Notables, Peace & War
This is a collection of newspaper articles and short stories that the author wrote and amassed over a period of more than eighty years. They were based on experiences he had as a child, in the military service, during his college days and working years, just listening to his own family tell stories, and while researching for periodicals and various family genealogies. He has shared these histories and experiences with several periodicals over his adult years with little monetary remuneration, because he just wanted to. The reading public seemed to enjoy them or at least they told him and his publishers so. He enjoys writing and perhaps it flatterers his altruistic side to share these short stories with others and see them in print. You have asked for them to be printed in book form, but there were far too many to put in one book, so this is a start. Here are some of the titles you’ll encounter in this collection:
Robert E. Lee Stayed in Boerne, Texas Let's Talk About the Birds and Trees in Texas Setting the Record Straight About the Comal Springs in New Braunfels Who Were the Landas? The Story of the Miner's Canary Atlantis Has Never Been Lost! Recollections of the Katy Prairie and Katy, Texas What a Difference a School Makes Texas Schools in the 1930s A Texas Christmas in 1931 Vote, Vote, O' How Many Times Should I Vote? Who Answered the Door? How Thomas Dewey Might Have Lost the Election A Staff Writer for the First Handbook of Texas What if Your Ancestors Had Ignored History & the Printed Word? When Firemen were Boys The Tale of Two Little Red Fire Trucks A Small Town Texas Movie House The Great Depression in Texas — 1930s Prohibition in Texas I Really Miss the Old Days Collecting & Trapping Things for Gas Money A Sailor's Brush with History in World War II |
From the Atlantic to the Pacific in WWII I'll Be Home for Christmas 1945 How I Was Recalled For the Korean War The Military Recruiter is Your Friend How the Nickel Coin Got Its Name Bank Notes Issued By the Republic of Texas Grand Prize Beer & Howard R. Hughes Sonja Henie, the First March of Dimes, & a Visit to Houston, Texas Do You Remember Joe Louis the Boxer? I Sang On the Lucky Strike Hit Parade with Frank Sinatra Mickey Rooney Gave My Children a Private Performance George Bush the Bartender Does Anyone Remember Cugie? Buddy and Scrammy Sinbad, Chief Dog of the United States Coast Guard Why Grandpa Didn't Like Dogs A Famous Silent Screen Actor Kitty, What Are You Up To? Willy's Great Adventure in the Wild West Clate Comes to Texas My Cousin Was a Comanche Indian Pirates and Buccaneers in Early Texas Santa Fe, N. M. Ranches & Racehorses |
Some are for fun. Some are stranger than fiction but, nevertheless, reflect actual facts and events. He hopes you enjoy them. |
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