Texas Heritage Bookshop

Hopkins County Genealogical Society Library

212 Main St., Sulphur Springs, TX 75482

Specializing in Books about Texas and Texans

 

Title / Description / Cover / Price / Tax / Total

 

Lone Star Confederate by Skoch & Perkins, testimony of a a gallant soldier of the Fifth Texas Infantry, hardback $27.50 / $2.27 / $29.77

The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston, Vol. IV: 1852-1863 by Madge Roberts, letters showing his concern over the approaching Civil War and his resignation as governor of Tennessee, final volume in this series includes comprehensive index to all four volumes, hardback $29.99 / $2.39 / $31.39

Queen of the Confederacy by Elizabeth W. Lewis, the innocent deceits of Lucy Holcombe Pickens, hardback, $24.95 /$ 2.05 / $27.00

The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877 by Paul H. Carson, hardback, $24.95 / $2.05 / $27.00

 The Diaries of John Gregory Bourke, Vol. 1 by Charles M. Robinson III, unique insights into how wars against the Indians were conducted during the late 19th century, hardback, $49.95 / $4.11 / $54.06

 Women and Children of the Alamo, by Crystal Sasse Ragsdale, stories from more than a dozen who survived the final massacre, soft cover, $14.95 / $1.23 / $16.18

William Tecumseh Sherman and the Settlement of the West by Robert G. Athearn, story illustrating Sherman's view of the frontier army's function bet 1865 and 1883, soft cover $9.15 / $0.75 / $9.90

 Let's Hear It -- Stories by Texas Women Writers softcover, $19.95 / $1.65 /  $21.60

 A Place Called Hopkins County by Bobby McDonald, soft cover, $27.95 / $2.30 / $30.25

 Plowing Deep by Bobby McDonald, soft cover, $27.95 / $2.30 / $30.25

 Out of Darkness by Bobby McDonald, soft cover, $27.95 / $2.30 / $30.25

 Poetry from a Cowboy's Heart , poems by Monty Teel, soft cover, $13.85 / $1.15 / $15.00

 The Bootlegger's Other Daughter by Mary Cimarolli, hardback, $24.95 / $2.06 / $27.01

 The Matthews Files, Hopkins Co. TX 1846-1900, by Carrol D. Cagle, a compendium of the official records on microfilm of the descendants of Oliver Matthews (1729-1799), hardback, $50.00 tax included

Building on Trust by Mary Leta Davis, history of Sulphur Springs Loan & Building Association, hardback, $10.00 / $0.83 /  $10.83 

Quotable Texas Women by Susie K. Flatau and Lou H. Rodenberger, soft cover $12.95 / $1.07 / $14.02

 Miller Grove Methodist Church History by Dr. Patsy Hallman, history of the community church plus cemetery listings, soft cover, $16.63 / $1.37 / $18.00   

Letters from Miss Edna by Dr. Patsy Hallman, personal correspondence between 1925-1975 detailing events of local importance in the Miller Grove community as well as county and national events impacting an ordinary family living in the 20th century, soft cover, $18.50 / $1.50 / $20.00

Taste, Tales and Traditions -- 150 Years in Sulphur Springs, pub. by Sulphur Springs Sesquicentennial Committee 2004, $40.00 total

Bringing the Law to Texas -- Crime and Violence in 19th Century Texas, story of how the lawmen and courts worked to establish the rule of law during the first 55 years (1846-1900) of Texas, by Allen G. Hatley, $31.95 total

The First Texas Legion, story of the Texas Confederate regiment that began in Lavaca Co. TX and grew into one of the only two "Legions" raised in Texas during the Civil War, by Allen G. Hatley, $31.95 total

The Third Texas Cavalry in the Civil War, story of the regiment recruited from 26 counties of northeastern Texas with narrations about troop movements and battle actions, by Douglas Hale, soft cover, $17.95 / $1.48 / $19.43

Following Old Fencelines -- Tales from Rural Texas, description of the culture of a small, isolated community in Northeast Texas 50 years ago, by Lee Winniford, hardback, $29.95 / $2.47 / $32.42

Texas Tears and Texas Sunshine -- Voices of Frontier Women, stories from sixteen women about everything from log cabin days of colonization to settlement of the South Plains, edited by Jo Ella Powell Exley, hardback, $29.95 / $2.47 / $32.42

The Chisholm Trail, an account of Texas cowboys and cattle owners as heroes in the westward expansion on this famous trail beginning in 1867, by Wayne Gard, soft cover, $21.95 / $1.81 / $23.76

Jesse Chisholm -- Ambassador of the Plains, non-fiction story of this mixed-blood Cherokee who was an important liaison between Indian tribes, the US government and the Republic of Texas, by Stan Hoig, soft cover, $19.95 / $1.65 / $21.60

Charles Goodnight -- Cowman and Plainsman, story of the internationally famous cattle rancher from the Texas Panhandle, by J. Evetts Haley, softcover, $24.95 / $2.06 / $27.01

Robert E. Lee in Texas, story of the great general's career and service in Texas during the four years just preceding the Civil War, by Carl Coke Rister, soft cover, $19.95 / $1.65 / $21.60

Texas History Stories, children's book for grades 4-7 consisting of 13 stories about major personalities and events of Texas, by E.G. Littlejohn, soft cover, $14.95 / $1.23 / $16.18

Jim Courtright of Fort Worth -- His Life and Legend, colorful character who operated on both sides of the law during the wild and woolly days of Fort Worth's Hell's Half Acre, by Robert K. DeArment, hardback, $24.95 / $2.06 / $27.01

Sea of Mud, an archeological investigative story of the retreat of the Mexican Army after San Jacinto, by Gregg J. Dimmick, hard back, $34.95 / $2.88 / $37.83

Frontier Texas -- History of a Borderland to 1880, epic story of the West Texas frontier from Fort Worth to the Caprock and from Palo Duro Canyon to the San Saba River, by Robert Pace and Donald Frazier, hardback, $19.95 / $1.65 / $21.60

Biscuits Across the Brazos by Jim H. Ainsworth recalls the pain and pleasure of retracing an ancestral journey by wagon and horseback to Delta County. soft cover, $15.00 / $1.24 / $16.24

Brush Men and Vigilantes by David Pickering and Judy Falls clearly shows how tensions led to violence that took place in Hunt and Hopkins Counties during and after the Civil War. hardback, $24.95 / $2.05 / $27.00 

 

 

When ordering, please add $4.00 shipping charge for each hardback book, or $3.00 for one soft cover book; add $.50 for each additional soft cover book.

Make checks payable to Hopkins County Genealogical Society. Mail book order to HCGS, PO Box 624, Sulphur Springs, TX 75483-0624