Legends of Dublin: Personalities of the Irish Capital of Texas

by Jon A. Awbrey

Overview

Over the span of 150 years, a small Texas town served as home to a number of great heroes, men and women unparalleled in their chosen professions. That town is Dublin, Texas, and in Legends of Dublin the stories of those men and women are told in detail. Among the biographies presented in this book are those of the peerless golfer Ben Hogan, country crooner Johnny Duncan, Medal of Honor winner Lt. Col. George Davis, Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice John E. Hickman, Texas founding father William Carroll Crawford, Dr Pepper distributor Sam Prim, rodeo promoter Everett Colborn, Baptist crusader Mina Everett, the entrepreneurial Higginbotham brothers, and dozens of other tales of outlaws and Indians, soldiers, physicians, preachers and pioneers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439236420
Publisher:	BookSurge, LLC
Publication date:	05/15/2009
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.64(d)

About the Author

Jon Awbrey was born and raised in Brownfield, Texas. He attended Texas Tech University, graduating in 2001 with a B.A. in English and History.
Professionally, he has received honors from international literary and state press associations.
He currently writes for the award-winning Dublin(TX)Citizen.
Legends of Dublin is his second book on the history and development of Texas communities.