What is included with this book?
Foreword | p. XI |
Introduction | p. XIII |
Texas Past | |
Fort Davis: Plaza or Square? | p. 3 |
Los Ciboleros in the Panhandle | p. 7 |
The Paynes, Black Seminole Cowboys | p. 10 |
"An Unfortunate Admixture of African Blood" | p. 13 |
Heat, Dust, and Boredom | p. 16 |
The Epic of Henry O. Flipper | p. 20 |
Charlie Siringo and the Pinkertons | p. 24 |
Noah Smithwick, Blacksmith and Memoirist | p. 27 |
Teddy Roosevelt in Texas | p. 30 |
The Liar's Skill | p. 34 |
Sam Bass Was Born in Indiana | p. 38 |
Muy Grande Rifles | p. 42 |
The Texas Signers | p. 46 |
The Villain of San Jacinto | p. 50 |
Ferdinand Lindheimer, Frontier Journalist | p. 54 |
Real Cowboys Don't Have Time to Sing | p. 58 |
Roy W. Aldrich, the Erudite Ranger | p. 62 |
Wigfall Van Sickle, the Sage of Alpine | p. 65 |
The Mexican Revolution in Texas | p. 68 |
How Leighton Knipe Left His Mark on Marfa | p. 71 |
The Dead Man's Springs | p. 74 |
Jack Hoxie and Hollywood in Fort Davis | p. 78 |
Stanley Marcus, Civilized Texan | p. 82 |
Texas Family | |
Family Sagas | p. 87 |
My Grandmother Taylor | p. 90 |
Uncle Will | p. 94 |
Aunt Bessie | p. 98 |
My Dead Grandfather | p. 102 |
Texas Present | |
Fort Worth Bars | p. 109 |
Beatniks on Camp Bowie Boulevard | p. 112 |
Willow Way | p. 116 |
Joe Frantz, Raconteur | p. 119 |
The San Antonio River Walk | p. 122 |
Texas-German Christmases | p. 125 |
Bill Dodson, Candelillero | p. 128 |
Luis Jiménez, Artist in Fiberglass | p. 131 |
Desert Rain | p. 134 |
Forty-Two | p. 137 |
King William Street | p. 140 |
Tigie Lancaster's Mules | p. 144 |
The Seven Timmermann Sisters | p. 147 |
Czechs and Polkas | p. 151 |
Fayette County Fourth of July | p. 155 |
Billy D. Peiser, El Indio | p. 159 |
The Paisano | p. 162 |
Rube Evans and Polo | p. 166 |
Bear Cages and Santafees | p. 170 |
Two Jumps and Old Folks | p. 174 |
Horny Toads | p. 178 |
They Didn't Take Paper Money During the Revolution | p. 182 |
"Texas, Our Texas" and Other State Symbols | p. 186 |
Too Many Bluebonnets | p. 190 |
Our Town | p. 194 |
About the Author | p. 199 |
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