Kate Sayen Kirkland's Building Community in Houston: Alice Baker, Julia Ideson, and Ima Hogg presents three Houston women who used their family, financial, and aspirational capital to bring social justice to citizens of a rapidly growing Southern city from 1903 to 1975. Their inclusive civic service and philanthropy paved the way for Houston's ......
A myriad of social media pages as well as professional and scholarly conferences targeting diverse stakeholders and influencers in environmental and outdoor recreation fields has blossomed over the past decade, illustrating an "awakening" of sorts in the environmental arena. At the same time, there is an underlying critique that mainstream ......
The Krause Ranch is not a normal Hill Country landscape-it has bottomless holes, dinosaur tracks, high limestone river cliffs where golden eagles nest, and occasional visits by TPWD-authenticated pumas and black bears. Historian Thad Sitton offers a detailed description of the 1,670-acre property, its human history, its natural history, and Gary ......
Since the frontiers of the American West were explored and settled, the horse has become its icon, representing freedom, individualism, toughness, determination, and the idiosyncratic way of life inherent to the region. The horse was a vital partner of the cowboy, Native American, and settler of this new frontier. As time went on, the image of ......
My Life on the Y.O. Ranch with Charles Schreiner III
"It was the summer of 1977, and I was at the Texas Capitol researching voting patterns for the political campaign I was working for," writes author Norma Schreiner as she describes her meeting with rancher Charles Schreiner III. "I decided to drop by the office of one of my favorite house members, Jim Nugent. . . . Before his staff could announce ......
An Anthology of Women on Bodies, Borders, and Place
In the words of series editor Steven L. Davis, We Are Nature Defending Itself: An Anthology of Women on Bodies, Borders, and Place is "a revelation, a multicultural blend of well-known and emerging writers who come together to give nature a voice in our literature and our lives." Not least of the many benefits to readers are its contributions from ......
No other Vietnamese family in modern time had such an intense involvement in high politics and public affairs as the Ngo-Dinhs. Through the tenure of President Ngo-Dinh Di?m of the Republic of Vietnam (1955-1963), this family helped shape Vietnamese history in numerous ways. President Di?m's rule in South Vietnam was perceived by many to be ......
A History of Texas Tech University's College of Agricultural Sciences, 1925-1975
Republished fifty years after its initial release, Fifty Years of Service has gone beyond the political and organizational focus that often dominates histories of institutions. The central theme of this volume is the close working relationship between the College of Agricultural Sciences at Texas Tech University and its grassroots constituency, ......
Born in a Dust Bowl dugout on the hard, flat plains outside Lubbock, Texas, Sonny Curtis picked cotton as a kid, formed a band with his high school friend Buddy Holly, and opened shows for Elvis - and that was just by the age of twenty-two. Now at the end of his long career, Curtis is considered a rock 'n' roll trailblazer. He toured the world ......
