Paul Howard Carlson Books
Dancin in Anson
"Celebrating the celebration of the Old West. In the 1880s, there wasn't much in Anson, Texas, in the way of entertainment for the area's cowhands. But Star Hotel operator M. G. Rhodes changed that...
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The Cowboy Way
"The lives of American cowboys have been both real and mythic, hence our continuing fascination with their history and culture. In sixteen essays and an annotated bibliography, scholars explore cow...
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The buffalo soldier tragedy of 1877
"The year 1877 was a drought year in West Texas. In the middle of that arid summer, a troop of some forty buffalo soldiers (African American cavalry led by white officers) struck out into the Llano...
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