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The rich, multicultural heritage of San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country provide the backdrop for this first comprehensive guide to the culturally significant vernacular buildings of this diverse and historic region: structures designed and constructed by the people who used them rather than by professional architects or builders.

Provides a wide view of the myriad contributions Mexican American artists have made to music in Texas and the United States. Based on interviews with longtime stalwarts of Mexican American music and conversations with newer voices, Kathleen Hudson allows the musicians to tell their own stories in a unique and personal way.

In 1924, Achilles Mehault 'Mayo' Bessan and his eighteen-year-old bride journeyed from New Orleans to Mexico, where he ultimately transformed a dirt-floored cantina in Nuevo Laredo into a bar and restaurant renowned across the United States for its fine seafood and fancy cocktails. Step into the Cadillac Bar and take a seat.

Visitors to Texas and New Mexico have marvelled for centuries at the immensity of the Llano Estacado. In this volume, Sharing Paul Chaplo's unique view from the southwestern sky, readers will experience from afar the sunlit canyons, storm-covered plains, and winding rivers cutting deep into the red earth that drew him to this region.

Today, more than sixty years after he first stepped onto a stage, Delbert McClinton shows no signs of slowing down. He continues to play sold-out concert and dance halls, theaters, and festival events across America. This book offers readers a soundtrack to some of the most pivotal moments in the history of American popular music - all backed by a cooking rhythm section.

Whether they're considered cool or creepy, reptiles and amphibians spark curiosity in most people who come across them. This introductory guide offers an educational and inspirational starting point to discovering reptiles and amphibians in their natural habitats.

Texas boasts greater bird diversity than almost any US state, with more than 600 species living in or passing through during spring and fall migrations. Jennifer Bristol's Parking Lot Birding speaks to people who would love to observe a wide variety of birds in easy access locations that don't require hikes or a degree in ornithology.

Thomas E. Alexander served for a number of years in the elite Strategic Air Command, designed as a primary deterrent to Soviet military ambitions. In this gripping memoir, Alexander presents 'an honest and reflective account of the impact the Cold War had on individuals who were then on the front lines of defense - like it or not.'

Provides a major biography of an important religious figure in Texas during a time of transition. This book will appeal to readers interested in Texas history, Galveston history, and the history of the Roman Catholic Church in America.

Donald Trump's 2016 campaign speeches and other rhetoric seemed on the surface to be simplistic, repetitive, and disorganized to many. But as this book shows, his campaign strategy was anything but simple. Political communication expert Jennifer Mercieca shows how the Trump campaign expertly used the common rhetorical techniques of a demagogue.

Frederick R. Gabriel graduated from medical school in 1940, entered the US Army, and was assigned to the newly-created 39th Station Hospital. His letters from the Pacific theatre - especially from Guadalcanal, Angaur, and Saipan - capture the everyday life of a soldier physician.

Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer is known as the 'father of Texas botany'. His collections are credited with helping botanists to understand the nature and significance of the diversity of plants in the state. John Williams offers the first English translation of his essays, providing valuable insight into the natural and cultural history of Texas.

Bob 'Daddy-O' Wade is recognised as one of the progenitors of the 'Cosmic Cowboy Culture' that emerged in Texas during the 1970s. This book features images of more than a hundred of Wade's most famous pieces, complete with the wild tales that lie behind the art, told in brief essays by both Wade and artists and writers familiar with his work.

To improve as anglers, we must be willing to change and evolve. It's More Than Fishing is a how-to guide for Texas coastal fishing that addresses a number of key aspects of coastal angling, including the basics of patterning, fishing the Texas surf, choosing lures and baits, and what to keep in mind when hiring a fishing guide.

Drawing on extensive archival work as well as the existing secondary literature, Sterling Evans has woven an intricate story that will change our understanding of the complex, transnational history of the North American continent.

Anthony Quiroz shows how the experience of the Mexican American citizens of Victoria, who worked within the system, challenges common assumptions about the power of class to inform ideology and demonstrates that embracing ethnic identity does not always mean rejecting Americanism.

Nostalgia, wonderment, and a healthy and imaginative provincialism colour the pages of this book. The vibrantly concrete details of daily existence in a bygone time in a remote and desolate area of Texas are startlingly juxtaposed with philosophical musings about the limitations all of us face in comprehending even that little bit of life we live.

Offers an overview of the history of African Americans in Central Texas. From slavery and agriculture in the nineteenth century to entrepreneurship and the struggle for civil rights in the twentieth century, African Americans in Central Texas History fills in the critical missing pieces of an often-overlooked region in the state's history.

Trammel's Trace, named for Nicholas Trammell, was the first route from the United States into the northern boundaries of Spanish Texas. From the Great Bend of the Red River it intersected with El Camino Real de los Tejas in Nacogdoches. This volume tells its history.

Showcases the finest work of Jesus F. de la Teja, a foremost authority on Spanish colonial Mexico and Texas through the Republic. For de la Teja, the Tejano experience in San Antonio is a case study of a community in transition, one moved by forces within and without.

Late in 1940, the young men of the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment stepped off the trucks at Camp Bowie in Brownwood, Texas, ready to complete the training they would need for active duty in World War II. This title includes personal memoirs and oral history interviews of the "Lost Battalion" members.

Loneliness pervaded the lives of pioneers on the American plains. In this book, Louis Fairchild mines the letters and journals of West Texas settlers, as well as contemporary fiction and poetry, to record the emotions attending solitude and the ways people sought relief.

Draws from emblematic moments and relationships in the author's own life to explore issues of gender, recreation, and environmental conservation. Reflecting on the ways our culture socializes women to remain indoors, Lilace Mellin Guignard shares her own struggles with finding her place outdoors.

All species play a vital role in their biological communities, and the removal of just one can have a noticeable and catastrophic ripple effect. This book brings together experts on 88 endangered animal species of Texas and includes brief descriptions of the processes that state and federal agencies employ to list and protect designated species.

Gathers columns and articles by Dave Campbell about those college contests he considers the all-time greatest over the course of his career, from 1953 and continuing to 2016. Accounts of storied players, classic rivalries, revered coaches, and unforgettable games are illustrated with historic photographs.

Tells the little known story of the contribution of Texas A&M University to early aviation in World War I. Through painstaking research - using unit records, after-action reviews, alumni newsletters, and countless other university documents - John Adams Jr. paints a portrait of the Aggie aviator in the Great War.