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General History
A Hero Among Heroes: Jimmie Dyess and the 4th Marine Division
By: Perry M. Smith
242 pages, photos, maps, footnotes, bibliography.
This an over due biography of Colonel Aquilla James (Jimmie) Dyess, WWII hero after whom the destroyer USS Dyess (DD 880) was named. Jimmie is the only person who has received both the Medal of Honor and the Carnegie Medal. He was a leader from his youth to his death in combat. His wife and daughter are still living. The author, Major General Perry Smith, is married to the daughter of Col. Dyess and he is a commentator on media programs reporting on war situations. He has been seen of CNN many times. The book should be of interest to students of military history as well as family and friends.
Price: $12.95
Cotton Bales, Keelboats and Sternwheelers - A History of the Sabine River and Trinity River Cotton Trades, 1837-1900
By: W.T. Block
256 pages, soft cover, Indexed, Endnotes, Photos.
As is usual with Blocks work there is extensive detail of the ships, personnel and cargo. The voyages of the ships and often their demise is recorded. It is a good read and invaluable for genealogists and river boat historians.
9646846-9-1
Price: $15.00
 Early Sawmill Towns of the Louisiana--Texas Borderlands
By: W.T. Block
282 pages , soft cover, indexed, photos
Early Sawmill Towns has been out of print and is hereby reprinted due to continued interest in it.
A detailed account of the logging and sawmills operations in Southwest Louisiana and Southeast Texas is given.
Mill capacity, ownership and the people who manned these operations makes this a treasured history. The name index makes it a useable book for genealogist and other researchers. Mr. Block is perhaps the best authority around on this history. We are fortunate that he has captured the history of this industry in such detail.
1-887745-03-3
Price: $19.95
On Sale For: $15.00
Exploits of Navy Frogmen in Korea: Pioneers of U.S. Naval Special Warfare
By: Philip Carrico
46 pages, soft cover , saddle stitched.
Photos and stories of exploits of Frogmen during the early days of the Korean War by one who participated. Frogmen are now known as SEALS.
Price: $8.00
 General Thomas S. Woodward and Woodward's Reminiscences
By: Don C. Marler
Soft cover, 335 pages, index, bibliography, photos, maps, well documented with footnotes.
Part 1 is an update of the general's early life and his life and death in Louisiana. This history is made richer by inclusion of information about his family - much of which was provided by current family members. Photos of the general and his children are included. There was a child by a slave and her descendants are represented - one is a "Playboy Bunny" There has been much written about the creation and naming of Montgomery - (Creola), La. Here is the most accurate and comprehensive account of this story available. This account includes several original documents published for the first time. This story involves many families who are still in the Winn/Grant Parish area.
Part 2 is a reprinting of the letters written by General Woodward in 1857-59 with a dateline Wheeling, La. He was part Indian and for a time lived with them. Later he fought with General Andrew Jackson against Indians. In the 1850s he wrote letters about Creek Indian customs. He knew many people including highly placed Indians and whites who interacted with them. In his letters he speaks of them in his direct way. These very interesting letters were published in a book in 1859. They are reproduced here in their entirety. This book should be of tremendous interest to professional historians, avocational historians, general readers and genealogists.
Price: $29.98
On Sale For: $24.00
 Historic Hineston - Revised
By: Don C. Marler
277 pages, soft cover, photos, maps, and illustrations.
Discusses the Hineston, La. area from the days when only Indians lived there to the present. All small towns in the area, including those no longer in existence, are included as are schools (past and present) the timber industry, the Westport fight, the Neutral Strip, the great depression, roads and much more. The only comprehensive written history of the area available. It is a favorite book. Revised in 2001.
1-887745-19-X
Price: $15.00
 Historical Vignettes of Galveston Bay
By: Jean L. Epperson
250 pages, soft cover, photos, index and bibliography.
Identifies and discusses the early settlers around Galveston Bay from the time of Lafitte. Excellent for those interested in early Southeast Texas and Southwest La. history and for genealogists. The author is perhaps the most knowledgeable historian on this subject around today.
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Price: $15.00
 Indian Notes and Monographs: A Report From Natchitoches in 1807
By: Dr. John Sibley
105 pages, soft cover.
Originally published in 1922. This fascimilie reprint serves to make this old volume available to current historians.
1-887745-05-X
Price: $15.00
 Jesse James and the Lost Cause
By: Jesse Lee James
183 pages, soft cover, photos.
This relative of Jesse presents evidence that Jesse, the outlaw, didn't die in Missouri in 1882, but in Texas in 1951. With the controversy over who was actually in the Missouri grave this book makes interesting reading. The book is a reprint from the original published in the 1960's.
1-887745-00-9
Price: $15.00
Last Raid of the Daltons and Battle with the Bandits
By: David Stewart Elliott
66 pages, soft cover, photos.
The story of the historic simultaneous raid on two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas in 1892 as told by an eyewitness. The citizens decided immediately to protect their community and they did so with valor. It was the end of the Dalton gang.
Price: $6.00
Lost Spanish Towns: Atoscosito and Trinidad de Salcedo
By: Jean Epperson
118 pages , soft cover, drawings, illustrations, index, bibliography.
By her usual careful historical rsearch the author has resurrected these lost towns. Don't miss her account of what was there in the early 1800's when the Spanish ruled this area.
1-887745-07-6
Price: $10.00
 My Historic Natchitoches, Louisiana and its Environment
By: Louis Raphael Nardini, Sr.
259 pages (8X11), softcover, perfect bind, photos, maps, illustrations, index.
This long time favorite, published in 1963, has been out of print. It is now in the public domain and is being reprinted as a public service by Dogwood Press. This is a facsimile reproduction with an index added. It is a goldmine of information about the early days of the Natchitoches area and the era of Spanish rule there. Genealogical information abounds in these pages. There are 19 pages of proper names in the index. This volume is exactly the same as the original with the exception of a badly needed index.
Price: $25.00
On Sale For: $23.98
Natchitoches Neighbors In The Neutral Strip
By: Carolyn Ericson
161 pages, soft cover, indexed.
Land claims between the Rio Hondo ( near Natchitoches) and the Sabine River - some as early as 1779 are given. These records provide evidence of the families who were permanent residents of the neutral zone.
Price: $20.00
Newllano: History Of The Llano Movement
By: James N. Davison
98 pages, soft cover.
Originally published as a thesis, this book recounts the history of the Llano movement from its inception in California to its demise at Newllano, south of Leesville, La., in 1937.
The published material is reviewed and integrated with information obtained from interviews with some of the people who participated in this Southwest Louisiana socialistic colony. The debate about the colony continues among Leesville residents and this book should be made part of the discussion.
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Price: $8.00
Nightriders: The West and Kimbrell Clan
By: Richard Briley III
102 pages, soft cover, Illustrated, photos.
A gang of robbers and killers led by a Sunday School Superintendent killed more people than perhaps any other group of outlaws in America. They operated in the Montgomery, Winnfield and Atlanta, Louisiana area shortly after the close of the war between the states. It is a bloody tale of reality that happened not that long ago. This book is a favorite.
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Price: $12.95
On Valor's Side: Tom Green and the Battles for Early Texas
By: Brian Sayers
Soft cover, 189 pages, maps photos, bibliography.
Tom Green fought at the Battle of San Jacinto and in many Indian skirmishes. During the War between the states he fought in New Mexico, Texas and Louisiana. This book adds perspective and historical detail to the life of a Texas hero who has not received the attention due him.
1-887745-09-2
Price: $15.00
 Reflections on Life in the Swamp: The Way it Was in the "Good" Ole Days
By: Don C. Marler
81 pages, soft cover, perfect bound, photos and illustrations.
This book starts as a personal story of growing up in rural Louisiana during the 1930s, and includes also a list of words and sayings common during that time. It recounts a way of life that is being rapidly forgotten.
The author uses the term "good ole days" with tongue in cheek as he considers it as representative of a sick joke; yet, there is joy in remembering. It is guaranteed to bring back memories for those old enough to have experienced that bygone life and to enlighten those who are not. Furthermore, it provides a history of some details of those times and customs. Many of these were common throughout the rural south.
Price: $8.00
Reminiscences and Recollections of Huey P. Long
By: Calvit L. Walker
127 pages, soft cover, photos.
Mr. Walker recounts his experiences with and perceptions of Huey Long as a young man living in Glenmora, La. He was secretary of the Share our Wealth Club an lists some local members of the club and shares minutes of the club meetings.
1-887745-02-5
Price: $15.98
On Sale For: $10.00
 Schooner Sail to Starboard
By: W.T. Block
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The writer is fully aware that several books already exist about Confederate blockade-running, enough so that one might think there is nothing new to be written, but many of those books deal solely with the Atlantic seaboard. Nevertheless, it was the author's desire to write a story devoted solely to blockade-running in the Western Gulf of Mexico, that is, the Louisiana-Texas coast lines.
Over a long period of years, the author collected a long bibliography of blockade-running stories, devoted to the heroism and ingenuity exhibited by both the Confederate blockade runners and the West Gulf blockading Squadron. One old Galveston Daily News reporter, who devoted many of his newspaper feature length articles to that field, was Ben C. Stuart. As a 15-year-old youth, Stuart once served as an ordinary seaman aboard the Old Galveston Bay lumber schooner Experiment in 1860, years before that vessel was captured off Galveston Island with a load of cotton aboard.
The names of Admiral David Farragut and Raphael Semmes will always adorn Civil War naval history books. Much less known were the wiles, skills, ingenuity , and derring-do exhibited by the western Gulf of Mexico blockade runners or the tales of bravery performed by Captain James Alden, Commander (later Admiral) James Jouett, or Commanders Abner Reed and D.A. McDermot of the Federal blockade fleet. One such story was the night time battle between the USS Hatteras and Adm. Semmes' Confederate cruiser Alabama, which resulted in the sinking of the Hatteras twenty miles south of Galveston. And there were many other instances about the blockade runners worth retelling, such as Captain Bill Johnson's feigning his yellow fever "death bed" aboard the captured cotton schooner Soledad Cos. Certainly the most heroic story of all was that of Captain Dave McClusky and his seaman, who on two occasions got the prize crew drunk aboard the captured prize schooner Stingray and each time recaptured their vessel following a fight and kept the Stingray in the contraband trade for three years until the war ended. The writer believes there is something of special interest and intrigue between the covers of this book fro every Civil War buff to enjoy.
W.T. Block
978-0-9795874-0-5
Price: $24.95
On Sale For: $19.95
 The Carruth Journal -- 1872-1902
By: Rev. J.H Carruth
273 pages, (8X11), soft cover, index.
Rev. Carruth kept a store at Elmer, Louisiana and this is a copy of his journal. In it are accounts of what people in the area bought, how much they paid and when they settled their accounts. He also performed weddings and baptisms that are listed here. He bred horses and these breedings are recorded. The book is of interest to all those who had relatives in that area during those years.
Price: $25.00
The Colfax Riot of April, 1873
By: Manie White Johnson
56 pages, soft cover, no publication date - probably 1929.
Eight years after the end of the Civil War there was a race riot in Colfax, La. created more by Radical Reconstruction government manipulations than by racial tensions. This is an account of the horrid affair which occurred on Easter Sunday, 1873.
Two prominent Rapides Parish citizens - Capt. Dave Paul and Rev. Mike Smith - were involved. There were many citizens there from Grant, Catahoula, Vernon, Rapides and Winn Parishes. The author interviewed several who participated in the battle and used other primary source materials in presenting this interesting account.
0-9646846-4-0
Price: $6.00
 The Dyess Story
By: Lt. Col. Wm. E. Dyess
182 pages, soft cover, photos, maps.
Col. Dyess was the first U.S. soldier to break the news about the brutal treatment the Japanese afforded the captured soldiers during the Baatan Death March and during their later imprisonment. He was the first to escape. His was one of the biggest stories released during WWII. Dyess Air Force Base, in Abilene, Tx. was named after him. He is related to the central Louisiana Dyesses. This is a facsimile reprint of the 1944 book.
Price: $15.00
The Life And Adventures Of John A. Murel: The Great Western Land Pirate
By: Augustus Q. Walton, Esq.
77 pages, soft cover, no publication date - probably in the 1830's.
This is an account of the events which led to the imprisonment of John A. Murel (Murrell) in Tennessee. The legend is that he came to Louisiana and operated in the Neutral Zone primarily around the southern part of Natchitoches Parish. He was the dean of outlaws in the south. John West and Dan Kimbrell (of the West And Kimbrell Clan) and others supposedly received their training under him. He was called "Reverend Devil" because of his proficiency in using his ability to preach in the service of banditry. The author listed many of the member of the early Murrell Clan (some from La.) and detailed Murrell's plan to create a major slave uprising out of which he hoped to become wealthy through plunder and terror.
0-9646846-1-6
Price: $6.00
The Neutral Zone: Back Door to the United States
By: Don C. Marler
238 pages, soft cover, photos, maps, indexed, bibliography.
Identifies and discusses outlaws, prominent citizens and events having an impact on the No Man's Land or Neutral Zone (which is the territory between the Calcasieu and Sabine rivers) from 1800 to the present.
Contraband goods, smuggling and privateering all contributed to this areas reputation as the backdoor to the U.S. It should be of interest to genealogists, other historians and those who love history and who love to read about outlaws.
1-887745-01-7
Price: $15.00
 Treason History of the Order of Sons of Liberty, Formerly Circle of Honor, Succeeded by Knights of the Golden Circle
By: Felix G. Stidger
Knights of the Golden Circle, secret order of Southern sympathizers in the North during the Civil War. Its members were known as Copperheads.
276 pages, soft cover, photos.
This is a reprint of a report of the 1864 undercover investigation of the Knights of the Golden Circle, a secret organization that supported the Confederate cause. It had members throughout the north and south. It is a classic. Every student of the Civil War and the KGC will want a copy.
0-9646846-2-4
Price: $25.00
On Sale For: $23.98
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