? Who was the earliest American? Who invented the slam dunk? Author Chuck Lanehart answers these questions and many more in a wide-ranging collection of stories.
Author: Chuck Lanehart
Publisher: History Press
Published: 10/24/2022
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781467152808
ISBN10: 1467152803
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- History | United States | 19th Century
- History | United States | 20th Century