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The Mustangs by J. Frank Dobie

Voices from Colonial America - Texas 1527 - 1836

Southern Living - 1998 Annual Recipes

Hipanic Texas - A Historical Guide

Tales of Old-Time Texas by J-Frank Dobie

The Story of The Texas Rangers by Walter Prescott Webb

Seeds of a Nation by Charles George and Linda George

Sure Enough, How Come? by F.W.van Emden - Illustrated by Leslie Turner

Let There Be Towns by Gilbert R. Cruz

Nation of Nations - A Concise Narrative of the American Republic

The Longhorns by J. Frank Dobie

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Large Books

The Indians Who Named Texas - Vol. I - The Caddoan Indians of East Texas and Western Louisiana were the most powerful, and highly structured of all.

A Saint Among Us - Vol. II - A non-sectarian book on the real beginning of Texas and the life of Father Antonio Margil de Jesus (who is in line for sainthood) with emphasis on his works in the first East Texas missions of 1716 - 1717.

The Hidalgos - The Kings Children - Vol. III - Hidalgos literally means, the children of the king that he sent forth to settle his lands. This he did. He sent hundreds to East Texas directly from Spain and from Mexico.

El Peregrino - Often in history some of the personalities who should be given much credit are pushed aside to make room for those who were more flamboyant or politically connected.

In Search of a Saint - In Search of a Saint is the second book on Fr. Antonio Margil de Jesus. He is this important to the history of East Texas and all of Texas, being one of its European founding fathers, but he is not credited with this.

The Firsts of Everything in the Early Days of East Texas - European East Texas is the oldest part of Texas. The first Spanish arrived in 1690 and brought livestock that remained in the forest and multiplied profusely, allowing the horse and cattle drives that would come later.

Medium Size Books

The Cordova Rebellion - Vincenti Cordova of Nacogdoches fomented one of the most harebrained episodes in Texas History.

The Buried Treasures of Old East Texas - In the early days, everything had to be transported into East Texas by mule trains and this included valuables such as gold and silver which was used by the missions, for military payrolls and expenses, and for jewelry—there were almost always jewelry craftsmen in Nacogdoches.

Old Time East Texas Saloons - It is hard to imagine, but in the very early days of European Spanish settlement, East Texas was the frontier to the vast west all the way to New Mexico before the frontier Alamo mission was established at what would become San Antonio.

The French Smugglers - Swashbuckling times in old East Texas. These blazed the original smuggler's roads--there are several.

Ranching in East Texas Under Spain and Mexico - Most think that ranching began after the Civil War, but in fact, it began a hundred and seventy years earlier in deep Spanish East Texas which included western Louisiana.

Steamboats in the Tiny East Texas Rivers - This is a fascinating read. It is almost impossible for persons today to conceive of steamboats plying the tiny Angelina, Neches and Sabine Rivers of East Texas – but they did.

An Early Trip Across Texas - This is the true autobiography of a Frenchman by the name of Just Girrod who, along with others, had been forced by the Spanish to abandon their illegal fort, Champ d'Isle, that they had built on the Trinity River in the vicinity of present Liberty, Texas.

When an Army of Gray Came to Save Texas - This is the true story of a group of volunteers from New Orleans who were recruited and outfitted by Adolphus Sterne of Nacogdoches.

Papers, Monographs & Essays

Angelina - The Little Indian Girl That Everyone Loved - Many think that she is a made-up character, but this is not true. She was a real person that was mentioned by many diarists who knew her and by her French lover, Bel Isle, who lived with her for one year and wrote about her in his memoirs.

The Unbelievable Ordeals at Nacogdoches - An exciting explanation of six rebellions, a battle on its main street that killed many which changed the course of East Texas history and was the first blow against Mexico's tyrannical rule.

Cattle, Guns, Slaves and Other Trade Goods of Spanish East Texas - How the Spanish used these instead of money and how fortunes were made from this trade.

The Royal English of East Texas - A dictionary of the early Anglo pioneers speech in East Texas, much of which has already been lost because new generations are being reared listening to the standard American speech that they hear being used by movie actors and radio-TV commentators.

Historical Cookbooks

Give Us This Day, Our Daily Bread - A very unique and unusual cookbook, researched and compiled by high school students, years ago, in a very rural community of deep East Texas.

Old East Texas Colonial Spanish Pioneer Cookbook, The Founders of European Texas - This is an absolutely one-of-a-kind book on the history and foods of the Spanish Hidalgos (king's children) who were sent into deep East Texas to settle it for their Spanish king.

Tejas Indian Cookbook - Rare East Texas Indian recipes collected from letters and diaries and from the descendents of these Indians, now in Oklahoma.

The First Cactus Cookbook - Modern American chefs are just now beginning to present delicious dishes made from native cactus. The First Cactus Cookbook gives many recipes from entrees to drinks.

How to Cook Cookbook - This is a very unusual book that is for those who wish to learn how to become gourmet cooks, run their homes and oversee their families health.

North of the Border - This is a historical cookbook that covers the period when Mexico controlled Texas. Our historical cookbooks are more than cookbooks, they are also a history.

The First East Texas Spanish Cookbook - This is another of our historical cookbooks that includes much more than recipes. It covers the period when Spain sent the fist European immigrants into East Texas to build missions and communities.

Foods of the Tejas/Hasini and Other Caddoan Indians - This book is among our historical cookbooks that covers the races that lived in Eastern Texas. The Caddoan Indians were a large group that lived between Dallas, Texas and the Red River in Louisiana.

The East Texas Christmas Story Cookbook - Christmas and fruitcakes were not part of the early East Texas pioneers' Christmas. These came later, around 1870. Before this time their Christmas's were simple.

Inspirational Coffee Table Books

Buffo by William McCord - An illustrated book on self discovery. Buffo, Italian for clown, searches the world around him, desperately trying to find the answers to life, and does find it, but only after a lot of hard knocks.

Saturday Is For 'Stirrin' - Just completed, a motivational coffee table book on doing good for others - illustrated in Italy, by Simon Hart, using his stylized birds as characters.

How-To Books

How-To Booklet: Growing Into Your Own Business - Developing your mental attitude, choosing what you wish to do, etc. A collection of articles written by those who have experienced it and succeeded.