Derrick G. Jeter Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Colonel Roosevelt
Edmund MorrisDerrick G. Jeter@sammyj105 There are a number of good ones out there, but Edmund Morris’s trilogy is the granddaddy of them all: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Rex, and Colonel Roosevelt.
Hardcover, 2010
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A Cowboy Detective: A True Story Of Twenty-Two Years With A World Famous Detective Agency (1912)
Charles A. SiringoDerrick G. Jeter@RHH3907 Here are a few other books, you may have read or might be interested in (if you haven't): A Cowboy Detective, also by Charles Siringo; The Log of a Cowboy, by Andy Adams; and The Trail Drivers of Texas, ed. by J. Marvin Hunter
Hardcover, 2010
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Knight in the Sun: Harper B. Lee, First Yankee Matador
Marshall HailDerrick G. Jeterhe opened a poultry farm on the outskirts of San Antonio. He died June 26, 1941. Drawings by Tom Lea, from Marshall Hail's 1962 biography of Gillett (Lee), Knight in the Sun.
Paperback, 2010
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A Bowl of Red
Frank X. TolbertDerrick G. JeterOn this day in Texas history, in 1984, chili aficionado Francis (Frank) X. Tolbert died of heart failure. Soon after the publication of his book, A Bowl of Red (1962), he founded the Chili Appreciation Society International, which hosts an annual chili cookoff in Terlingua. https://t.co/Wnm7tVq4tO
Paperback, 2001
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John
Gail R. O'DayDerrick G. JeterOn this day in Texas history, in 1837, John P. Borden opened the General Land Office in Houston. Along with his brother Gail, Borden surveyed & laid out the town of Houston in 1836. The GLO moved to Austin in 1839. Borden transported almost 5,000 pounds of documents by wagon. https://t.co/iDP50khZ4Z
Paperback, 2010
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New York: Historic Towns
Theodore RooseveltDerrick G. JeterOn this day in Texas history—sort of—in 1858, Theodore Roosevelt was born. Though born and reared in New York, Roosevelt had the heart and spirit of a true Texan. Not only did he recruit and train the Rough Riders in San Antonio, he also had the valor and swagger of a Texan. https://t.co/5RCG58fvJY
Hardcover, 2010
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Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
Cormac McCarthyDerrick G. JeterI'm re-reading Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian and came across this: "Are you Texas? ... You are Texas." This isn't an inquiry into whether the Kid or Toadvine are Texans, but are, in the words of Alexander Sweet, "more dangerous than ... a can of dynamite." @MccarthyReading
Paperback, 1992
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookKnight in the Sun: Harper B. Lee, First Yankee Matador
Marshall HailDerrick G. Jeterhe opened a poultry farm on the outskirts of San Antonio. He died June 26, 1941. Drawings by Tom Lea, from Marshall Hail's 1962 biography of Gillett (Lee), Knight in the Sun.
Paperback, 2010
$28.95$14.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Theodore Rex
Edmund MorrisDerrick G. Jeter@sammyj105 There are a number of good ones out there, but Edmund Morris’s trilogy is the granddaddy of them all: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Rex, and Colonel Roosevelt.
Paperback, 2002
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Charles Goodnight: Cowman and Plainsman
J. Evetts HaleyDerrick G. JeterOn this day in Texas history, in 1995 West Texas historian J. Evetts Haley died in Midland. His books "The XIT Ranch of Texas and the Early Days of the Llano Estacado" (1929) and "Charles Goodnight: Cowman and Plainsman" (1936) are seminal works on Texas ranching. https://t.co/xzc8JymozW
Paperback, 1981
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