Texas Humoresque
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Texas Humoresque
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Author : Charles Leland Sonnichsen
language : en
Publisher: TCU Press
Release Date : 1990
Texas Humoresque written by Charles Leland Sonnichsen and has been published by TCU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Humor is serous business for human beings, including Texans. It is a great resource in time of trouble, an effective instrument for getting at the truth.
King Fisher
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Author : Chuck Parsons
language : en
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Release Date : 2022-07-15
King Fisher written by Chuck Parsons and has been published by University of North Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-15 with History categories.
America’s Wild West created an untold number of notorious characters, and in southwestern Texas, John King Fisher (1855-1884) was foremost among them. To friends and foes alike, he insisted he be called “King.” Standing over six feet tall, a dark and handsome man, King often dressed as a frontier dandy. A Texas Ranger remembered King as wearing an “ornamented Mexican sombrero, a black Mexican jacket embroidered with gold, a crimson sash and boots, with two silver-plated, ivory-handled revolvers swinging from his belt.” Early in life King fell victim to bad influences. After a stint in Huntsville Prison as a teenager, he found a home in the tough sun-beaten Nueces Strip, a lawless land between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande. There he gathered a gang of rustlers around him at his ranch on Pendencia Creek. For a decade King and his gang raided both sides of the Rio Grande, shooting down any who opposed them. Newspapers claimed King avoided the penalties prescribed by law by killing potential witnesses—in spite of many charges he was never convicted of cattle or horse stealing, or murder. King’s reign ended when he was arrested by Texas Ranger Captain Leander McNelly. In no uncertain terms he advised Fisher to change his ways. Having emerged victorious in gunfights with outlaws from across the Rio Grande, King Fisher chose a life style which would prove to be just as dangerous—deputy sheriff of Uvalde County. Now he would enforce the law, with his badge as well as his six-shooter. But his hard-won respectability would not last. On a spring night in 1884, King made the mistake of accompanying the truly notorious gambler and gunfighter Ben Thompson on a tour of San Antonio, where several years prior, over a gambling dispute, Thompson shot down Jack Harris at the latter’s saloon and theater, the Vaudeville. Recklessly, King Fisher accompanied Thompson back to the theater to call upon Harris’s former partners. Warned of their coming, assassins were waiting. Within minutes of entering the theater, when the smoke cleared, Fisher was stretched out beside Thompson, dead from thirteen gunshot wounds.
Hi Lo To Hollywood
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Author : Max Evans
language : en
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Release Date : 1998
Hi Lo To Hollywood written by Max Evans and has been published by Texas Tech University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Fiction categories.
From among his numerous publications, award-winning author Max Evans has selected his personal favorites. The more than thirty pieces include short novels, essays, short stories, introductions to other works, and magazine articles spanning several genres and most of his writing career. Through them all runs a common thread: the understanding of and love Evans has for the West and its peoples, and his ability to convey that understanding with humor and compassion. Included works: Short novels Xavier's Folly One Eyed Sky The Wild One Old Bum My Pardner Essays "Sam Peckinpah: A Very Personal Remembrance" "King John" "Long John Dunn" "Dinner with Frank Waters" "Riding the Outside Circle in Hollywood" "Many Deaths, Many Lives" "Song of the West" Short Stories "The Ultimate Giver" "Blizzard" "Don't Kill My Dog" "The Far Cry" "The Wooden Cove" "The Third Grade Reunion" "Sky of Gold" "A Man Who Never Missed" "Big Shad's Bridge" "The Call" Introductions and Forewords "Patricino Barela" "Some Sweet Day" "The Hi Lo Country" "Final Harvest and other Convictions and Opinions" "Rounders 3" Magazine Articles "The Cowboy and the Professor" "A Horse to Brag About" "Showdown at Hollywood Park" "The Wild Bunch" "The World's Strangest Creature" "Super Bull"
Arizona Humoresque
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Author : C. L. Sonnichsen
language : en
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Release Date : 1992
Arizona Humoresque written by C. L. Sonnichsen and has been published by Pelican Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with American wit and humor categories.
A collection of humorous stories and anecdotes concerning Arizona, edited by a noted Western folklorist.
Texas Library Journal
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Texas Library Journal written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Libraries categories.
Southwestern Historical Quarterly
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Southwestern Historical Quarterly written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Southwest, New categories.
The Cumulative Book Index
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
The Cumulative Book Index written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with American literature categories.
A world list of books in the English language.
New Directions In American Humor
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Author : David E. E. Sloane
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
New Directions In American Humor written by David E. E. Sloane and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Humor categories.
Sampling the wide range of humor in the American cultural experience, AMERICAN HUMOR examines television, cartoons, sports and political reporting, film, and literature. AMERICAN HUMOR traces American life in social and historic context and anticipates further developments in the field.
New Mexico Historical Review
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Author : Lansing Bartlett Bloom
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
New Mexico Historical Review written by Lansing Bartlett Bloom and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Electronic journals categories.
The Journal Of Arizona History
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
The Journal Of Arizona History written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Arizona categories.