Explaining Texas is over seventy stories every Texan should know about Texas. For non- Texans, it helps them understand why Texans are the way they are. The cattle drives up the Chisom trail to Abilene. Texas Rangers, "One Ranger, one riot." Famous Rangers, Hays, McNelly, Walker. Outlaws John Wesley Hardin shot 42 men who just needed killing. Dallas dentist, Doc. Holliday, Lady outlaw Belle Star, and others. Jefferson, Texas, on the shores of Caddo Lake, the most beautiful lake in the United States, where they averaged a murder a day. The Texas revolution, the Goliad massacre, battles of the...

Twelve year old Charlie Dumont fits the description of Savant. Gifted with special mental abilities and a drive to make a difference in this world, Charlie has come up with a new fuel, Triple Stuff to power our cars and airplanes Cursed with a life situation where he has lost his parents and is pursued by some very bad people, Charlie teams up with an ex-navy helicopter pilot and a hard drinking ex-navy chief to prove the advantages of Triple Stuff by flying around the world in a beat up old helicopter, the Glutch They are challenged by the most modern, state of the art helicopter, piloted ba...

THE CHARLIE DUMONT GLUTCH TRIOLOGY IS ABOUT A TEEN GENIUS WHO INVENTS THINGS. IN THE GLUTCH AND TRIPLE STUFF HE HAS INVENTED A SUPER FUEL AND FLIES A JUNK HELICOPTER (THE GLUTCH) AROUND THE WORLD WITH EX-NAVY PILOT, MARVIN SMITH, IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THE SALE OF HIS INVENTION. IN THE EDUCATION OF CARLOS CHARLIE FLIES HIS ULTRA LIGHT PLANE SOLO FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE TO TEXAS TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL, AND PHYSICAL TRAINING IN A CRASH COURSE WHILE DEALING WITH A DRUG DEALING SCHOOL PRINCIPAL WHO WHATS TO KILL HIM. AS A SIDELINE HE DISCOVERS A WAY TO TURN A COMMON WEED INTO A NEW INDUSTRY. IN LOST CITY...