Bøger af Wayne Gard

What makes a Texan tick? The answer can be found not in military and political histories, but in the social history of the people of Texas - the story of their long, heroic battle to conquer challenging conditions as America's frontier pushed westward.

"The world is bobbing around," said Sam Bass the day he died. The day was Sunday, July 21, 1878 - Sam's twenty-seventh birthday. Sam had done considerable bobbing around himself. He had been a cowboy, a gambler, a highwayman, and a train robber before he met his fate at Round Rock. His coups were many; his fame legendary.