Chronicles the 1877 Buffalo Soldier Tragedy, in which a troop of buffalo soldiers and hunters set out into the Llano Estacado in pursuit of a band of raiding Kwahada Comanches, and were forced to resort to desperate measures to avoid dying of thirst.
In 1892 on a Texas ranch, ten-year-old Ima Hogg rides her pet ostrich in a race against her brothers who are on horseback. Includes facts about the real Ima, daughter of Texas Governor James Stephen Hogg.
Chronicles the life of Wild West peacekeeper Roy Bean, the judge and saloon keeper who bent the law to maintain order in west Texas. Also includes a glossary and a further reading list.
In Canton, Texas, seventeen-year-old Mercy's dreams of a different life than her mother's are postponed by harsh circumstances, including the influenza epidemic of 1918-19, which forces her into doing domestic work for a loving, if troubled, family.
Katherine is upset when her family leaves their home in Germany to settle in Fredericksburg, Texas, and then when her father joins a group hoping to make peace with the Comanche, she worries even more.
While working on a genealogy project for his seventh grade history class, Andy Bonner becomes determined to solve the mystery surrounding a distant relative who was accused of stealing the family fortune.
While working on a genealogy project for his seventh grade history class, Andy Bonner becomes determined to solve the mystery surrounding a distant relative who was accused of stealing the family fortune.
