should be a household word like davy crockett but he isn't? what about rep ford? keep going here. the fact is for me as a writer i could go sell a book in new york to now but -- not only to an editor who gives me money which they did thankfully but i could then sell it to a country that had never heard of these guys. the answer to y, there were books about these things that were bottled up and tended to be prisoners of the region. texas a&m, 1200 copies. there is no distribution. i saw my opportunity and took it. if it turns out the comanche story is one of those great stories, what i love about it as much as anything else is it is the best lesson you could get from your most beloved history professor. it uses a vehicle, in this case the comanche tribe to teach you how the west was won. it was not won until lost. they constituted this physical barrier to everything that happened in the west. mexicans and texans and americans and spanish and everybody else and determine what happens around them. occupied the southern plains, 250,000 square miles. basically in a sense they helped th

probably one of our famous or more favorite holdings is the davy crockett almanac.we have a run of the almanacs from 1935 to 1850. the 1845 years the first year of publication, and it's fascinating because it's a very crude 1835 publication, and when you first look at, it's what people could imagine life would be liked talking about possums and there is davie nonchalantly shooting of a bear with his faithful dog but he passes and 1836 at the alamo, and his reputation grows with each passing year to the decade and we ended with 1850 the davy crockett almanac. he's writing an alligator and is spectacularly wrestling bears and fighting sneaks in caves so we've gone from the bear bones to this legendary figure in the this is an important collection, because you can see how the stereotypes and the legend of this person grows through the years come so for scholars this is a fabulous way charting the history of his legend. we also have two very important books published in 1848, 1850 and 51. these books are important the war started in 1846 and these are primary source mat

. >> john coffee hayes who should be a household word like davy crockett but he is not? and no. you can just keep going. the fact is for me as a writer i could go sell a book in new york to people not only to an editor who gives me many which they do but i could sell to a country that had never heard of these guys. what it a cool thing. the answer to why they tended to we bottled up and prisoners of their region. 700 copies go to schools and libraries and the distribution so i saw my opportunity. i took it. the comanche story is just one of the great stories and what i love about it is it is the best kind of a school you can get from the most beloved history professor to use a vehicle the comanche tribe which is very cool in itself but to teach you how the west was one. it was not one by the white people until it was lost by the comanches. they constituted an incredible physical barrier to everything that happened in the west the mexicans and texans and americans and spanish and everybody else. and determined what happened around them. occupied the southern plains 250,000 square

. >> john coffee hayes who should be a household word like davy crockett but he is not? and no. you can just keep going. the fact is for me as a writer i could go sell a book in new york to people not only to an editor who gives me many which they do but i could sell to a country that had never heard of these guys. what it a cool thing. the answer to why they tended to we bottled up and prisoners of their region. 700 copies go to schools and libraries and the distribution so i saw my opportunity. i took it. the comanche story is just one of the great stories and what i love about it is it is the best kind of a school you can get from the most beloved history professor to use a vehicle the comanche tribe which is very cool in itself but to teach you how the west was one. it was not one by the white people until it was lost by the comanches. they constituted an incredible physical barrier to everything that happened in the west the mexicans and texans and americans and spanish and everybody else. and determined what happened around them. occupied the southern plains 250,000 square