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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.

A brief history of the Texas War of Independence and the Mexican War, describing the efforts of Mexicans to preserve their nation from the power of the United States.

Examines the daily struggles of soldiers in the Texas Revolution focusing on the Battle of the Alamo.

Examines the history, land and weather, sights, symbols, industries, cities, and other aspects of Texas, and includes a map and fact list.

Trick McGuire, working undercover in an effort to help his girlfriend locate her young nephew who has joined a cult called the Knights of the Once and Forever King, is recruited by a Traveler from the past whose purpose is also focused on the Knights and their evil leader.

Brief biographies of six men who explored and founded settlements in early Texas.

Chronicles the events surrounding the battle at the Alamo in 1836 and explains why it was a key turning point in American history.

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.

Two men---Seth Walker, a teenager trying to understand the genetic nature of his mother's early onset Alzheimer's, and Abel Haggard, an elderly hunchback who spends his days alone on the family farm thinking about the past--are linked by their mothers' stories of a fantasy world in which the lack of memory is a blessing.

When a severe hurricane hits Texas, seventh-grader Izzy MacKenzie is in the wrong place.

Introduces students to the life of Sam Houston, describing how he befriended the Cherokees as a youth, fought the British, served as governor of two states, and became a hero after leading the battle to win Texas's freedom from Mexico.

In graphic novel format, provides both factual and legendary information about the life of frontiersman Jim Bowie, who spent much of his young adult life engaged in illegal pursuits.

Senator Chase, a rising political star, claims his shooting of an illegal Mexican immigrant was a tragic hunting accident, but when the victim's wife presents evidence to the contrary, legal aid attorney Casey Jordan makes it her business to pursue charges against Chase, making everyone she loves a target of his revenge.

College student Claire Danvers discovers that an extreme sport pitting vampire against vampire--and sometimes vampire against human--is being broadcast on the internet from Morganville, Texas.