An American Original is the first major biography of one of the best-loved storytellers of the American Southwest, J. Frank Dobie, who, like the people he wrote about, came "out of the old rock" : independent, unpretentious, a diligent maser of his chosen craft. Lon Tinkle, for a years a well-known, widely respected author, book critic, and teacher, explores not only the personal flavor, integrity, and imagination that made Dobie the great chronicler,...

Traces the development of the city into a commercial, industrial, and cultural center. Grades 5-7.

An account of how 182 Texans fought against the 5,000 man Mexican Army of Santa Anna before succumbing on the 13th day in 1836.

A book about what the cowboy did.