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<\/span><\/span>Texas Reads<\/span>>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span>Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n11.26.2017\u00a0\u00a0 New Texas books make great gifts<\/h1>\n
It\u2019s that time of the year when folks like to buy books as gifts<\/span> for relatives and friends who enjoy reading. Here are some new Texas books to consider.<\/p>\nFiction<\/span><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/wingate%2c%20before%20we%20were%20yours_cover%20sm175x268.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span><\/span>Before We Were Yours<\/span> by Texas novelist Lisa Wingate<\/span> is based on a true story about a Memphis children\u2019s home in the 1930s that kidnapped children and sold them to wealthy families.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/kelton%2c%20wild%20west_cover%20sm139x208.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span><\/span>Wild West<\/span> is a new collection of eleven Elmer Kelton <\/span>short stories from the 1950s, before he became a well-known western author.<\/p>\nThe Sawbones<\/span> series by Melissa Lenhardt<\/span> is a trilogy of gritty western thrillers featuring a female doctor on the Texas frontier.<\/p>\nThe Fleecing of Fort Griffin<\/span> by Preston Lewis<\/span> of San Angelo is one of the funniest westerns I\u2019ve ever read.<\/p>\nDistinguished Fort Worth tale-spinner James Ward Lee<\/span> has penned his first novel at age 86, Girls of the Golden West,<\/span> and it\u2019s a literary gem.<\/p>\nPhotography and Art<\/span><\/p>\nWatt Matthews of Lambshead,<\/span> a spectacular collection of photos and text by Laura Wilson, has been brought back in an even more spectacular, expanded third edition. (Book signing: 1-3 p.m. Dec. 2, Texas Star Trading Co., downtown Abilene).<\/p>\nOf Texas Rivers & Texas Art<\/span> is an extraordinary volume dealing with water conservation and river-related art, including fifty-four paintings by twenty contemporary Texas artists, including Abilene\u2019s Randy Bacon<\/span>.<\/p>\nAnother exceptional art book is George W. Bush\u2019s<\/span> Portraits of Courage,<\/span> color paintings and personal essays about ninety-eight service men and women<\/p>\nNon-Fiction<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/pickett%2c%20mighty%2c%20mighty%20matadors_cover%20sm.jpg\")
<\/div>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>In Mighty, Mighty Matadors,<\/span> Al Pickett<\/span> writes about Lubbock Estacado\u2019s 1967 undefeated state football champions, the first year the newly-integrated high school was eligible to compete.<\/p>\nThursday Night Lights<\/span> by Michael Hurd<\/span> tells the story of black high school football in Texas before integration.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/neugebauer%2c%20a%20witness%20to%20history_cover%20sm141x211.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span><\/span>A Witness to History: George H. Mahon, West Texas Congressman,<\/span> Janet M. Neugebauer\u2019s political biography, recalls a more congenial era in American politics.<\/p>\nBest-selling inspirational author Max Lucado\u2019s<\/span> latest is Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World.<\/span><\/p>\nJen Hatmaker<\/span> checks in with Of Mess and Moxie<\/span>.<\/p>\nChildren<\/span><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/blaise%2c%20this%20is%20texas%20y-all_cover%20sm205x231.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>One of the best Texas children\u2019s books I\u2019ve seen this year is This Is Texas, Y\u2019all! The Lone Star State from A to Z<\/span> by Misha Maynerick Blaise<\/span>. Fun reading for the whole family.<\/p>\nAnd, for you Hank the Cowdog<\/span> fans, John Erickson<\/span> has produced his seventieth (yes, 70th!) book in that beloved series, The Case of the Troublesome Lady.<\/span><\/p>\n* * * * *<\/p>\n
Glenn Dromgoole\u2019s<\/span> latest book is West Texas Stories<\/span><\/a><\/span>Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/p>\n>> Read his past Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Literary Life here.<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 11.26.2017\u00a0\u00a0 New Texas books make great gifts It\u2019s that time of the year when folks like…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Fiction<\/span><\/p>\n The Sawbones<\/span> series by Melissa Lenhardt<\/span> is a trilogy of gritty western thrillers featuring a female doctor on the Texas frontier.<\/p>\n The Fleecing of Fort Griffin<\/span> by Preston Lewis<\/span> of San Angelo is one of the funniest westerns I\u2019ve ever read.<\/p>\n Distinguished Fort Worth tale-spinner James Ward Lee<\/span> has penned his first novel at age 86, Girls of the Golden West,<\/span> and it\u2019s a literary gem.<\/p>\n Photography and Art<\/span><\/p>\n Watt Matthews of Lambshead,<\/span> a spectacular collection of photos and text by Laura Wilson, has been brought back in an even more spectacular, expanded third edition. (Book signing: 1-3 p.m. Dec. 2, Texas Star Trading Co., downtown Abilene).<\/p>\n Of Texas Rivers & Texas Art<\/span> is an extraordinary volume dealing with water conservation and river-related art, including fifty-four paintings by twenty contemporary Texas artists, including Abilene\u2019s Randy Bacon<\/span>.<\/p>\n Another exceptional art book is George W. Bush\u2019s<\/span> Portraits of Courage,<\/span> color paintings and personal essays about ninety-eight service men and women<\/p>\n Non-Fiction<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/span>In Mighty, Mighty Matadors,<\/span> Al Pickett<\/span> writes about Lubbock Estacado\u2019s 1967 undefeated state football champions, the first year the newly-integrated high school was eligible to compete.<\/p>\n Thursday Night Lights<\/span> by Michael Hurd<\/span> tells the story of black high school football in Texas before integration.<\/p>\n Best-selling inspirational author Max Lucado\u2019s<\/span> latest is Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World.<\/span><\/p>\n Jen Hatmaker<\/span> checks in with Of Mess and Moxie<\/span>.<\/p>\n Children<\/span><\/p>\n And, for you Hank the Cowdog<\/span> fans, John Erickson<\/span> has produced his seventieth (yes, 70th!) book in that beloved series, The Case of the Troublesome Lady.<\/span><\/p>\n * * * * *<\/p>\n Glenn Dromgoole\u2019s<\/span> latest book is West Texas Stories<\/span><\/a><\/span>Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/p>\n Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 11.26.2017\u00a0\u00a0 New Texas books make great gifts It\u2019s that time of the year when folks like…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/span><\/span><\/span>Before We Were Yours<\/span> by Texas novelist Lisa Wingate<\/span> is based on a true story about a Memphis children\u2019s home in the 1930s that kidnapped children and sold them to wealthy families.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Wild West<\/span> is a new collection of eleven Elmer Kelton <\/span>short stories from the 1950s, before he became a well-known western author.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>A Witness to History: George H. Mahon, West Texas Congressman,<\/span> Janet M. Neugebauer\u2019s political biography, recalls a more congenial era in American politics.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/span>One of the best Texas children\u2019s books I\u2019ve seen this year is This Is Texas, Y\u2019all! The Lone Star State from A to Z<\/span> by Misha Maynerick Blaise<\/span>. Fun reading for the whole family.<\/p>\n>> Read his past Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Literary Life here.<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"