Riding For The Lone Star

Author : Nathan A. Jennings
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781574416350

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Riding for the Lone Star by Nathan A. Jennings Pdf

The idea of Texas was forged in the crucible of frontier warfare between 1822 and 1865, when Anglo-Americans adapted to mounted combat north of the Rio Grande. This cavalry-centric arena, which had long been the domain of Plains Indians and the Spanish Empire, compelled an adaptive martial tradition that shaped early Lone Star society. Beginning with initial tactical innovation in Spanish Tejas and culminating with massive mobilization for the Civil War, Texas society developed a distinctive way of war defined by armed horsemanship, volunteer militancy, and short-term mobilization as it grappled with both tribal and international opponents. Drawing upon military reports, participants' memoirs, and government documents, cavalry officer Nathan A. Jennings analyzes the evolution of Texan militarism from tribal clashes of colonial Tejas, territorial wars of the Texas Republic, the Mexican-American War, border conflicts of antebellum Texas, and the cataclysmic Civil War. In each conflict Texan volunteers answered the call to arms with marked enthusiasm for mounted combat. Riding for the Lone Star explores this societal passion--with emphasis on the historic rise of the Texas Rangers--through unflinching examination of territorial competition with Comanches, Mexicans, and Unionists. Even as statesmen Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston emerged as influential strategic leaders, captains like Edward Burleson, John Coffee Hays, and John Salmon Ford attained fame for tactical success.

Author : Nathan A. Jennings
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Cavalry
ISBN : 1574416405

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Riding for the Lone Star by Nathan A. Jennings Pdf

Author : Stephen L. Turner
Publisher : Sunstone Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781611390889

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Ride for the Lone Star by Stephen L. Turner Pdf

Aaron Turner is a tall redheaded fifty-three year old minister and Lieutenant Colonel in the Texas militia. Duty calls him to participate in both the Cherokee and Wichita Wars. He and his family struggle to survive the financial panic of 1837, Indian raids, a whooping cough epidemic and scorching drought. He responds with optimism, determination and innovation. When money is scarce, they gather and sell wild horses. When food is scarce, they travel to the dangerous Comancheria to hunt buffalo. As the Mexican-American War erupts, Aaron is commissioned Colonel of Scouts and leads a regiment that will play a significant role in the conflict in a faraway land. Will the time come when the old warrior will lay down his saber? Will he hang up his guns in peace at last? RIDE FOR THE LONE STAR, the fourth volume in the Western Quest Series, follows Aaron Turner, his family and friends, through the turbulent days of the Republic of Texas, culminating in the annexation of Texas by the United States and the Mexican-American War. STEPHEN L. TURNER was born a fifth generation Texan, sixth generation Arkansan, and eighth generation American. His youth was steeped in the history and culture of his heritage. A graduate of Texas Tech School of Medicine, he has worked as a pediatrician in rural Plainview, Texas since 1984. He is married with two married children. His other time is spent on their panhandle ranch, raising horses and hunting. His other novels in the Western Quest Series to date are OUT OF THE WILDERNESS, ON THE CAMINO REAL and UNDER TROUBLED SKIES, all from Sunstone Press.

Author : Wesley Ellis
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1986-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101169902

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Lone Star 52 by Wesley Ellis Pdf

A joy-ride in a balloon lands Jessie in a head of trouble south of the border! Jessie and Ki are breathing a little easier with the cartel out of the way. That is, until a ballooniest lands on Starbuck property with the notion of using his contraption to ride the range. Ki thinks the balloonist is full of hot air, while Jessie seems to fall for his scheme. But Jessie's attitude changes with the weather and the balloon's altitude, as the pair are blown over the border and into a nest of vicious Mexican bandits.

Author : Wesley Ellis
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1995-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101169537

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Lone Star 153/mountai by Wesley Ellis Pdf

The triumphant final ride of the Lone Star legend! Jessie and Ki are on a train to Laredo with Jessie's new thoroughbred, Lucifer, when the train is ambushed. Ki is wounded and left for dead. Jessie and Lucifer are taken to a hacienda at the foot of El Monte del Fuego, a living volcano. As the volcano begins to rumble, Jessie realizes that she must save herself and Lucifer from the men who will do anything to have her horse.

Author : Loyd Uglow
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781574418767

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A Military History of Texas by Loyd Uglow Pdf

In its essence, Texas history is military history. Comprehensive in scope, A Military History of Texas provides the first single-volume military history of Texas from pre-Columbian clashes between Native American tribes to the establishment of the United States Space Force as the newest branch of the nation’s military in the twenty-first century. Rather than creating new theories of what happened, author Loyd Uglow synthesizes competing views of Texas’s military past into a narrative that deals evenhandedly with different interpretations, and recognizes that there is a measure of truth in each one, even while emphasizing those that seem most plausible. Uglow ties the various engrossing aspects of Texas military history into one unified experience. Chapters cover topics of warfare in Texas before the Europeans; Spanish military activities; revolutions against Spain and then Mexico; Texas and Texans in the Mexican War; ante- and post-bellum warfare on the Texas frontier; the Civil War in Texas; the Texas Rangers; border warfare during the Mexican revolution of 1910-1920; Texas and the world wars; and the modern military in Texas. Brief explanations of military terminology and practice, as well as parallels between Texas military actions and ones in other times and places, connect the narrative to the broader context of world military history. Thoroughly documented, with an engaging narrative and perceptive analysis, A Military History of Texas is designed to be accessible and interesting to a broad range of readers. It will find a welcome place in the collections of amateur or professional military historians, devoted fans of all things Texan, and newcomers to military history.

Author : United States. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1050 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Coal mines and mining
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123794021

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Decisions - Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission by United States. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Pdf

Author : Susan Mallery
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 877 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780369761002

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Lone Star Romance Collection by Susan Mallery Pdf

Don’t miss these three heartfelt tales of small-town romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery’s fan-favorite Lone Star Canyon Series! The Rancher Next Door Her daddy always said the Darbys were dirt... But to young Katie Fitzgerald, the sun rose and set on rugged Jack Darby. Jack was her childhood hero, her secret teen beau. But he hadn't loved her enough to leave their feuding families behind, and blinding heartbreak had led her into another man's arms—and 11 years of loneliness. When Katie returned to the ranch next door, emotions tore through Jack like a Texas twister. Anguish over her teenage betrayal, tenderness for her shy son—and a hunger so deep it hollowed him out. But hadn't over a decade of lonely years taught him he was a fool to love a Fitzgerald? Unexpectedly Expecting! Spirited hairdresser Nora Darby had a chip on her shoulder the size of Texas. Abandoned by her dad and betrayed by her fiancé, she was anti-man, anti-marriage and chatty about it to boot. All of which suited Dr. Stephen Remington to a tee. Though the townsfolk considered him the ideal candidate to scale Nora's defenses and soften her heart, the sexy widower had vowed never to love—and lose—again. But their public battle of the sexes led to a night of surprising, private passion…and an unexpected pregnancy…leaving no-strings Nora and love-shy Stephen staring straight down the shotgun of parenthood and—shudder!—matrimony… Wife In Disguise Josie Fitzgerald Scott was once athletic, ambitious and stubborn as sin—until an accident changed her life. Now she simply sought closure with unforgettable Del Scott—the man she’d once lovingly wed, passionately bedded, then contrarily fled… Shockingly, Del didn’t recognize Josie’s reconstructed contours. Yet her sexy ex-husband seemed oddly, instantly drawn to this soft, delicate "stranger," despite her new appearance. Which gave Josie—as "Rose"—a second chance: to woo and win back Del's fierce passion. But would limping, less than honestly, down memory lane unleash an avalanche of trouble? Or—miraculously—lead Josie home to love?

Author : Wesley Ellis
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1984-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101169636

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Lone Star 25 by Wesley Ellis Pdf

Jessie and Ki fight a deadly battle to control Montana's mines in the twenty-fifth Lone Star novel! They call them The Lone Star Legend: Jessica Starbuck—a magnificent woman of the West, fighting for justice on America's frontier, and Ki—the martial arts master sworn to protect her and the code she lived by. Together they conquered the West as no other man and woman ever had!

Author : William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone
Publisher : Pinnacle Books
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780786029099

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A Lone Star Christmas by William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone Pdf

Smoke and Matt Jensen team up with Falcon and Duff MacCallister in this special Western adventure from the USA Today bestselling author! They just wanted to get home for Christmas—but fate had other plans . . . It's December 1890. A Texas rancher named Big Jim Conyers has a deal with Scottish-born Wyoming cattleman Duff MacCallister. Along with Smoke and Matt Jensen, the party bears down on Dodge, Kansas, to make a cattle drive back to Fort Worth. But before they can get out of Dodge, guns go off and a rich man's son is killed. Soon the drive turns into a deadly pursuit, then a staggering series of clashes with bloodthirsty Indians and trigger-happy rustlers. And the worst is yet to come—the party rides into a devastating blizzard, a storm so fierce that their very survival is at stake. From America's greatest Western author, here is an epic tale of the unforgiving American frontier and how, amidst fierce storms of man and nature, miracles can still happen.

Author : Ted Bishop
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780735233652

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Riding with Rilke by Ted Bishop Pdf

English professor and motorcycle enthusiast Ted Bishop is taking one last ride before fall term when his bike vibrates out of control and he is flung into a ditch, breaking his back and collapsing his lungs. With limited mobility, Ted finally has time to savour the reading experience. He begins writing about his crash, realizing that two worlds had come together when his head hit the pavement. The more he thinks about it, the more it seems that archival work is the inverse, not the opposite, of motorcycling. Ultimately, what surrounds both reader and rider is silence. In Riding with Rilke, Ted Bishop takes us on the road through some of the richest landscapes in North America and Europe, with numerous stops along the way. Whether describing the archival jolt of holding Virginia Woolf's suicide note in the British Library or the outlaw thrill of cruising Main Street in small-town America on a bike nicknamed “Il Mostro,” Bishop tells a story filled with insight and humour.

Author : United States. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 966 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Coal mines and mining
ISBN : MINN:31951P00390775H

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Decisions by United States. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Pdf

Author : John Brooker
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781365741227

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The Happiest Trails by John Brooker Pdf

John Brooker writes in his Introduction: "B westerns have always been part of my life. I decided ... to tour the US by Greyhound bus and try and track down some of my childhood heroes." From that and subsequent trips, Brooker began to write books, magazine columns, and even a TV series ("Movie Memories"). This book contains his interviews with the actors and other research on the B westerns. Fully illustrated.

Author : Wesley Ellis
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1989-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101170205

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Lonestar 84 by Wesley Ellis Pdf

Jessie and Ki follow the trail of some rough-riding freedom-fighters in the eighty-fourth Lone Star novel! They call them The Lone Star Legend: Jessica Starbuck—a magnificent woman of the West, fighting for justice on America's frontier, and Ki—the martial arts master sworn to protect her and the code she lived by. Together they conquered the West as no other man and woman ever had!

Author : H. W. Brands
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2005-02-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400096343

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Lone Star Nation by H. W. Brands Pdf

The two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War emythologizes Texas’s journey to statehood and restores the genuinely heroic spirit to a pivotal chapter in American history. • “A balanced, unromanticized account [of] America’s great epic.” —The New York Times Book Review From Stephen Austin, Texas’s reluctant founder, to the alcoholic Sam Houston, who came to lead the Texas army in its hour of crisis and glory, to President Andrew Jackson, whose expansionist aspirations loomed large in the background, here is the story of Texas and the outsize figures who shaped its turbulent history. Beginning with its early colonization in the 1820s and taking in the shocking massacres of Texas loyalists at the Alamo and Goliad, its rough-and-tumble years as a land overrun by the Comanches, and its day of liberation as an upstart republic, Brands’ lively history draws on contemporary accounts, diaries, and letters to animate a diverse cast of characters whose adventures, exploits, and ambitions live on in the very fabric of our nation.