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Travels With Grandpaw    by David Davis
Price: $0.99 USD. 42650 words. Published by New Summerfield Press  on March 24, 2011. .

"Travels With Grandpaw" is "Tuesdays With Morrie" meets "Tom Sawyer"--in Boots. David Davis is known for his award winning children's books. This is a memoir about his 49 year relationship with his "Grandpaw" and Texas. Hunt, fish, laugh, cry, carouse, and hear stories of early 1900's East Texas. Get to know Ray Lacy--The best man David ever knew.
Late Summer Thunder    by J. Jacen De La Garza
Price: Free! 6760 words. Published on April 2, 2011. .

The sound of distant thunder ushers back memories of murder and redemption. Twenty years after the fact, Sam can no longer suppress the recollection of a night he had tried so hard to forget. Late Summer Thunder brings him back to the night of the storm, the night he witnessed a miracle.
Daughter of Texas    by Celia Hayes
Price: $3.99 USD. 159870 words. Published on March 8, 2012. .

A woman’s life in Texas: Before the cattle drives. Before the Alamo. Before the legends were born. She was there ...And she saw it all
The End of Texas    by Juan Batista
Price: Free! 38630 words. Published on May 5, 2012. .

A bumbling Texas governor flirts with secession. Far right militias flock to his call and prepare for violence to bring about independence. A backlash from Indigenous Mexicans in Texas calls for the Aztlan Now movement, Mexicans wanting to secede FROM Texas and stay loyal to the US. Militias, Brown Power people, prison gangs, police, and FBI clash. From this comes new Mexican-majority US states.
SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY: A Photo Journal Traveling Book    by Joseph Gutiz
Price: $0.99 USD. 2940 words. Published on August 28, 2012. .

One of America's most commercially important roads, Highway 10 cuts across the heart of the United States while encompassing two of the most historically rich cities in San Antonio and New Orleans. This travel photo book provides breathtaking views, fascinating wildlife, brilliant seasonal highlights and extraordinary human and natural history that is blended into this beautifully crafted ebook.
Brits At The Alamo    by James W Bancroft
Price: $2.99 USD. 9020 words. Published on September 17, 2012. .

More than 30 British-born men fought for the Texas cause during the siege and battle of the Alamo. This is a concise and informative account of their deeds.
Five Crimes    by C. C. Blake
Price: $4.99 USD. 24210 words. Published by Twice Told Tales  on January 10, 2013. .

Master storyteller, C. C. Blake, invites you to the perfect heist: five forays into crime and suspense, mystery and the macabre for one low price! Cops and crooks, parents and children, lovers and psychotics . . . These stories share ugly secrets and terrifying adversaries, pitching normal people into extraordinary circumstances where courage and ingenuity are the only tools for survival.
The Ballad of the Cop's Gun    by C. C. Blake
Price: $3.99 USD. 9250 words. Published by Twice Told Tales  on March 2, 2013. .

A rummy. A stripper. A slum lord. A body. Crime can be operatic. In the big city, justice's tune is one few citizens know well. When the words don't come, sometimes a cop's gun provides the best accompaniment. This suspense thriller from C. C. Blake has one hell of a tempo.
The Tragic Life of Film Actress Lynne Baggett    by Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Price: $2.99 USD. 3310 words. Published on March 19, 2013. .

Lynne Baggett was not a successful film star. The highlight of her career was a 1948 marriage to Hollywood producer Sam Spiegel. She played mostly uncredited parts in movies. Baggett experienced a spiral of despair which led to suicide in 1960. Like Marilyn Monroe pills were found close to her bedside. Unique to Lynne was her progressive disintegration after a car accident that killed a young man.
The Travis Club    by Mark Louis Rybczyk
Price: $4.99 USD. 62350 words. Published on March 26, 2013. .

In a cathedral in downtown San Antonio, a few blocks from the Alamo, sits the tomb of Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie and the other Alamo Defenders. Or so we have been led to believe. What secrets really lie inside the tomb? What has a group of misguided activists known as The Travis Club stumbled upon? How far will the city's power brokers go to protect those secrets? Find out in The Travis Club.