Eakin Press imprint: 9 books

Black Wall Street

From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa's Historic Greenwood District

by Hannibal Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018

Early in the twentieth century, the black community in Tulsa- the "Greenwood District"- became a nationally renowned entrepreneurial center. Frequently referred to as "The Black Wall Street of America," the Greenwood District attracted pioneers from all over America who sought...
by Bill O'Neal
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014

Pink Higgins was a rugged Texan who lived a life of classic Western adventure. He was a cowboy, Indian fighter, trail driver, stock detective, rancher, and deadly shootist who killed more adversaries than did such noted gunfighters as Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Bat Masterson. Pink battled Comanches...
by Bill O'Neal
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2018

John Chisum was a legendary figure of the Old West cattle frontier. At thirteen he migrated with his family from Tennessee to the Republic of Texas. During the 1850s Chisum recognized opportunity in the fledgling range cattle industry, and within a few years his herds numbered in the tens of thousands....
by E. R. Bills, Bret McCormick
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016

An ancient demon plays cowboy and takes on the Texas Rangers. Three teenage girls sneak into a "body farm." An aging African American couple defies the Grim Reaper. An FBI agent discovers an entire city that's gone to the "dogs." A handyman learns that the fixer-upper he's working...
by Janet Holt
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018

Based on three years of research and verified by a team of financial experts, Investing: Starting from Scratch uses simple analogies to explain the complex subject of investing and retirement planning. Seventy-eight million Baby Boomers will begin turning 65 in 2011. Many of them will not have saved...

The Sawners of Chandler

A Pioneering Power Couple in Pre-Civil Rights Oklahoma

by Hannibal Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2018

Juxtaposed against the grim realities of black life at the turn of the twentieth century, the lives of George and Lena Sawner shone like the blazing sun on an oven-hot August day in Oklahoma. Educated, professional, and economically stable—well-off by most standards—the Sawners lived the American...
by Fred B. McKinley
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014

During the closing months of 1984 and extending through March 25, 1985, a number of violent rapes occurred around Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas. As a result, females, both students and employees of the university, along with those who worked in the general area, were caught up in a wave of terror in...
by Tom Townsend
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018

In 1863 Luke Cochrane and his father go to Galveston to deliver bales of cotton to the Confederate Army and find themselves in the middle of a fierce naval battle. The battle was fought on January 1, 1863 during the Civil War when Confederate forces attacked and forced occupying Union troops from...
by Ronnie Ridley George
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018

As a schoolboy, Ron George seemed an unlikely airplane pilot. By his own admission, he was scared of heights and was so uncoordinated he couldn't hit a baseball or fly a paper airplane. He went on, however, to become a United States Air Force pilot who flew supersonic T-38 aircraft and logged more...
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