The Evolution of a State or Recollections of Old Texas Days
By: Noah Smithwick , Charles Shaw , None , Charles Shawl
3.16
Format: 315 pages, Paperback
"I was but a boy in my nineteenth year, and in for adventure when I started out from Hopkinsville, …
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1. Six Years With the Texas Rangers: 1875-1881
By: James B. Gillett
4.14
Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition
Texas in the nineteenth century was a dangerous place. The Texas Rangers were there to keep people … read more
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2. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
By: Benjamin Franklin , None
3.86
Format: 143 pages, Paperback
Written initially to guide his son, Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography is a lively, spellbinding acc… read more
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"Never confuse Motion with Action."-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
"it is hard for an empty sack to stand upright"-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
"When the well is dry we know the value of water"-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
"...there will be sleeping enough in the grave...."-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
3. The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth: Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians
By: James P. Beckwourth
4.16
Format: 347 pages,
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4. The Evolution of a State or Recollections of Old Texas Days
By: Noah Smithwick , Charles Shaw , None , Charles Shawl
3.16
Format: 315 pages, Paperback
"I was but a boy in my nineteenth year, and in for adventure when I started out from Hopkinsville, … read more
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5. Hot Lights, Cold Steel: Life, Death and Sleepless Nights in a Surgeon's First Years
By: Michael J. Collins
4.28
Format: 320 pages,
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6. Empire of the Summer Moon
By: S.C. Gwynne
4.23
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the for… read more
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"Buffalo Hump had one of those Comanche names - there were a large number of them - that the prudish whites could not quite bring themselves to translate. His Nermernuh name, properly transliterated, …"-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon
"For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed to the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression... Only in the mid 19th century, after the growt…"-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon
7. Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life
By: Henry Cloud , None
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Having clear boundaries is essential to a healthy, balanced lifestyle. A boundary is a personal pro… read more
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8. The Federalist Papers
By: Alexander Hamilton
4.10
Format: 592 pages, Kindle Edition
Hailed by Thomas Jefferson as “the best commentary on the principles of government which was ever w… read more
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"Liberty is to faction what air is to fire..."-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
"If we are to be one Nation in any respect, it clearly ought to be in respect to other Nations."-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
"An avaricious man might be tempted to betray the interests of the state for the acquisition of wealth. No. 75"-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
"No man ought certainly to be a judge in his own cause, or in any cause in respect to which he has the least interest or bias."-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
9. The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old
By: Hendrik Groen
3.94
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A #1 international bestseller in the vein of Fredrik Bachman's A Man Called Ove: an irresistible, f… read more
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10. Early Times in Texas; or, The Adventures of Jack Dobell
By: John Crittenden Duval
4.00
Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1835 the Republic of Mexico rebelled against the Mexican Republic. Young men, like John C. Duva… read more
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11. Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879: The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians
By: Herman Lehmann
4.17
Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition
"Lehmann's memoir is quite fantastic-sounding at times, but is regarded as one of the best of that … read more
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12. The Adventures of Big-Foot Wallace: The Texas Ranger and Hunter
By: John Crittenden Duval
3.85
Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition
At six foot two inches and two hundred and forty pounds, Big-Foot Wallace cut a formidable figure a… read more
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13. My Sixty Years on the Plains: Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting
By: William Thomas Hamilton
4.17
Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition
Of course I knew how to scalp, and soon accomplished the feat, much to his satisfaction, for he sai… read more
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14. Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians
By: Fanny Kelly
3.87
Format: 170 pages, Kindle Edition
“I was a member of a small company of emigrants, who were attacked by an overwhelming force of host… read more
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"Experience is a great teacher, and we were then in her school, and learned that while hope offers the faintest token of refuge, we pause upon the fearful brink of eternity, and look back for rescue."-Fanny Kelly, Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians
"Mother! what a world of affection is comprised in that single word; how little do we in the giddy round of youthful pleasure and folly heed her wise counsels. How lightly do we look upon that zealous…"-Fanny Kelly, Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians
15. Journal Of A Trapper: Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains, 1834-1843
By: Osborne Russell
3.83
Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1834, Osborne Russell joined an expedition from Boston, under the direction of Nathaniel J. Wyet… read more
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16. Twelve Years in the Saddle for Law and Order on the Frontiers of Texas
By: William John L. Sullivan
3.98
Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition
Life as a Texas Ranger was never easy. But to survive twelve years confronting vicious murderers, … read more
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17. Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas
By: A.J. Sowell
4.30
Format: 660 pages, Kindle Edition
Life as an early settler in Texas was tough. Cattle rustlers stole people’s livelihoods, Native Am… read more
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18. The Way West: True Stories Of The American Frontier (Observing American History)
By: James A. Crutchfield
3.80
Format: 425 pages, Kindle Edition
The Texas Rangers, Forty-Niners, the Alamo and clashes with Native Americans — the American West ha… read more
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19. America's Forgotten Army: The True Story of the U.S. Seventh Army in WWII - And An Unknown Battle that Changed History (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)
By: Charles Whiting
4.25
Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition
An enthralling account of the World War Two exploits of the U.S. Seventh Army, from Sicily to Franc… read more
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20. Days on the Road: Crossing the Plains in 1865
By: Sarah Raymond Herndon
3.84
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
“Why are we here? Why have we left home, friends, relatives, associates, and loved ones, who have m… read more
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21. Battle for the Solomons (Illustrated)
By: Ira Wolfert
3.89
Format: 114 pages, Kindle Edition
Battle for the Solomons is Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Ira Wolfert's dazzling account of the fi… read more
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22. 1876 Sioux War Diary of Private Eugene Geant (Expanded, Annotated)
By: Eugene Geant
3.67
Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition
It was a summer that changed the course of history for two peoples: white Americans and Native Amer… read more
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23. The Border Outlaws: An Authentic and Thrilling History of the Most Noted Bandits of Ancient Or Modern Times: The Younger Brothers, Jesse and Frank James, and Their Comrades In Crime
By: James William Buel
3.95
Format: 172 pages, Kindle Edition
Jesse James, Frank James and the Younger brothers were some of the most notorious outlaws of ninete… read more
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24. Indian Depredations in Texas
By: J.W. Wilbarger
4.17
Format: 594 pages, Kindle Edition
"This volume is the most thorough compilation of accounts of Indian warfare in the Texas 19th centu… read more
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25. A Texas Cowboy: or, Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony (Penguin Classics)
By: Charles A. Siringo
3.88
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
After a nomadic childhood, Charles Siringo signed on as a teenage cowboy for the noted Texas cattle… read more
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26. Appomattox: The Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia
By: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
4.21
Format: 19 pages, Kindle Edition
Chamberlain’s poignant tale delves into one man’s first-hand account of the Battle of Appomattox Co… read more
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27. OLD 300: Gone To Texas
By: Paul Spellman
4.40
Format: 470 pages, Kindle Edition
A broad and dramatic saga of the three hundreds families who made their way to Texas in the 1820s f… read more
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28. Our People
By: Jim Hamm
4.68
Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition
Based on the compelling true story of the famous Elm Creek Raid of 1864. During the Civil War, Coma… read more
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29. A Texas Pioneer
By: August Santleben
3.70
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
August Santleben was born in 1845 in Hanover. Just three and a half months later his parents decide… read more
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30. The Gold Hunters: A First-Hand Picture of Life in California Mining Camps in the Early Fifties
By: John David Borthwick
3.97
Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition
“I do not know of another story by an actual miner that is so well written and so true to that wond… read more
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31. Work Horse of the Western Front (Annotated): The Story of the 30th Infantry Division
By: Robert L. Hewitt
4.11
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
The 30th Infantry was one of more than 60 American divisions that participated in the defeat of Ger… read more
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