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Cruising the Past Along Route 66
 Exciting New Book!
Delbert Trew's latest book brings Route 66 to life with fictional stories based on true stories taken from interviews of those who were there.
Brutally explicit descriptions of the hard times and tragedies taking place in the 1930s.
Character and faces given to the ghostly images and misty figures of legend and lore.
Angels and Saints or crooks and thieves, all worked along The Mother Road. Paperback, 5.5"X8.5", 135 pages, S & H included.
#14-PB-NF Cruising the Past
Along Route 66..........$13.50
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Call of the Desert
Eighteen fiction stories about old prospectors and others living in Death Valley and the desert close by. The stories are Old West at its best featuring mystery, murder, revenge, lost love, excitement and much more. Ironically, the desert can kill the strongest yet cure the weakest of the lot. It can break the will of the greatest yet restore the spirit of the lost. That is why some call it the great equalizer. 245 pages ~ 5x8 art by Napoletano!
#10-PB-F Call of the Desert..........$14.10
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The McLean POW Camp
A WWII installation built at McLean, Texas
By Delbert Trew. Located 3 miles NE of town, the camp held 3,000 German war prisoners from 1943 to 1945. Personal stories of local citizens who worked there, guards who were stationed at the camp, and German prisoner's accounts. Maps, photos and facts remembered by those who lived it. 8"x11" paperback, 45 pages, now in 5th printing and one of only a few books on the subject.
#1-PB-NF The McLean POW Camp..........$10.50
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The R O Brand
The story of Alfred Rowe founder of McLean, Texas, the R O Ranch and who died on the Titanic in1912. Non-fiction, packed with new information about Englishman Alfred Rowe, successful rancher of the "big-ranch-era." After acquiring more than 200,000 acres of ranch land, he founded the town of McLean then died in the tragic Titanic disaster. Learn how he became wealthy long before trains, telegraphs and telephones. A delightful read on good business practices. Maps, photos, extensive references, excellent Donley and Gray County Texas history. 8"x11" paperback, 50 pages and now in 4th printing.
#2-PB-NF The RO Brand..........$10.50
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Warwire
The history of obstacle wire used in warfare from past to present.
Non-fiction, 1878 to modern history explaining the step by step evolution of using barbed wire in war. Hundreds of illustrations of wire design, tools and weapons used in construction and combat. Photos of WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam and paintings of earlier wars. Read how barbed wire changed age-old military tactics, rendered the horse calvary obsolete and caused "trench-lock-down" in WWI. 8"x11" paperback, 128 pages, a bonanza for military collectors, students and historians.
#3-PB-NF Warwire..........$18.10
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Here & Gone
A 2002 Centennial Edition presenting history of the Eastern Texas Panhandle. Telling of country schools, the railroad, the factory, oil fields and gushers, oil camps on the prairie, ghost towns and the McClean POW Camp. All once considered permanent facilities in their communities but are gone today. Real history and nostalgia based on the county records of the past. Brought back into print by popular demand. Non-fiction, 50 pages, 100 illustrations.
#11-PB-NF Here and Gone..........$10.50
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Twice Told Tales of the Llano Estacado
By Bill Russell & Delbert Trew. Illustrated by western artist Al Martin Napoletano. Twenty chapters, 90,000 word text vividly describes just how it was in the Old West days. From chuck wagons, trail drives and windmills to barbed wire and making wild plum jelly, life was a struggle to survive. Learn how the boundaries of Texas were determined in spite of crooked surveyors. Where did all the old towns go? Learn about living in a soddy or how to gather cow chips. Where is Rana Creek? What ties did it have with the XIT? Learn how a cowboy survived the blizzards living in a haystack. How do you make fruit jars out of whiskey bottles? Dance all night to the same song? It happened on a Panhandle ranch one time. Who the hell was Jack? His name is known and carved in rock! Where were the first windmills and how do coyotes always find water? Each tale is brought to life by the more than 260 pen & ink Old West illustrations of Al Martin Napoletano. Truly a book for all ages. A collection of tidbits never before published, all in short story form.
#5-PB-NF Twice Told Tales..........$19.10
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The Demons of Los Alamos
Fiction based on facts - An interesting theory about the reasons for the many livestock mutilations occurring in the Southwest during the last forty years, drives this fast-paced action deep in the heart of New Mexico. When a Special Investigator for the Governor is murdered, Brand Inspector Stone Parieto is hired to take his place. Missing files, cult fanatics, tainted beef and evidence pointing to Los Alamos Laboratories will keep readers on their toes until the final page. Throw in a beautiful research assistant and a former Green Beret named "Kamikaze" and get ready for a trip you won’t forget. Paperback, 5"X8", 180 pages, S&H included.
#6-PB-F The Demons of Los Alamos..........$12.90
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Remembering Harold D. Bugbee
The "The Artist of the Plains"-First book published about his life and art. During his life-span from 1900 to 1963, Harold Bugbee created a massive legacy of western art both in oils and line drawings unparalleled in the Texas Panhandle. This book presents the first close look at his life, artistic efforts, and lists of his work. More than 200 pen & ink illustrations plus interviews with his friends provide never-before-heard information of this fine western gentleman. An excellent resource book for all collectors, historians, artists and admirers of the Old West. Paperback, 85 pages, text, photos and 200 illustrations. Includes S & H.
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It’s All Trew #1
You asked for it! Brought back into print by demand. Contains 80 weekly Newspaper Articles by Delbert Trew published by the Amarillo Globe News in 2001 - 2002. From shivarees, to making butter, lye soap, slopping hogs, living through the Dust Bowl, home-made ice cream, ice boxes and more, the articles bring back a flood of forgotten memories. Plus, 17 fiction short stories by the Author on Old West subjects. 8x11 ~ 126 pages
#12-PB-NF It's All Trew #1..........$16.90
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It’s All Trew #2
Contains 99 weekly news columns published by the Amarillo Globe News since 2002. Like the original "It’s All Trew" book, now in its third printing, #2 tells it like it was in the old days. No sad news here, all nostalgic and fun to recall. From collecting "stuff" to playing Jacks, from Mumble-peg to patching flats on a Model T, hand-me-downs, 5 gallon buckets, gasoline car heaters and processing milk on the farm, the whole kit & caboodle is covered. Big, easy-to-read print, one page stories, just the right length to place by the commode, War Bonds, bedbugs, slopping hogs and cutting hair by lamplight are all covered. Sit back and recall the past when neighbors knew their neighbors and everybody waved when passing. Party lines, flour-sack drawers, razor strops. low-quarter shoes and hot toddies are recalled. Paperback, 8"X11', 105 pages, S & H included.
#8-PB-NF It's All Trew #2..........$19.10
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It’s All Trew #3
New Newspaper Articles!
A continuation of the popular It's All Trew newspaper columns published by the Amarillo Globe News since 2001. The book contains 104 new columns published in 2005 and 2006 on humor, nostalgia and history.
Old time coffee, crayolas, chopping ice, early day pool halls, Model Ts, car tags, dipping snuff, bar ditches, horse tanks and hundreds of other subjects you had not thought of in years.
Cruise back into the past for a nostalgic visit, laugh at some country humor and learn fact and strange stories about history you never heard before. We promise you will enjoy this book. Paperback, 8"X11", 104 pages, S & H included.
#13-PB-NF It's All Trew #3..........$19.10
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Centennial Cookbook
Tried and true recipes from the greatest cooks in the Panhandle, the women who cook for churches, local meetings and families. Chapter introductions by Delbert Trew, sections for each food group, book written and published by the women of the McLean Community during the Centennial Celebration year of Gray County. All proceeds are donated to the museums of McLean. Paperback, plastic comb binding, 285 pages, hundreds of recipes, S & H included.
#9-PB-NF The Centennial Cookbook..........$16.10 |
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