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All 23 episodes from the second season of the '70s Western TV
series following the adventures of outlaws Kid Curry (Ben Murphy)
and Hannibal Heyes (Pete Duel) as they try to go straight with the
help of the local governor. Having to stay out of trouble to
achieve amnesty, the two men change identity to avoid detection but
can't seem to kick the habit. The episodes are: 'The Day They
Hanged Kid Curry', 'How to Rob a Bank in One Hard Lesson',
'Jailbreak at Junction City', 'Smiler With a Gun', 'The Posse That
Wouldn't Quit', 'Something to Get Hung About', 'Six Strangers at
Apache Springs', 'Night of the Red Dog', 'The Reformation of Harry
Briscoe', 'Dreadful Sorry Clementine', 'Shootout at Diablo
Station', 'The Bounty Hunter', 'Everything Else You Can Steal',
'Miracle at Santa Marta', '21 Days to Tenstrike', 'The McCreedy
Bust: Going, Going, Gone', 'The Man Who Broke the Bank at Red Gap',
'The Men That Corrupted Hadleyburg', 'The Biggest Game in the
West', 'Which Way to the O.K. Corral?', 'Don't Get Mad, Get Even',
'What's in It for Mia?' and 'Bad Night in Big Butte'.
Visitors to Texas and New Mexico have marvelled for centuries at
the immensity of the Llano Estacado and the surprising contrast as,
at the edges of the great mesa, the flat ground gives way suddenly
to such spectacular formations as the Palo Duro and Caprock
Canyons. In the introduction to Amarillo Flights, artist and
naturalist Walt Davis chronicle the history of this region - what
Paul Chaplo calls the 'Llano Country' - and of those artists,
mapmakers, and travelers who have tried in various ways to capture
its spirit.Working in 'the vast studio of the sky', aerial
photographer Chaplo has battled high winds, turbulence, dust, ice,
near-miss bird strikes, wildfire smoke, and a host of aircraft
problems to show the Llano Country from a place most of us will
never be. Covering more than forty thousand square miles, he
explores the incredible beauty and rich cultural history of the
Panhandle and the surrounding landscapes, from canyons in New
Mexico and Texas to hills and plains in Oklahoma. With the help of
daring pilots, numerous aircraft, and a remarkably steady hand,
Chaplo manages to capture in more than 100 striking photographs the
shapes, textures, and colours of the rugged landforms that cannot
be perceived fully from the ground. Sharing in his unique view from
the southwestern sky, readers will experience from afar - and
sometimes impossibly close - the sunlit canyons, storm-covered
plains, and winding rivers cutting deep into the red earth that
drew Chaplo to this region. For those who appreciate the Llano
Estacado, Texas and Eastern New Mexico history, and landscape
photography, this book provides a fresh and perception-challenging
perspective.
The Green Revolution Delusion is a fictional depiction of a real
life drama that is playing out daily where ever industrial
agriculture is practiced. In two generations agriculture has been
changed radically. What was once a biological process driven by
sunshine and rainfall and a prime generator of wealth has become,
in many cases, an unsustainable industrial process dependent upon
ever increasing inputs of energy and capital. Aside from the
financial aspects, agriculture practiced in the industrial mode is
inherently wasteful of natural resources; soil, water and energy
are consumed in untenable amounts while producing pollution of
soil, water and food stuffs. What was once a very good way to live
and raise a family has become an occupation filled with stress and
outright danger. In far too many cases, the wholesomeness of our
food supply has taken second place to the needs of industry. These
situations do not have to continue; there are methods that can
produce food and fiber in the quantities needed in ways that are
ecologically, financially and sociologically sound. One purpose of
the book is to present options to the methods and practices causing
the most damage that are feasible in the real world. The Green
Revolution Delusion is a portrayal of some of the real and very
disturbing problems of modern agriculture. Damage is being done to
farm families, to the environment and to human health. The book is
not a doom and disaster tirade but rather an attempt to explain why
the conventional wisdom - that we must adopt all of the current
toxic technology: the confined animal feeding operations, the
genetically modified organisms and the chemical fertilizers and
pesticides in order for agriculture to be profitable and productive
- is simply wrong. It is not a technical dissertation but it
presents, without a lot of jargon, some of the scientific and
economic reasons that industrial agriculture is neither sustainable
nor profitable in the long term. It also provides a look at proven
alternatives to some of the most damaging technology and gives
examples of how these alternative methods can be applied in a
practical manner. Fiction is used as the vehicle for putting forth
this information in the hope that an enjoyable reading experience
will bring useful knowledge to a wider audience. The book is not a
how to manual but rather it tries to at least partially explain, in
a non-technical manner, the functioning of the ecological processes
that control the natural world and how these processes can be used
to create agriculture that is financially, ecologically and
sociologically sound.
A Gathering at Oak Creek, a novel, is a portrayal of four very
different people; a depiction of how they come together and how
they and their ancestors are and were molded by the land and by the
times in which they live. The story, which begins over one hundred
and fifty years before, takes place - mainly -in the area that will
become Texas. Scot-Irish, Mexican, German, Tonkawa, Irish and
Comanche all have ancestral parts in the saga while the roles of
African-American, Apache, English and Kiowa are essential to the
story. This is an adventure tale, a seminar on ranching and
ecology, a love story, and a history lesson spiced with mystery,
tragedy and comedy. The story is fiction but the people and events
portrayed are modeled after real life. The Scot-Irish made the
journey from grinding poverty in Scotland to poverty plus religious
strife in Northern Ireland to a sometimes harsh but free and
independent life in America. The German settlers moved to what was
at first Tejas and later Texas as family units; where the
Scot-Irish and Anglo-Saxons tended to "chase the rainbow" the
Germans brought civilization and stability where ever they settled.
The people of northern Mexico suffered terribly for many years from
the actions of predatory Comanche and Apache; it was common for
Mexican and Caucasian children - especially boys - to be adopted
into the tribes and live out their lives as tribesmen. The Tonkawa
people were treated particularly harsh by history; at various
times, they were massacred by Apache, Comanche, white settlers -
with whom they had long been friends and allies - and, when they
were moved to Indian Territory, by consortiums of supposedly "tame"
Indians. After the War Between the States, the disarming of the
people of Texas by the Reconstructionist government did happen and
Texans of all kinds suffered from Indian depredation because of it.
The freed slaves of the 10th United States Cavalry with their
campaigns against the Comanche and later against Victorio and his
renegade Apaches gave lie to the belief, common at the time that
black men could not fight. The area of Texas where Oak Creek Ranch
is located was some of the last land in the United States to be
opened to civilization; for many years "Comancheria" - the land of
the Comanche - was cut off completely from the rest of the world.
No one ventured into the area without the permission of the
Comanche. This continued until the buffalo herds were exterminated
and the Comanche and their Kiowa allies were starved into
submission. Quanah Parker brought the last of the free Comanche in
to the Fort Sill Reservation in 1875 and the Comanche wars were
finally over. The end of Indian hostilities ushered in a new era of
settlement across the area; first by free range cattlemen pushing
in from all four directions and later by farmers and small
ranchers. Mac and Windy - who are featured in the story - were
among the last of the free living cowboys who played such an
important role in the early day ranching industry. The ranching
business underwent great change from its' early days until the
1990's; it became much more industrialized - it moved away from its
roots in the land. Today, at least some ranchers are in the process
of changing once again; raiding Comanche are no longer a threat but
new challenges face the ranchers attempting to take their
operations back to their biological foundations. The book attempts
to give some insights into ranching - past and present - in America
but at the very least, it is an enjoyable read that will leave you
in a good mood. The author grew up in the area where the story
occurs and spent his life as a working rancher. Mike Pinson, whose
original art work graces the front cover, is another fully
accredited cowboy with the broken bones to prove it. Aside from his
art work and cattle operation, Mike is a saddle maker and leather
artist.
In 1955, Frank X. Tolbert, a well-known columnist for the Dallas
Morning News, circumnavigated Texas with his nine-year-old-son in a
Willis Jeep. The column he phoned in to the newspaper about his
adventures, ""Tolbert's Texas,"" was a staple of Walt Davis's
childhood. Fifty years later, Walt and his wife, Isabel, have
re-explored portions of Tolbert's trek along the boundaries of
Texas. The border of Texas is longer than the Amazon River, running
through ten distinct ecological zones as it outlines one of the
most familiar shapes in geography. According to the Davises,
""Driving its every twist and turn would be like driving from Miami
to Los Angeles by way of New York."" Each of this book's sixteen
chapters opens with an original drawing by Walt, representing a
segment of the Texas border where the authors selected a special
place-a national park, a stretch of river, a mountain range, or an
archeological site. Using a firsthand account of that place written
by a previous visitor (artist, explorer, naturalist, or
archeologist), they then identified a contemporary voice (whether
biologist, rancher, river-runner, or paleontologist) to serve as a
modern-day guide for their journey of rediscovery. This dual
perspective allows the authors to attach personal stories to the
places they visited, to connect the past with the present, and to
compare Texas then with Texas now. Whether retracing botanist
Charles Wright's 600-mile walk to El Paso in 1849 or paddling
Houston's Buffalo Bayou, where John James Audubon saw ivory-billed
woodpeckers in 1837, the Davises seek to remind readers that
passionate and determined people wrote the state's natural history.
Anyone interested in Texas or its rich natural heritage will find
deep enjoyment in Exploring the Edges of Texas.Publication of this
book is generously supported by a memorial gift in honor of Mary
Frances ""Chan"" Driscoll, a founding member of the Advisory
Council of Texas A&M University Press, by her sons Henry B.
Paup '70 and T. Edgar Paup '74.
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