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Marvels of the Texas Plains|Chuck Lanehart
Marvels of the Texas Plains : Historic Chronicles from the Courthouse to the Caprock
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Assemble a composite portrait of the Texas plains through these historic tales.

Many thousands of years ago, Clovis Man hunted huge mammoths here. More recently, Waylon Jennings drew his musical inspiration here. In the intervening time, the Texas prairie has been the backdrop for the wildest of Wild West shootouts, landmark legal battles and epic achievements in sports, music and medicine. Familiar icons like Roy Orbison and Dan Blocker, as well as forgotten characters like Charlie Squirrel-Eye Emory and John the Catfish Kid Gough all helped shape the colorful history of the Texas Plains. Who shot the sheriff? Who was the earliest American? Who invented the slam dunk? Author Chuck Lanehart answers these questions and many more in a wide-ranging collection of stories.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781467152808
  • ISBN-10: 1467152803
  • Publisher: History Press
  • Publish Date: October 2022
  • Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.84 pounds
  • Page Count: 176

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