Tag Archives: Texas History

Book Review and Giveaway: The Scientist and the Serial Killer: The Search for Houston’s Lost Boys by Lise Olsen

Posted on April 15, 2025 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

THE SCIENTIST AND THE SERIAL KILLER: THE SEARCH FOR HOUSTON’S LOST BOYS By Lise Olsen True Crime / History Publisher: Random House Pages: 464 Publication Date: April 1, 2025 SYNOPSIS The Scientist and the Serial Killer is the gripping, upside-down … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Giveaway: Pintsized Pioneers by Preston Lewis & Harriet Kocher Lewis

Posted on September 30, 2024 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

PINTSIZED PIONEERS: Taming the Frontier, One Chore at a Time by Preston Lewis and Harriet Kocher Lewis Young Adult / Nonfiction / History Publisher: Bariso Press Pages: 184 Publication Date: September 24, 2024 SYNOPSIS Children tread lightly through the pages … Continue reading →

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Book Blitz: The Pink Dress by Jane Little Botkin

Posted on September 20, 2024 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

THE PINK DRESS The Memoir of a Reluctant Beauty Queen by Jane Little Botkin Memoir Publisher: She Writes Press Pages: 304 Publication Date: 9/10/24 SYNOPSIS Growing up in West Texas, Jane Little Botkin didn’t have designs on becoming a beauty … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Giveaway: Bound in Silence by Christena Stephens

Posted on May 29, 2024 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

BOUND IN SILENCE by Christena Stephens True Crime / Texas History / Nonfiction Publisher: Stoney Creek Publishing Page Count: 286 pages Publication Date: February 26, 2024 Scroll down for a giveaway! SYNOPSIS On a nearly moonless night in October 1943, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Knotted Ring by Myra Hargrave McIlvain

Posted on February 28, 2024 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Synopsis: Susannah Mobley, expecting her slave lover’s baby, submits to an arranged marriage to Hezekiah James, who is headed to Texas to claim a land grant. Caught in a series of lies about her pregnancy, as well as the beautiful … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Giveaway: Odd Birds by Severo Perez | Lone Star Book Blog Tours

Posted on April 5, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

ODD BIRDS by SEVERO PEREZ Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Texas Christian University Press Date of Publication: September 24, 2019 Number of Pages: 278 pages  Scroll for Giveaway! The year is 1961. Seventy-year-old Cosimo Infante Cano, a Cuban-born artist in need … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Giveaway: Before the Alamo by Florence Byham Weinberg | Lone Star Book Blog Tours

Posted on December 15, 2021 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

BEFORE THE ALAMO: A Tejana’s Story by FLORENCE BYHAM WEINBERG Genre: Historical Fiction / Texas History  Publisher: Maywood House Date of Publication: September 17, 2021 Number of Pages: 296 pages   Scroll down for Giveaway! Emilia Altamirano, half Otomí Indian, … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Giveaway: What Lies Beneath: Texas Pioneer Cemeteries and Graveyards by Cynthia Leal Massey | Lone Star Book Blog Tours

Posted on October 11, 2021 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

WHAT LIES BENEATH, TEXAS PIONEER CEMETERIES & GRAVEYARDS by Cynthia Leal Massey Genre: Regional History / 19th Century/ Landmarks & Monuments/ Travel Pictorial Publisher: TwoDot Date of Publication: August 1, 2021 Number of Pages: 400 pages w/77 B&W photos Scroll … Continue reading →

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