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Stan Kenton: This is an Orchestra!
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Stan Kenton (1911–1979) formed his first full orchestra in 1940 and soon drew record-breaking crowds to hear and dance to his exciting sound. He continued to tour and record unrelentingly for the next four decades. Stan Kenton: This Is an Orchestra! sums up the mesmerizing bandleader at the height of his powers, arms waving energetically, his face a study of concentration as he cajoled, coaxed, strained, and obtained the last ounce of energy from every musician under his control. Michael Sparke’s narrative captures that enthusiasm in words: a lucid account of the evolution of the Kenton Sound, and the first book to offer a critical evaluation of the role that Stan played in its creation. “Michael Sparke’s book, the first general history of the Kenton Orchestra, is the best evaluation yet of Kenton’s 40-year musical development.”—The Wall Street Journal
Date:
May 15, 2010
Creator:
Sparke, Michael
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The UNT Digital Library
The Johnson-sims Feud: Romeo and Juliet, West Texas Style
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In the early 1900s, two families in Scurry and Kent counties in West Texas united in a marriage of fourteen-year-old Gladys Johnson to twenty-one-year-old Ed Sims. Billy Johnson, the father, set up Gladys and Ed on a ranch, and the young couple had two daughters. But Gladys was headstrong and willful, and Ed drank too much, and both sought affection outside their marriage. A nasty divorce ensued, and Gladys moved with her girls to her father’s luxurious ranch house, where she soon fell in love with famed Texas Ranger Frank Hamer. When Ed tried to take his daughters for a prearranged Christmas visit in 1916, Gladys and her brother Sid shot him dead on the Snyder square teeming with shoppers. One of the best lawyers in West Texas, Judge Cullen Higgins (son of the old feudist Pink Higgins) managed to win acquittal for both Gladys and Sid. In the tradition of Texas feudists since the 1840s, the Sims family sought revenge. Sims’ son-in-law, Gee McMeans, led an attack in Sweetwater and shot Billy Johnson’s bodyguard, Frank Hamer, twice, while Gladys—by now Mrs. Hamer—fired at another assassin. Hamer shot back, killed McMeans, and was no-billed on the spot by a grand …
Date:
August 15, 2010
Creator:
O'Neal, Bill
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The UNT Digital Library
Always for the Underdog: Leather Britches Smith and the Grabow War
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Louisiana’s Neutral Strip, an area of pine forests, squats between the Calcasieu and Sabine Rivers on the border of East Texas. Originally a lawless buffer zone between Spain and the United States, its hardy residents formed tight-knit communities for protection and developed a reliance on self, kin, and neighbor. In the early 1900s, the timber boom sliced through the forests and disrupted these dense communities. Mill towns sprang up, and the promise of money lured land speculators, timber workers, unionists, and a host of other characters, such as the outlaw Leather Britches Smith. That moment continues to shape the place’s cultural consciousness, and people today fashion a lore connected to this time. In a fascinating exploration of the region, Keagan LeJeune unveils the legend of Leather Britches, paralleling the stages of the outlaw’s life to the Neutral Strip’s formation. LeJeune retells each stage of Smith’s life: his notorious past, his audacious deeds of robbery and even generosity, his rumored connection to a local union strike—the Grabow War—significant in the annals of labor history, and his eventual death. As the outlaw’s life vividly unfolds, Always for the Underdog also reveals the area’s history and cultural landscape. Often using the particulars of …
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December 15, 2010
Creator:
LeJeune, Keagan
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The UNT Digital Library
Nassau Plantation: The evolution of a Texas-German slave plantation
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In the 1840s an organization of German noblemen, the Mainzner Adelsverein, attempted to settle thousands of German emigrants on the Texas frontier. Nassau Plantation, located near modern-day Round Top, Texas, in northern Fayette County, was a significant part of this story. James C. Kearney has studied a wealth of original source material (much of it in German) to illuminate the history of the plantation and the larger goals and motivation of the Adelsverein. This new study highlights the problematic relationship of German emigrants to slavery. Few today realize that the society’s original colonization plan included ownership and operation of slave plantations. Ironically, the German settlements the society later established became hotbeds of anti-slavery and anti-secessionist sentiment. Several notable personalities graced the plantation, including Carl Prince of Solms-Braunfels, Johann Otto Freiherr von Meusebach, botanist F. Lindheimer, and the renowned naturalist Dr. Ferdinand Roemer. Dramatic events also occurred at the plantation, including a deadly shootout, a successful escape by two slaves (documented in an unprecedented way), and litigation over ownership that wound its way to both the Texas Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court.
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March 15, 2010
Creator:
Kearney, James C.
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The UNT Digital Library
Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, Volume 4, 1842-1845
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This fourth and final volume of the Savage Frontier series completes the history of the Texas Rangers and frontier warfare in the Republic of Texas era. During this period of time, fabled Captain John Coffee Hays and his small band of Rangers were often the only government-authorized frontier fighters employed to keep the peace. Author Stephen L. Moore covers the assembly of Texan forces to repel two Mexican incursions during 1842, the Vasquez and Woll invasions. This volume covers the resulting battle at Salado Creek, the defeat of Dawson’s men, and a skirmish at Hondo Creek near San Antonio. Texas Rangers also played a role in the ill-fated Somervell and Mier expeditions. By 1844, Captain Hays’ Rangers had forever changed the nature of frontier warfare with the use of the Colt five-shooter repeating pistol. This new weapon allowed his men to remain on horseback and keep up a continuous and deadly fire in the face of overwhelming odds, especially at Walker’s Creek. Through extensive use of primary military documents and first-person accounts, Moore sets the record straight on some of Jack Hays’ lesser-known Comanche encounters. “Moore’s fourth and final volume of the Savage Frontier series contains many compelling battle narratives, …
Date:
September 15, 2010
Creator:
Moore, Stephen L.
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The UNT Digital Library
FCC Record, Volume 25, No. 14, Pages 11407 to 11962, Supplement (May 20, 2010)
Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date:
May 2010
Creator:
United States. Federal Communications Commission.
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The UNT Digital Library
Characterization of Geomorphic Units in Alluvial Valleys and Channels of Gulf Coastal Plain Rivers in Texas, with Examples from the Brazos, Sabine, and Trinity Rivers, 2010
This document provides information on the characterization of geomorphi units in the Alluvial Valleys and Channels of Gulf Coastal Plain Rivers in Texas.
Date:
2010
Creator:
Coffman, David K.; Malstaff, Greg & Heitmuller, Franklin T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bat Control in Schools
This document provides information on how to "prevent or minimize problems associated with bats" in a school environment. (p. 1).
Date:
October 2010
Creator:
Hurley, Janet A.
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The Portal to Texas History
Texas Fact Book
This document provides information on Texas Facts for the Legislative Budget Board.
Date:
2010
Creator:
Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
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The Portal to Texas History
International Fuel Tax Agreement, Texas Guidebook
"This guidebook will help you with the application, licensing, reporting, record-keeping requirements and audit procedures under IFTA".(p. 1).
Date:
October 2010
Creator:
Texas. Comptroller's Office.
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The Portal to Texas History
General Information Guide for Families of Offenders
This pamphlet provides information about programs intended to assist and support criminal offenders and their loved ones.
Date:
December 2010
Creator:
Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Edwards Aquifer Protection Program Contractor's Guide
This document provides rules, regulations, and responsibilities of contractors that have been given approved Edwards Aquifer protection plans or Contributing Zone plans and approval letters. (p. 1).
Date:
November 2010
Creator:
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Issues in Texas : A Survey of Public Perceptions and Attitudes about Water
"The Texas AgriLife Extension Service facilitated a random sample survey of Texas residents to evaluate their awareness of, attitudes about and willingness to act on water issues. The results of this survey will be useful to citizens, local governments, state agencies and policy makers in planning for the future" (p. 6).
Date:
September 2010
Creator:
Boellstorff, Diane E.; Boleman, Chris T. & McFarland, Mark Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Updated Rules for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department]
Document containing the updated guidelines for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Regulations, which includes new rules regarding fishing and hunting.
Date:
August 2010
Creator:
Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas County Mapbook
Book of maps of Texas counties depicting major roads, military facilities, and state properties.
Date:
2010
Creator:
Texas. Department of Transportation.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ernst Hermann Altgelt: Founder of Comfort, Texas
Book about Ernst Hermann Altgelt, the founder of Comfort, Texas. It includes information about Altgelt and his family, and information about the establishment of the city.
Date:
2010
Creator:
Stewart, Anne & Stewart, Mike
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of Abilene Christian University, 2010-2011
Undergraduate catalog describes the governance, history, academic programs, course descriptions, and campus life of Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas. Index begins on page 242.
Date:
2010
Creator:
Abilene Christian University
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Catalog for City of Denton Parks and Recreation, Spring & Summer 2010
Catalog of seasonal activities offered by City of Denton Parks and Recreation, including special events, programs, and classes, broken down by age groups.
Date:
2010
Creator:
Denton (Tex.). Parks and Recreation.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth's Huge Deal: Unwinding Westside's Twisted Legend
This book discusses Arlington Heights, a neighborhood in Fort Worth, Texas that was founded in the late 1880s. It includes a history of the area and the development of the neighborhood, broken down by time periods. The preface includes information about the approach and methodology of the authors.
Date:
2010
Creator:
Atkinson, Jim & Wood, Judy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Council Fire, Handbook of McMurry University, 2010-2011
The Council Fire is the student handbook of McMurry University in Abilene, Texas and includes information about the rules and regulations of the school as well as general information about student governance and campus life.
Date:
2010
Creator:
McMurry University
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stand Strong - The 2010 Black Tie Dinner
Booklet commemorating the 2010 Black Tie Dinner, an event celebrating the strides made in LGBT rights and issues each year.
Date:
2010
Creator:
Black Tie Dinner, Inc.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Twenty Years of Telling Our Stories
Compilation of personal anecdotes and reminiscences collected from people living in or around Grayson, Texas with biographical information for each person. A cumulative index (volumes 1-6, 10) starts on page 131.
Date:
2010
Creator:
Lincecum, Jerry Bryan, 1942- & Redshaw, Peggy A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of the University of North Texas, 2010-2011, Undergraduate
The UNT Undergraduate Bulletin includes information about class offerings as well as "policies, regulations, procedures and fees in effect at the time [the] publication went to press" (p. 1). Index starts on page 571.
Date:
July 2010
Creator:
University of North Texas
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Catalog of the University of North Texas, 2010-2011, Graduate
The UNT Graduate Bulletin includes information about class offerings as well as "policies, regulations, procedures and fees in effect at the time [the] publication went to press" (p. 1). Index starts on page 494.
Date:
July 2010
Creator:
University of North Texas
System:
The UNT Digital Library