Texas Star Trading Blog

The new 2023 State Capitol Christmas Ornament is now available at Texas Star. This year's ornament features the trolley, which provided transportation in Austin at the turn of the century. As always, the ornaments are high quality, attractively packaged in a custom box and include an information card. We are ...
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October 19 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm at The Grace Museum in downtown Abilene. Enjoy a FREE public talk highlighting Larry McMurtry! Hosted by The Grace Museum and Presented by Texas Star Trading Company “Fellow Writers on the Life and Legacy of Larry McMurtry” Five Texas writers will share ...
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    Thomas Goodman of Austin has penned an excellent novel, The Last Man, based on the famous Santa Claus bank robbery in Cisco in 1927. Goodman will be at Texas Star Trading Company on Friday, October 6, from 2-3:30 p.m. to sign copies of the book ($16.99 paperback). Led by ...
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Writing a children's book is a dream come true for Allie Cook Davis, who grew up in Abilene and now lives in Nashville. "Clara and the Constellations" is a sweet story about a girl who loves the moon. She dreams of flying up to play among the stars, and one ...
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Jack Ellis Westbrook, who grew up in Rule, tells the stories of his experiences fighting in Europe during World War II in his excellent book, Code Name: Baker Catcher ($23.99 paperback). Before Westbook died in 2003, he filled a large three-ring binder with stories and pictures from his war years ...
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By Glenn Dromgoole              Wes Gorman, Abilene High English teacher, has written his second novel, Muley Cow Creek, and it’s a winner. My wife Carol and I both enjoyed reading it. The story revolves around retired Texas Ranger Captain Will Samuels, enjoying life as a part-time Big Country rancher until ...
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