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Gift Shop Help the Museum when you search or shop online! Here's how. The Cotton Patch Gift Shop at the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum sells books, memorabilia, art and novelties relating to the history of Hunt County.
Titles currently in our Gift Shop include books relating to Audie Murphy and Hunt County History, as well as the history of cotton in Texas and the U.S.
For the children (or child-like adults):
Several adorable stuffed animals--some make sounds!
Audie Murphy: War Hero and Movie Star by
Judy Alter Aimed at fourth graders studying for the Texas history section of the TAKS test, the book tells about Audie Murphy, a true American hero whose life was a rags-to-riches story. But the author shows that fame does not always bring happiness.
American Hero: The Audie Murphy Story by
Peggy Caravantes
The Films and Career of Audie Murphy-
America's Real Hero by Sue Gossett Ms. Gossett gives a complete filmography of Audie Murphy's acting career. She also covers parts of his personal and military life. Many Photographs.
A Myth in Action: The Heroic Life of Audie Murphy
by Ann Levingston Joiner
The Films of Audie Murphy by Bob Larkins
and Boyd Magers An illustrated work that not only traces Audie Murphy's life as a film actor (from 1948-1971) but also provides a birography that runs from his birth to his three years in the army. Each of the 49 film entries gives full credits and comments and anecdotes from interviews with Murphy's colleagues.
The Last of the Cowboy Heroes: The Westerns of Randolph
Scott, Joel McCrea, and Audie Murphy by Robert Nott This account of these three stars' careers begins in 1946 when all three committed themselves to Western roles. Arranged chronologically and balanced among the three actors, the text concludes with Audie's last western in 1967. The text covers both the personal and professional lives of the three Hollywood cowboys and is complemented by photographs and a filmography for each.
June True's prints
11 x 14 inches on white. Audie Murphy in western gear. $7.50 each
11 x 14 inches on white. Audie Murphy in Military uniform.
Audie Murphy Days items-Plaques, T-shirts, mugs, mouse pads, hats, etc.can be purchased at Omni Sources Marketing
Images of America: Greenville by
Carol Taylor and the Hunt County Historical Commission
Historic Hunt County: An Illustrated History
by Milton Babb
Blackland Memories is a pictorial
history of Greenville's first 100 years. It covers Greenville history
from the date that the original deed was conveyed from McQuinney
Howell Wright to create Greenville on March 22, 1850 to the centennial
celebration of that event 100 years later. It contains 280 photographs,
each chosen because of the glimpse it gives of early businesses,
downtown street scenes, local people, common folk, ads from newspapers,
college pictures, and photos that show what an integral part cotton
played in the city's development.
Texas Blackland Heritage
by Troy C. Crenshaw An entertaining blend of reminiscences and research. Mr. Crenshaw's personal account of life as it used to be in the region adds color to the description of Hunt County and the surrounding areas during the late 19th and early 20th century.
The Blackest Land The Whitest People: Greenville,
Texas - The Untold Story of My Hometown by Brenda Huey Greenville is famous throughout the nation for the
sign that used to hang on the main street downtown. The author
relates what it was like being black and growing up in Greenville
and provides a background and history of why things were the way
they were and why things are still the way they are, especially
between blacks.
Volume 2
Volume 3
That Lonesome Whistle: The history of the
Cotton Belt in Commerce by Otha Spencer A personal history of the Cotton Belt railroad that
was such an integral part of Commerce, Texas from 1887 to the 1950s.
Includes a Glossary of Cotton Belt Railroad terms and railroad slang.
The Way it Was 1920-1942 by Brad Waddle Dr. Waddle's book depicts rural life in Hunt County during a time of great economic depression of this country. It details the families of Waddles, Dodsons and Taylors as they lived and died and how they helped shape and influence his life. It spans the communities of Jacobia, Neola and Black Cat Thicket while detailing mud ball fights and threshing and church activities, schooldays in the one- room schoolhouses and life in the cotton fields of a family struggling to make ends meet during a time when the entire nation was in an economic depression.
Exploring the Edges of Texas by Walt
and Isabel Davis Called "the ultimate road trip," the Davises
took a 4000 mile journey around the border of Texas. Attaching personal
stories from both visitors in the past and current visitors and
residents, the authors compare Texas then to Texas now. Each of
the chapters opens with original art by Walt and represents a segment
of the Texas border.
The Texas Military Experience: From the Texas
Revolution through WWII--edited by Joseph G. Dawson III Ever since the Alamo, the military has formed part of Texas' history and image. Focusing on the state's military heritage, prominent authors reevaluate famous personalities, reassess noted battles and units, and bring fresh perspectives to such matters as the interplay of fiction, film, and historical understanding.
Texas Women on the Cattle Trails
by Sara Massey
Depicts the colorful stories of 16 women who drove
the cattle trail up from Texas. It tells of the diverse experiences
that these women endured during the harsh frontier conditions.
Yeomen, Sharecroppers, and Socialists: Plain
Folk Protest in Texas, 1870-1914 by Kyle G. Wilkison
James Bourland: Hangman or Hero?
by Evault Boswell Branded by historians as the "Hangman of Texas"
because of his participation in the "Great Gainesville Hanging,"
James Bourland was a controversial figure during and after the Civil
War. This is the story of a complex man who served his adopted state
well in spite of his many shortcomings.
Texas: Boys in Gray by Evault Boswell In their own words, this book captures the patriotism, fear, confusion, bravery, wounds, hunger, camaraderie, prison conditions and joyful reunions of the Texas Civil War veterans.
Why Texans Fought in the Civil War
by Charles David Grear Mining thousands of letters and unpublished journals,
the author affords readers the opportunity to hear, often in the
combatants' own words, what motivated Texans to fight for the Confederacy.
Texas and Texans in the Great War
by Ralph A. Wooster The book describes the role Texans played in World
War I, both overseas in the major battles and campaigns and on the
home front, producing the materials needed to carry on a modern
war. The author shows that the mobilization of the mind and spirit
during the war kindled the growth of patriotism and brought Texans
into the mainstream of American life for the first time since the
Civil War.
Commissioned by Life magazine to paint the war as
it was being experienced by Allied soldiers, sailors and airmen,
Tom Lea was a part of battles in nearly every theater in the war.
Along with his sketchbook, he recorded observations and details
on the events he witnessed. Edited by Brendan M. Greeley Jr, this
book presents a uniquely comprehensive and sustained treatment of
Lea's creative accomplishments during WWII.
Images of America: East Texas in World War
II by Bill O'Neal Although impossible to detail each of the thousands
of East Texans who donned uniforms during WWII, to depict their
countless heroic exploits, or to describe the scores of military
bases and POW camps, this photo history portrays highlights of the
war years. Includes Audie Murphy.
Flying the Hump: Memories of an Air War by
Otha Spencer At a time when Japan and China were locked in a death
struggle over the Himalayas, Allied transport planes flew day and
night missions to keep China supplied with its war needs. The author,
a Hump pilot, weaves important dates and events together with personal
accounts by survivors to tell the story of the war over the Hump.
Patton’s Ill-fated Raid by Harry
A. Thompson, WWII POW Harry Thompson’s story of survival as a non-famous, ordinary citizen, non-commissioned military drafted before Pearl Harbor into regimented life where danger seemed to be everywhere. Captured on the 2nd day of the Battle of the Bulge, imprisoned in German POW camps where the captors spoke an unfamiliar language, a forced walk across 241 miles of European soil, bombing by both the enemy and his own American Air Force and of waiting, praying and believing he would survive. Tells of imprisonment as POW in the same camp with General George Patton’s son-in-law and what happened when Patton made a raid on Hammelburg. His story of patriotism pictures the realism of war experiences yet catches the reader off-guard with his appreciation of the beauty of the land across which he was walking and with his unexpected moments of humor.
With God's help: An Autobiography and Fond Memories
of Jack Finney by Jack Finney
Steps to Stardom: My Story by Paul
Picerni Fans of Golden Age television will remember Paul Picerni
as one of the stars of the crimebusing series "The Untouchables."
Movie fans might associate him with the horror hit House of Wax. These
credits are the tip of the iceberg in Picerni's stage-screen-TV career
in which he acted alongside stars such as Audie Murphy, John Wayne,
Burt Lancaster, Vincent Price and Telly Savalas. In this book, master
storyteller Picerni describes working with these and many other legends
and vividly recalls all the phases of his 60 years in the acting profession.
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Pictorial History of Commerce by Cheryl Westhafer and James
Conrad
Blackland
Memories: A Pictorial History of Greenville, Texas 1850-1950.
Hunt County Historical Commission . 
