Tragedy and Triumph on the Texas Plains: Curious Historic Chronicles from Murders to Movies

Out on the Texas Plains, wrangling with history resembles taking in the sunset--a stampede of splendor and shadow all at once. Roam an Ohio-sized patch of prairie and take stock of the heroic tasks and moral dilemmas facing the unforgettable characters who called West Texas home. Ben Hogan sinks a putt with the focus of the Clovis man who hunted mammoth in the same spot thousands of years before. Lubbock's largest lawsuit runs its interminable course. And a starving Roy Rogers makes a quick meal of jackrabbit on the Llano Estacado. Chuck Lanehart gathers statesmen and journalists, outlaws and entertainers, in these profiles of the Texas Plains.

Author: Chuck Lanehart
Publisher: History Press
Published: 05/03/2021
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781467149037
ISBN10: 1467149039
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- True Crime | Murder | General
- History | United States | 19th Century