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ABILENE ROADTRIP - fun stuff to do!
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Hit the Road and Have Some FUN! Take the scenic route from Dallas/Fort Worth and be entertained along the drive with “Windshield History: Tales of the Texas Frontier from Fort Worth to Abilene.” It’s an audio tour of the immigrants’ trail west along U.S. Hwy 180 and TX Hwy 351. The CD is available online at www.texasstartrading.com. In Fort Worth at the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame gift shop, or by calling the Abilene Convention and Visitors Bureau at 325-676-2556. Visit www.center-arts.com.
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Texas Reads: New Elmer Kelton Novel Continues Ranger Series; New Western from Kent Conwell
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A blog about Texas books, authors and literary events. Wednesday, November 11, 2009. New Elmer Kelton Novel Continues Ranger Series; New Western from Kent Conwell. Elmer Kelton, the masterful Western author from San Angelo who passed away in August, completed two more novels in his Texas Ranger series before he died. The first one,. Other Men’s Horses. When the wanted man’s wife sets out to join her husband, Pickard trails her. The woman stops at a prairie shack where she learns that her husban...Pickard...
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November | 2008 | Badlands Blue Star Publications Official Blog
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Badlands Blue Star Publications Official Blog. November 24, 2008. Inspiration Texas Style, coming to a bookstore near you! At 4:56 pm by badlandsbluestar. Photo by Jerod Foster. Official Photographer of the State of Texas, and photographer for Inspiration Texas Style. As well as a multitude of other books heralding the state, has been on the road recently with his wife Sylinda, publisher for Badlands Blue Star Publications, to promote the new volume! This weekend, Wyman and Jerod Foster. We love talking ...
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Lone Star Literary Life | For Readers
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Connecting Texas books and writers with those who most want to discover them. Don't miss TOP TEXAS. The good stories are what no one wants to talk about. So you make up. A story because no one is going to tell you the truth. Looking for a good book? Working on a research project, or a book to give as a gift, or a discussion group to join in your area? Here are some great starting points. Find a book event. Find a book club. Find a writers' group. Find a literary magazine or journal. Books by Texas Authors.
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Texas Reads: Etiquette for Kids
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A blog about Texas books, authors and literary events. Monday, December 7, 2009. Here is a self-published book I came across that should be required reading for everyone ages 9 to 14. Heck, all the rest of us as well! As an advocate of more civility, I heartily recommend this book. Best Foot Forward: A Basic Guide to Good Manners for Kids (or Grownups Who Need a Little Reminder). Her Number 1 cardinal rule for young people dealing with adults? 8220;Always look people in the eye! Texas Star Trading Company.
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Texas Reads: Farm woman's essays recall simpler times
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A blog about Texas books, authors and literary events. Friday, January 7, 2011. Farm woman's essays recall simpler times. For more than 20 years, Nellie Witt Spikes wrote a newspaper column, “As a Farm Woman Thinks,” for several West Texas weeklies in and around Crosby County, east of Lubbock – from 1937 at age 49 until 1960. The columns are grouped into several categories, such as Settling the Llano Estacado, Small Town Life, Drought and Dust Storms, Women’s Work, and A Poetry of Place. 8220;This day, t...
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Texas Reads: Mike Cox named A.C. Greene Award winner
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A blog about Texas books, authors and literary events. Tuesday, May 25, 2010. Mike Cox named A.C. Greene Award winner. Austin author and journalist Mike Cox is the 2010 winner of the A. C. Greene Literary Award given each year to a distinguished Texas author. The award will be presented at the Boots and Books Luncheon on Saturday, Sept. 25, during the West Texas Book and Music Festival in Abilene. Three authors of books about Texas sports legends will speak at a Saturday morning session – Carlton S...
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Texas Reads: October 2010
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A blog about Texas books, authors and literary events. Wednesday, October 6, 2010. More spooky Texas tales. Storytellers Tim Tingle and Doc Moore are back, just in time for Halloween, with. More Spooky Texas Tales. Texas Tech University Press, $18.95 hardcover). Tingle and Moore teamed up on two other books from Texas Tech Press –. Also for young readers) and. Texas Ghost Stories: Fifty Favorites for the Telling. More Spooky Texas Tales. They relate 10 stories, including:. A War of Her Own. It truly is a...
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Texas Reads: 'Flagatography' book pays tribute to Texas flag
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A blog about Texas books, authors and literary events. Wednesday, September 30, 2009. Flagatography' book pays tribute to Texas flag. Photographer E. Joe Deering noticed a Lone Star flag painted on a building in Cisco in 2002, and then he began seeing the flag on pickups and barns and gates and mailboxes and boats. He decided there might be a photographic story there, and a few months later the. Published an eight-page spread in its Sunday magazine. Lovin’ That Lone Star Flag. A police car in Palmer.
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