Stories and Poetry
These are some of the
stories and poems I currently offer.
I am always adding new material and am willing to work with your group to
package stories together under a unifying theme or to develop a custom program.
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Bigfoot
Wallace and the Hickory Nuts |
Legendary
Texas scout faces a Comanche raiding party alone. |
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Colonel
Abercrombie's Mole |
A
story of the quest for Spanish gold near the Trinity river. |
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Colonel
Scott's Flight Training |
Learning
to fly biplanes in San Antonio just after WWI. |
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Doña Sebastiana |
Classic tale of Doña Sebastiana, La Muerte, Death herself |
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Lost
on the Plains of San Jacinto |
A
lost man's efforts to return to civilization. |
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Stampede
on the Cimarron |
A
quiet night broken by a sudden storm. |
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| The Dust Devil | “Demons live inside” his mother warned. | |
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The
Hanging Tree |
Was
justice done? You decide. |
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The
Headless Vaquero |
The
true story of Texas' own headless horseman. |
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The
Legend of the Bluebonnet |
A
Comanche legend describing the origin of the bluebonnet. |
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The
Mezcla Man |
Men
have killed for it, but where is El Rico's golden stash? |
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The
Rider of Loma Escondito |
Ghosts
and the loot from a bank robbery. |
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The
Scalping of Josiah Wilbarger |
The
true story of a Texan who lived through a Comanche scalping. |
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The
Texas Rangers |
True
stories of bravery by the Texas Rangers. |
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The
Three Strangers |
Strangers
disrupt a wedding party in west Texas. |
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To
Build a Fire |
Always
take a buddy when it's 40 below in Alaska. |
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Why
the Turtle's Shell is Cracked |
An
Indian legend describing the origin of the turtle’s shell. |
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Reincarnation |
‘What
is reincarnation?’ a cowboy asked his friend. |
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Silver Bells and Golden Spurs |
The tale of a bet and a gunfight ... and the winner is? |
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The
Cremation of Sam McGee |
Friendship
and sacrifice in “gold rush” Alaska. |
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The Devil Made Texas |
An old poem explaining why Texas is the way it is. |
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The
Long Way Home |
A
cowboy has a humiliating experience. |
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The Zebra Dun |
A
prank on the range backfires. |
