Brief Description: There is probably not an Oklahoman or a visitor to Oklahoma who
hasn’t wondered about the meaning or origin of the names of many of our cities and
towns and other landmarks.
Those names mirror the 46th
state’s diverse culture and unique history. They sing with the beauty of American
Indian languages, reflect the hope or earthy humor of early settlers, or ring with the
energy of entrepreneurs.
Brief Description: Now in a second edition, this unique book of fiction, with a foreword by actor Dale Robertson, breathes life
into many of Oklahoma’s fascinating facts. Stories inspired by incidents ranging in
time from the 1860s to the 1990s awaken countless memories, and portray the Sooner State
in its own beauty, ugliness and humor.
Brief Description: A new and bigger edition of this popular collection of homegrown expressions and
euphemisms that have distinguished the speech of Oklahoma folks for a coon’s age and
may do so ‘till the cows come home. Take the bull by the horns and buy this book, and
you’ll be grinnin’ like a possum eatin’ persimmons . . .
Brief Description: A rare collection of accounts of incidents and legends throughout the state – intriguing bits of the past generally not found in conventional works of history. Included in the 26 chapters are descriptions of a crucial battle between Indians and Spaniards in 1759; a place where "Swing Low, Sweet
Chariot" was composed; the wild and woolly past of a town called Navajoe; a whiskey-smuggling scheme that set a train depot on fire; a young man who left the oil fields for Hollywood; a scary light that has haunted a lonely road for years; and where once a strange but lively party took place in a moonlit cemetery. . .
Price: $17.95
Item No: 19960105
Page 1 of 1
New Forums Press Inc.
1018 South Lewis Street
Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074 U.S.A.
Phone: 405-372-6158 Fax: 405-377-2237
Email:
`
