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 Handbook of Texas Music
by the Texas State Historical Association
A comprehensive
authoritative source on Texas music-an encyclopedia and biographical
dictionary that covers all aspects of Texas music, including over 125
striking illustrations of performers and musical artifacts.
393 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., illustrations, index
Paperback.... 194-0.... $24.95
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 NEW
A Child's
Life at Mission Espada, San Antonio, Texas 1762
Learn about mission
life in the 1700s through the daily routine of a young Coahuiltecan
Indian girl. What jobs had to be performed in order to have a successful
community? What vegetables did the mission farms grow? What else did they
eat? Where did they get their clothes? What did the mission Indians make?
Explore these questions and more through the beautifully illustrated
story book and the multi-level CD/ROM.
Paperback Book....
180-2.... $7.95
CD/ROM.... 181-0.... $11.95
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A Tejano Son of Texas
The Story of Jose Policarpio "Polly" Rodriguez
Multimedia
presentations of the productive and colorful life of a Tejano son of
Texas as surveyor, frontier scout for the US Army, Texas Ranger,
magistrate, rancher and minister.
Compiled by Rudi R. Rodriguez
Born in Zaragosa,
Mexico in 1829, Jose Policarpio "Polly" Rodriguez apprenticed
as a gunsmith in San Antonio, becoming an expert marksman and hunter.
Polly worked with surveys and the Whiting/Smith expedition from San
Antonio to El Paso. He was Head Guide and scout for succeeding roads and
fort locations. Polly became a nationally renowned scout and Indian
fighter who was awarded a presidential citation for valor and gallantry in
battle. During the Civil War, Polly served as a Texas Ranger. After the
war, he was Justice of the Peace and County Commissioner-a community
leader, as well as developing his ranching and farming interests. Twice
married and father of nine, Polly experienced an "awakening"
which led him to his calling as a circuit preacher in Texas and Mexico.
His is "a story of the sagacity of life and the indomitable spirit
of Texas, its early pioneering days its development and future."
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 AUTOBIOGRAPHY Dictated 1892-1897, edited by
G.B.
Winton, originally published
circa 1900.
 RECORD BOOK
A collection of historical documents compliment the text.
 BOOKLET
Narrative of his life
and times
in booklet format.
 NEW
VIDEO IN VHS
or DVD
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Autobiography:120 pages, 8.5in. x 11in., color/black & white....
100-6.... $21.95
Record book: 60 pages, 8.5in. x 11in., color............................
101-4.... $29.95
Booklet: 12pages, 8.5in. x 11in., color/black & white................
102-2.... $ 5.25
VHS Video: full color reenactment, 19 minutes........................
105-7.... $19.95
DVD Video: full color reenactment, 19 minutes........................
105-8.... $19.95
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