Books published by University of North Texas Press,U.S.

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.

Features stories that add fresh perspectives to the familiar Fort Worth story, revealing how the law worked in old days and what life was like for persons of color and for women living in a man's world.

In the fields, in the woods, in the dark water of Ohio, something is happening. Girls disappear, turn on each other. Men watch from the rear view as the narrator hedges, changes her mind.

James ""Jim"" Davis lived what he considered ""an impossible dream"" as he piloted a B-24, as part of the 8th Air Force, on nearly thirty missions in the European Theatre during World War II. While he and his crew survived without serious injuries, they witnessed the destruction of many of their friends' planes.

Written by the author of ""Through Animals' Eyes"", this title tells stories that cover the humorous and the tragic, the surprising and the inevitable. It includes stories about the orphaned baby Rhesus monkey who found a new mother in an old monkey rescued from a lab, and the brave red-tailed hawk who was illegally shot, but healed to soar again.

Demonstrating what makes Texas diverse, this book contains fourteen essays that are held together by the story of Texas pride - the sense that from West Texas to the Coastal Plains, the people and the landscape are bold and unique. It addresses various major regions of Texas.

What happens when an expert on grief is faced with the decline of her beloved mother? The author documents her own struggle with anticipatory grief, abandoning the traditional academic approach to the process which implies the sufferer must aim to end the attachment to the loved one.

Examines how the United States Army and the German Armed Forces selected, educated, and promoted their officers in the crucial time before World War II. It clearly explains the lack of audacity of many high ranking American officers during World War II. Those American officers who became outstanding leaders in World War II did so not so much because of their military education, but despite it.

Presents research on how Texans experienced Civil war. This book takes you from the battlefront to the home front, ranging from inside the walls of a Confederate prison to inside the homes of women and children left to fend for themselves while their husbands and fathers were away on distant battlefields.

Drawing from newspapers, court records, and a decade of interviews and observation, Keegan LeJeune offers a penetrating examination of the interplay between legend and place. The book also considers how contemporary festivals and other forms of cultural heritage employ legend as a cultural recourse.

A study of folk building in Texas. It ranges across the state in word and photograph to explore the building by settlers who tarried on the timbered lands of East Texas and built with the readily available pine logs in the traditions of their fathers.

Chet Atkins called Lenny Breau (1941-1984) ""the greatest guitarist who ever walked the face of the earth."" Breau's virtuosity influenced countless performers, but unfortunately it came at the expense of his personal relationships. This book analyzes Breau and his recordings to reveal an enormously gifted man and the inner workings of his music.

John Gregory Bourke kept a monumental set of diaries as aide-de-camp to Brigadier General George Crook. This second volume opens as Crook prepares for the expedition that would lead to his infamous and devastating Horse Meat March. It continues with the Powder River Expedition and ends with a retrospective of his service in Tucson, Arizona.