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With masses of practical information and chapters on the greenhouse, patio pots, containers and more, this is a gardening guide for the older reader. Part of a new series.

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The Texas Rangers were institutionally birthed in 1874 with the formation of the Frontier Battalion. In an effort to put a human face on the Rangers, Alexander tells the story of one of the six companies of the Frontier Battalion, Company D, as--over time--it transforms from a unit of adventurous boys into a reasonably well-oiled law enforcement machine staffed by career-oriented lawmen.

Ira Aten (1862-1953) was the epitome of a frontier lawman. When as a youth he heard of the killing by Rangers of the notorious outlaw Sam Bass at Round Rock, Aten's neighborhood, he altered his plans of being a cowboy and instead set his sights on becoming a Texas Ranger. At age twenty he enrolled in Company D during the transition of the Rangers from Indian fighters to topnotch peace officers. This unit—and Aten—would have a lively time makin...

Many students, historians, and loyal aficionados of Texas Ranger lore know the name of Texas Ranger Captain Frank Jones (1856-1893), who died on the Texas-Mexico border in a shootout with Mexican rustlers. In Six-Shooters and Shifting Sands, Bob Alexander has now penned the first full-length biography of this important nineteenth-century Texas Ranger.

This is a collection of twelve stories of when things turned "Western” in the nineteenth-century US southwest. Each chapter deals with a different character or episode in the Wild West involving various lawmen, Texas Rangers, outlaws, feudists, vigilantes, lawyers, and judges.

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Timed to coincide with Season 3 of the popular NBC show, this cookbook will offer readers 125 recipes from "The Biggest Loser" cast, trainers, and fans, motivational before-and-after photographs of the cast, and dozens of trainer tips.