Download or read book Alias Pecos Bill written by William D. Vens and published by . This book was released on 2003-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alias Pecos Bill starts out in the modern west of a Montana winter. After working at breaking colts during the day, Catus Thompson tells the story of his great, great grandfather. Each night is a different adventure with a cliffhanger in almost all of them. Catus's ancestor is Bill Thompson. Bill Thompson is supposedly the inspiration for the character of Pecos Bill. Bill and his gang do everything from robbing banks to gun fighting and racing horses. The story not only tells the tale of the modern cowboy, but of the cowboy a hundred years ago, a time when the west was really wild. An original poem is included with the novel that I hope you will also enjoy.
Download or read book Celebrating 100 Years of the Texas Folklore Society 1909 2009 written by Kenneth L. Untiedt and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Texas Folklore Society is one of the oldest and most prestigious organizations in the state. Its secret for longevity lies in those things that make it unique, such as its annual meeting that seems more like a social event or family reunion than a formal academic gathering. This book examines the Society's members and their substantial contributions to the field of folklore over the last century. Some articles focus on the research that was done in the past, while others offer studies that continue today. This book does more than present a history of the Texas Folklore Society: it explains why the TFS has lasted so long, and why it will continue.
Download or read book Texas Ranger Tales written by Mike Cox and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 1997-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories about Texas Rangers in which the author attempts to separate the myths surrounding these frontier lawmen from actual events.
Download or read book Captain John R Hughes Lone Star Ranger written by Chuck Parsons and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full and complete modern biography of Texas Ranger Captain Hughes, who served as a Texas Ranger from 1887 until early 1915--longer than any other on the force. He first came to the attention of the Rangers after trailing horse thieves and recovering his stock. In his golden years he became a national celebrity, receiving more awards and honors than any other Texas Ranger.
Download or read book Pecos Bill written by and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2004-08-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents tall tales about one of America's favorite heroes, Pecos Bill.
Download or read book Pecos Bill written by Ariane Dewey and published by Mulberry Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the remarkable exploits of legendary hero Pecos Bill.
Download or read book Pecos Bill written by Patsy Jensen and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the adventures of the great cowboy Pecos Bill.
Download or read book I Can Read about Pecos Bill written by J. I. Anderson and published by Troll Communications. This book was released on 1977-10 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mackinac Incident written by Len McDougall and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen miles off the coast of New Brunswick, Canada, a Soviet-era diesel submarine off-loads four men before being intercepted by a U.S. Navy vessel patrolling the area. The men make up a team of al-Qaeda-trained specialists skilled in the black arts of terrorist warfare and are headed by a man who has billions of dollars in oil money with which to indulge his murderous fantasies. What they do next will determine the fates of thousands of Americans. Rod Eliot, an aging ex-con turned survival expert, stands between them and one of the most devastating plots ever hatched by the deviated mind of a killer: to blow up the five-mile-long Mackinac Bridge and detonate enough plutonium to contaminate the area for decades. When an encounter with the bomb-toting terrorists occurs deep in the woods of the Upper Peninsula, Eliot finds himself in a dangerous cat-and-mouse game with no alternative but to go head-to-head with these murderers. Rod may be the only person who can stop them. But he’s in over his head. Due to Eliot’s checkered past, law enforcement officials have him pegged for the crimes that unfold over the next few days. Only one, a seasoned FBI agent who is on his trail, thinks Eliot is innocent and is willing to prove it.
Download or read book Pecos Bill written by Ariane Dewey and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the remarkable exploits of legendary hero Pecos Bill.
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Download or read book Man Hunters of the Old West Volume 2 written by Robert K. DeArment and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until the early twentieth century, life in the American West could be rough and sometimes vicious. Those who brought thieves and murderers to justice at times had to employ tactics as ruthless as their prey. In this follow-up to his first collection of biographies of the West’s most recognized man-hunters, noted western historian Robert K. DeArment recounts the remarkable careers of eight men—Pat Garrett, John Hughes, Harry Love, Harry Morse, Frank Norfleet, Bass Reeves, Granville Stuart, and Tom Tobin—who pursued notorious criminals. Volume 2 of Man-Hunters of the Old West shows that limited resources and dire conditions often made extralegal violence necessary for survival. Harry Love, the famous killer of California bandito Joaquin Murrieta, and Tom Tobin, who ended the murders of the Espinosa gang in Colorado, tracked their quarries to remote hideouts, shot them, and cut off their heads to prove they had been eliminated. Felon trackers, like the vigilante organizations that preceded them, on occasion administered summary justice—the on-the-spot hanging of their captured prey—especially if they believed the established court system was not working. Some of the man-hunters in DeArment’s accounts were freelance scouts and trackers; others were career officers of the law. At least one, Frank Norfleet, was a private citizen turned dedicated nemesis of con artists. Love, Stuart, and Morse began life as easterners who made their way West. All the others were midwesterners or far westerners. Some of these man-hunters wrote about their adventures, and were written about in turn. Garrett’s account of his hunt for Billy the Kid remains a best seller, for example, and both Reeves and Hughes have been credited for inspiring the Lone Ranger of TV and movie fame. DeArment discusses constant threats to the man-hunters’ survival, the federal government’s undependable presence, and extralegal violence as major themes in western law enforcement. In recounting these eight men’s adventures, this volume reveals the forces that made brutality seem commonplace.
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Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Great Plains written by David J. Wishart and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 962 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wishart and the staff of the Center for Great Plains Studies have compiled a wide-ranging (pun intended) encyclopedia of this important region. Their objective was to 'give definition to a region that has traditionally been poorly defined,' and they have
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Download or read book Pecos Bill a Military Biography of William R Shafter written by Paul Howard Carlson and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Rufus Shafter (October 16, 1835 ? November 12, 1906) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Fair Oaks. Shafter also played a prominent part as a major general in the Spanish?American War. Fort Shafter, Hawaii, is named for him, as well as the city of Shafter, California and the ghost town of Shafter, Texas. He was nicknamed Pecos Bill.--Wikipedia.
Download or read book Pecos Bill and Other Tales written by Irwin Shapiro and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
