A Treasury of Texas humor
Title | A Treasury of Texas humor PDF eBook |
Author | Bill Cannon |
Publisher | Taylor Trade Publishing |
Pages | 201 |
Release | 2003-09-16 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 0585257256 |
Author Bill Cannon has been collecting jokes and humorous stories about the antics of fellow Texans for literally years. Once he began this book people started sending him their own special favorites. This delightfully funny book covers every facet of Texas humor from life on the range to church, politics, Texas women, history, and hysterics. And it's a book your kids can read.
Tales From Toadsuck Texas
Title | Tales From Toadsuck Texas PDF eBook |
Author | Bill Cannon |
Publisher | Taylor Trade Publishing |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 2000-12-07 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 1461712998 |
Humor and trivia author Bill Cannon discovered there really was a Toadsuck, Texas, and he has collected a series of delightfully funny stories about folks he imagined might have lived in a town with such a comical name.
Texas
Title | Texas PDF eBook |
Author | Bill Cannon |
Publisher | Taylor Trade Publications |
Pages | 230 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781556229497 |
There is a myriad of little known, often forgotten, and sometimes unbelievable events, places and people that make up the warp and woof of the Texas mystique. This book consists of intriguing facts taken from age-old legends about the people who developed and settled the state. A section called Truth is Stranger than Fiction will defy imagination. The Texas history buff is sure to enjoy Forgotten Footnotes to Texas History. Have You Ever Wondered? will supply answers to questions about certain Texas legends and folklore. Texas: Land of Legend and Lore presents the Texas of fact and fantasy that so captivates the imaginations of Texans and non-Texans alike.
Famous Texas Folklorists and Their Stories
Title | Famous Texas Folklorists and Their Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Jim Gramon |
Publisher | Taylor Trade Publishing |
Pages | 303 |
Release | 2000-09-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1461720877 |
Jim Gramon, a native Texas storyteller, introduces you to some of his friends: John Henry Faulk, Cactus Pryor, Allen Damron, Mason Brewer, Mody Boatright, and Ben King Green. And he shares funny Texas stories from all over the state, from the Oil Patch to the Panhandle, from the Big Bend to the Piney Woods; big towns and small (Dallas, Houston, Austin, El Paso, Terlingua, Manchaca, Cumby, Sulfur Springs, Commerce).
Real-life Stories of Supernatural Experiences
Title | Real-life Stories of Supernatural Experiences PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Norman |
Publisher | Atriad Press LLC |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 9780974039404 |
Collected writings dealing with supernatural encounters or experiences.
Singin' a Lonesome Song
Title | Singin' a Lonesome Song PDF eBook |
Author | Gary Brown |
Publisher | Taylor Trade Publishing |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2001-01-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1461625629 |
Texas convicts and inmates have made the Texas prison system the most colorful in the world over the past 150 years. T
Lawmen of the Old West
Title | Lawmen of the Old West PDF eBook |
Author | Del Cain |
Publisher | Taylor Trade Publications |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2001-01-16 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1556228341 |
The lawmen in this book were serious offenders against the laws they had at one time sworn to uphold. Their skills were honed in range wars and family feuds and polished along the cattle trails, in the saloons and banks, and on the trains of the West. More than one kicked out their lives at the end of ropes strung up by citizens who were outraged by their abuse of the trust that went along with the badge they wore. These are their stories.