Author: Bill Cannon
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN: 0585257256
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
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.
A Treasury of Texas humor
Author: Bill Cannon
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN: 0585257256
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN: 0585257256
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
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.
Texas Ghost Stories
Author: Tim Tingle
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780896725263
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Presents fifty Texas ghost stories, featuring tales that predate the state, with a focus on those with Hispanic roots; stories of the pioneers; and urban myths and contemporary tales; and includes advice on how to tell ghost stories, as well as notes on story sources.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780896725263
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Presents fifty Texas ghost stories, featuring tales that predate the state, with a focus on those with Hispanic roots; stories of the pioneers; and urban myths and contemporary tales; and includes advice on how to tell ghost stories, as well as notes on story sources.
Treasury of Texas Trivia
Author: Bill Cannon
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN: 1461732778
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Texas and Texans have been known to boast of having the best or the worst, the most or the least, the largest or the tiniest of just about everything. Join author Bill Cannon as he reveals facts that depict the colorful bravado unique to the Lone Star State. For instance, no six but seven flags flew over Texas. In 1832 the composer of The Star Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key, was the cousel hired by Sam Houston to defend him on assault charges. And someone other than Sam Bass may be buried in his grave. A Treasury of Texas Trivia is complemented by newspaper accounts, photographs, and other documentation of these and other little-known bits of Texas history.
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN: 1461732778
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Texas and Texans have been known to boast of having the best or the worst, the most or the least, the largest or the tiniest of just about everything. Join author Bill Cannon as he reveals facts that depict the colorful bravado unique to the Lone Star State. For instance, no six but seven flags flew over Texas. In 1832 the composer of The Star Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key, was the cousel hired by Sam Houston to defend him on assault charges. And someone other than Sam Bass may be buried in his grave. A Treasury of Texas Trivia is complemented by newspaper accounts, photographs, and other documentation of these and other little-known bits of Texas history.
A Treasury of Texas Tales
Author: Webb B. Garrison
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 9781558535374
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Back in print!
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 9781558535374
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Back in print!
Tales of Old-Time Texas
Author: James Frank Dobie
Publisher: Booksales
ISBN: 9780785811329
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A retelling of 28 tales about or taking place in Texas.
Publisher: Booksales
ISBN: 9780785811329
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A retelling of 28 tales about or taking place in Texas.
Treasury of Classic Stories
Author: IglooBooks
Publisher: Igloo Books
ISBN: 9781789056174
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This collection of timeless tales is the perfect way to introduce 6 of the best-loved stories ever. Retold specially for children and brought to life with stunning illustrations, the whole family will want to share these classics together again and again.
Publisher: Igloo Books
ISBN: 9781789056174
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This collection of timeless tales is the perfect way to introduce 6 of the best-loved stories ever. Retold specially for children and brought to life with stunning illustrations, the whole family will want to share these classics together again and again.
The Children's Treasury of Virtues
Author: William John Bennett
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743211367
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
A timeless celebration of the virtues of courage, perseverance, responsibility, faith, honesty, and compassion, this beautifully illustrated single volume combines the wisdom of Bennett's three bestselling children's classics. 375 watercolor illustrations throughout.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743211367
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
A timeless celebration of the virtues of courage, perseverance, responsibility, faith, honesty, and compassion, this beautifully illustrated single volume combines the wisdom of Bennett's three bestselling children's classics. 375 watercolor illustrations throughout.
The Children's Book of America
Author: William J. Bennett
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684849305
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Presents stories of significant events and people in American history, patriotic songs, and American folk tales and poems.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684849305
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Presents stories of significant events and people in American history, patriotic songs, and American folk tales and poems.
Texas Tales and Tall Ships, Vol. 1
Author: Malcom Lee Johnson
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 164913486X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Texas Tales and Tall Ships, Vol. 1: Texas History from 1528-1945 the End of WW 2 By: Malcom Lee Johnson Texas Tales & Tall Ships is a well-documented book on the history of the region of the United States now known as Texas, covering the time period from 1528 when Cabeza de Vaca arrived, to the end of World War II in 1945. This well-referenced and educational look into the past is an important work for understanding the history of Texas and how it has evolved into the Lone Star State.
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 164913486X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Texas Tales and Tall Ships, Vol. 1: Texas History from 1528-1945 the End of WW 2 By: Malcom Lee Johnson Texas Tales & Tall Ships is a well-documented book on the history of the region of the United States now known as Texas, covering the time period from 1528 when Cabeza de Vaca arrived, to the end of World War II in 1945. This well-referenced and educational look into the past is an important work for understanding the history of Texas and how it has evolved into the Lone Star State.
Treasury of Texas Trivia II
Author: Bill Cannon
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN: 1461709555
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Continuing the amusing, interesting, factual, and sometimes ridiculous bits of information in A Treasury of Texas Trivia, this second volume brings you all-new entertaining tidbits-some of them useful historical facts and some just for fun. Among these are: Some of the bizarre ways Texas towns and regions have gained lasting recognition. Supporting actors in the cast of leading characters in the development of Texas. Skeletons in the closet of our great state and some less-than-brag-worthy incidents from the past. Incredible but true stories found only in Texas. Minor reflections of history trivia not taught in school. This is truly a book the whole family can read and enjoy.
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN: 1461709555
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Continuing the amusing, interesting, factual, and sometimes ridiculous bits of information in A Treasury of Texas Trivia, this second volume brings you all-new entertaining tidbits-some of them useful historical facts and some just for fun. Among these are: Some of the bizarre ways Texas towns and regions have gained lasting recognition. Supporting actors in the cast of leading characters in the development of Texas. Skeletons in the closet of our great state and some less-than-brag-worthy incidents from the past. Incredible but true stories found only in Texas. Minor reflections of history trivia not taught in school. This is truly a book the whole family can read and enjoy.