An elected member of the Texas Institute of Letters, Mike Cox is the author of fourteen nonfiction books. Over a freelance career of more than forty years, he has also written hundreds of articles and essays for a wide variety of publications.His most recent book, The Texas Rangers: Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900 (2008) received excellent reviews and has been a best-seller among books about the Old West. A former award-winning reporter, he was a longtime spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety and later communications manager for the Texas Department of Transportation before retiring in 2007.These days he devotes full time to his freelance writing, while finding time to pursue a little fishing and hunting. He lives in Austin with his wife and daughter.
25 Ebooks por Mike Cox
Mike Cox: Texas Disasters
True accounts of major disasters in Texas history are retold in this engagingly written collection. In this part of the country tornadoes are a frequent threat, but in addition to the many violent tw …
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Historic Photos of Heroes of the Old West
No story in United States history is more compelling than the exploration and settlement of the American West, and the tales of those who blazed the trails will forever enthrall Americans yet unborn. …
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Historic Photos of Texas Oil
On January 10, 1901, near Beaumont, Texas, an unremarkable knoll of earth the world would soon call Spindletop shot a geyser of oil a hundred feet into the air, confirming the belief of Pattillo Higg …
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Historic Photos of Texas Lawmen
The history of law enforcement in the Lone Star State goes back well before photography, dating to Texas’s days as part of the Spanish empire. After that Texas became a province of Mexico and for nea …
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€38.99
Mike Cox & Ellen Mulder: Descriptive Metadata for Television
Descriptive Metadata for Television is a comprehensive introduction for television professionals that need to understand metadata’s purpose and technology. This easy-to-read book translates obscure t …
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Mike Cox & Ellen Mulder: Descriptive Metadata for Television
Descriptive Metadata for Television is a comprehensive introduction for television professionals that need to understand metadata’s purpose and technology. This easy-to-read book translates obscure t …
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€25.67
Jillian Campbell & Mike Cox: Secret Newark
Secret Newark goes behind the facades of the familiar to discover the lesser-known aspects of the town’s fascinating past. Situated on the important old Roman road, the Fosse Way, the ancestral marke …
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Jillian Campbell & Mike Cox: Lost Newark
The town of Newark has been an important place since medieval times, when it became a major centre for wool and cloth production. The town grew around its once-impressive castle, built in the elevent …
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Mike Cox: Legends & Lore of the Texas Capitol
From its beginning as one of the most ambitious construction projects west of the Mississippi, the imposing red granite Lone Star statehouse loomed large in Texas lore. The iconic landmark rests on a …
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Mike Cox: Train Crash at Crush, Texas
On September 15, 1896, Crush boasted the highest population in Texas. Built near Waco, the town provided the staging ground for a publicity stunt ramming two trains together at top speed. Showrunner …
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Mike Cox: Central Texas Tales
Central Texas is an area as diverse culturally as it is geographically. Bordered by Hill Country in the west, green farmland in the east and Waco and New Braunfels in the north and south, this area h …
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Mike Cox: West Texas Tales
Historian Mike Cox has been writing about Texas history for four decades, sharing tales that have been overlooked or forgotten through the years. Travel to El Paso during the "Big Blow" of …
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€20.11
Mike Cox: Texas Panhandle Tales
The Texas Panhandle is like a whole ‘nother country. The area stretching from just south of Lubbock all the way north to Oklahoma is filled with ranch land, oil fields, windy plains, and some of the …
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Mike Cox: Big Bend Tales
Travel deeper into the Texas outback with writer-historian Mike Cox as he recounts the lesser-known stories from Alpine, Fort Davis and Marfa. Revisit the grandeur of Alpine’s Holland Hotel, peer thr …
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Mike Cox: Gunfights & Sites in Texas Ranger History
Since colonizer Stephen F. Austin proposed hiring ten rangers "for the common defense" in 1823, the Texas Rangers have protected the Lone Star State from its enemies with dedication and for …
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€16.65
Dean Smith: Cowboy Stuntman
Dean Smith has taken falls from galloping horses, engaged in fistfights with Kirk Douglas and George C. Scott, donned red wig and white tights to double Maureen O’Hara, and taught Goldie Hawn how to …
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Mike Cox: Finding the Wild West: The Great Plains
A modern-day explorers guide to the Old West From the famed Oregon Trail to the boardwalks of Dodge City to the great trading posts on the Missouri River to the battlefields of the nineteenth-century …
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Joseph Luther: Odyssey of Texas Ranger James Callahan
James Callahan entered Texas armed, a quixotic young man enlisted in the Georgia Battalion for the cause of independence. He barely survived the 1836 Battle of Refugio and the Goliad Massacre. Undaun …
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Mike Cox: Finding the Wild West: Along the Mississippi
A modern-day explorers guide to the Old West From the famed Oregon Trail to the boardwalks of Dodge City to the great trading posts on the Missouri River to the battlefields of the nineteenth-century …
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Mike Cox: Finding the Wild West: The Southwest
From the famed Oregon Trail to the boardwalks of Dodge City to the great trading posts on the Missouri River to the battlefields of the nineteenth-century Indian Wars, there are places all over the A …
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Mike Cox: Wicked San Antonio
Delve into San Antonio’s wicked past, from the lawless lore of the Spanish settlement through the criminal misdeeds of the modern metropolis.Residents of the Alamo City tolerated scores of cockfighti …
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€16.56
Mike Cox: Finding the Wild West: The Mountain West
From the famed Oregon Trail to the boardwalks of Dodge City to the great trading posts on the Missouri River to the battlefields of the nineteenth-century Indian Wars, there are places all over the A …
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Mike Cox: Finding the Wild West: The Pacific West
From the famed Oregon Trail to the boardwalks of Dodge City to the great trading posts on the Missouri River to the battlefields of the nineteenth-century Indian Wars, there are places all over the A …
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Mike Cox: Texas Ranger Tales
They were men who could not be stampeded, said the late Colonel Homer Garrison Jr. of the men who wore the badge of the Texas Rangers. Colonist Stephen F. Austin, during the earliest days of Anglo se …
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Mike Cox: Texas Rangers
Texas writer/historian Mike Cox explores the inception and rise of the famed Texas Rangers. Starting in 1821 with just a handful of men, the Rangers’ first purpose was to keep settlers safe from the …
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