Books by Lurlene Bowden

CATTLE TRAILS: There were (2) historic Trails, almost forgotten in songs and western lore around the campfire...cattle trails from Texas to New Orleans, Louisiana, THE OPELOUSAS TRAIL AND THE OLD SPANISH TRAIL. THE OPELOUSAS TRAIL retraced and ran parallel to the OLD SPANISH TRAIL for (102) years, before rail service was completed with the first rail bridge over the Sabine River at Orange, Texas, that linked Houston, Texas with New Orleans, Louisiana, THE CRESCENT CITY, for the first time. Their decades of the accumulation of cattle tracks have been silently forgotten as Texas''s oldest and longest surviving trails.HUNDLEY WIGGINS, Great Grandfather of Shamrock Shelley Cleaver, owner of over (6,000) acres of prime Cotton and Cattle land in East Texas, supported, financially, a Confederate battalion of Rebels in the way of uniforms, guns, ammunition, horses, and supplies for (3) states on Texas''s borders. When the South disappeared with the "Ashes of its memory in the wind," so did the empires of the land. Carpetbaggers, like vultures, preyed on ruined, Large, landowners and Northern money bought and owned what they wanted all along..."the grandeur and wealth of a time short lived, but elegant, prosperous, and gone."

LONE STAR STATE OF MIND:In the Great State of Texas, found in the county of Cherokee, a little town called LONESTAR was founded in (1883). You won''t find it on any map. It''s not there anymore, but if you go looking for it, there''s a marker off FM 2274. With one house still standing built, before the Civil War. Life has returned to this place. The simple life of LONESTAR. Everyone is treated as family. Not one stranger will you meet. The Meals are cooked on campfire. Say grace before ya''ll eat. Cherished memories are still made there. No better way of life you''ll find. Live life in a LONESTAR STATE OF MIND.Was there an arsonous murderer in Lone Star, Cherokee County, Texas? Judge for yourself after you have heard Shamrock Shelley Cleaver''s story about his birthplace in Texas, a town created first as a settlement store called, "Skin Tight." This begins a "fir" stretch of the imagination and another tale. LONESTAR LICKSKILLET: The first (2) words commemorate the Great State of Texas'' flag, while the (3) word is pure COUNTRY, a common name used for towns, cities, ranches, creeks, and roads in rural America. All of them put TOGETHER in Texas Western Legends say: "When the Grub is all gone, there is nothing left, but the memory of what it was!" 

The LONESTAR LICKSKILLET TRILOGY has been around, since (2016), highlighting the CLEAVER HERITAGE throughout the United States to CHEROKEE COUNTY in Texas. The Wallopin,'' Tongue-Waggin,'' Whoppers with Hilarious Hollers of Historical Humor, as only an Irishman can tell, are abounding in ALL, (3) Volumes. The Southern, Downhome, Country, Cookin'' Recipes are worth the price of the book. 

A Grandma or Grandmother is an older woman, wife, mother, and complete   caregiver of her family. Her FAITH in the, Good Lord, courage, strength, and  endurance is "beyond human understanding." Her WORD is to be honored and respected and "woe to those who do not heed, hear, listen, or learn." Her LOVE is all abiding, encompassing, and understanding. Her ABILITY as a nurse, Doctor, teacher, counselor, cook, and housekeeper is to be REMEMBERED by those women, who "follow in her footsteps."