The Santa Claus Bank Robbery (A.C. Greene Series, No 1)
 A fascinating look at rural Texas at the dawn of Depression. Late on the chilly Texas evening of December 22, 1927, four men drove calmly away from Wichita Falls in a stolen Buick bound for Cisco, 200 miles to the southeast. They were going to rob a bank. ... [... more]
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900 Miles on the Butterfield Trail
Short as the life of the Southern Overland Mail turned out to be (1858 to 1861), the saga of the Butterfield Trail remains a high point in the westward movement. A. C. Greene offers a history and guide to retrace that historic and romantic Trail, which ... [... more]
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History, Humanity and Evolution: Essays for John C. Greene
Essays by prominent scholars in the history of evolutionary thought, with additional contributions by the dedicatee. [... more]
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The Darwinian Revolution: Science Red in Tooth and Claw
Originally published in 1979, The Darwinian Revolution was the first comprehensive and readable synthesis of the history of evolutionary thought. Though the years since have seen an enormous flowering of research on Darwin and other nineteenth-century ... [... more]
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Vascular Flora of Illinois (Illustrated Flora of Illinois)
The first flora of Illinois was prepared in 1846 by Dr. Samuel B. Mead, a physician from Augusta, Illinois. Between 1846 and 1963, several people published plant lists and floras for various parts of Illinois. In 1975, Robert H. Mohlenbrock published his ... [... more]
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Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of ...
With insight and wit, Robert J. Richards focuses on the development of evolutionary theories of mind and behavior from their first distinct appearance in the eighteenth century to their controversial state today. Particularly important in the nineteenth ... [... more]
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Of Birds and Texas
As John James Audubon's Birds of America was the most magnificent ornithological publication of the nineteenth century, Of Birds and Texas may rightfully claim that honor for the twentieth. Originally published in a twenty-three-by-twenty-nine-and-a-half- ... [... more]
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Adventures with a Texas Naturalist
"To me, it has as much strength and message . . . as Leopold's A Sand County Almanac or Thoreau's Walden. " —from the Introduction by Rick Bass "A Texan wholly devoted to his native Southwest, he was regional but not provincial.... Roy ... [... more]
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900 Miles On the Butterfield Trail
"Remember, boys, nothing on God's earth must stop the United States mail!" said John Butterfield to his drivers. Short as the life of the Southern Overland Mail turned out to be (1858 to 1861), the saga of the Butterfield Trail remains a high ... [... more]
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900 Miles on the Butterfield Trail
"Remember, boys, nothing on God's earth must stop the United States mail!" said John Butterfield to his drivers. Short as the life of the Southern Overland Mail turned out to be (1858 to 1861), the saga of the Butterfield Trail remains a high ... [... more]
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Science in Nineteenth-Century America: A Documentary History
Combining well-chosen correspondence of scientists with historical commentary, Reingold brings to life the developing American scientific community of the nineteenth century. "The reader catches glimpses of William Maclure mixing science and social ... [... more]
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The Mason County "Hoo Doo" War, 1874-1902 (A.C. Greene ...
In 1874 the "Hoo Doo" War erupted in the Texas Hill Country of Mason County. The feud began with the rise of the mob under Sheriff John Clark, but it was not until the premeditated murder of rancher Timothy Williamson in 1875, a murder ... [... more]
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