Robert Paul Truax

The Loyal Heart (A Lone Star Hero's Love Story)

Robert came to Galveston to fulfill his promise to a dying man and look after his widow. He didn’t expect to find love in the unlikeliest of places. Robert Truax, former Second Lieutenant and Confederate officer in the Civil War, made a promise to his comrade Phillip Markham. If anything happened to...

Toward Effective Counseling and Psychotherapy: Training and Practice

The field of counseling and psychotherapy has for years presented the puzzling spectacle of unabating enthusiasm for forms of treatment whose effectiveness cannot be objectively demonstrated. With few exceptions, statistical studies have consistently failed to show that any form of psychotherapy is ...

The Street Railway Post Offices of Washington, D.C.

Fascinating look at the Railway Post Office as it operated on the streetcars of Washington DC between 1894 and 1913. The book discusses the development of the RPO using horse cars, cable cars and electric street railways. Illustrated with black and white photos of the postmarked envelopes, the RPO c...

Space and the United States Navy - Alan Shepard, Mercury and Apollo, Navy Rocket Pioneers, Goddard, Vanguard, Robert Truax, Balloons and Zeppelins, Manned Space, Support and Recovery Forces

This unique book by the U.S. Navy explores the role of the Navy in the early days of America's space program, from balloons to the flight of Alan Shepard in Mercury, through the Apollo lunar landing program. The introduction states: " Effort has been made to avoid a "rehash" of familiar material. Mu...

American Rocketman: The Amazing Life and Times of America's Premier Rocket Scientist

This book is the Autobiography of my father.

The Street Railway Postal Service in Washington DC (Street Car Monograph Series)