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Liberty, Texas, sounds like a good place for a story

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Maybe the name of the place just sounds romantic to some writers, but whatever the reason, Liberty, Texas has been used as the setting for a number of recent novels.

Leaving Liberty, a Western Romance by Lisa Mondello was published for Amazon Kindle in April of this year. It is about a Texas Ranger named Jackson Gentry who comes to Liberty on an investigation and, as the title suggests, finds romance.

A two-book series by Rebecca De Madeiros called Brides of Liberty, Texas are also available through Amazon as paperbacks. A blurb for one of the books in that series, A Bargain Bride, reads, In a time when the west was wild. . . and the men were wilder. . . There came a challenge in the small town of Liberty, Texas. The objective in mind: Marriage. Bets are placed, and a race to the alter begins.

A science fiction novel, The Pure Land by Jonathan Howard, begins with the line, My name is Bryce Lliot and I was born in Liberty, Texas, the only child of the mayor.

Likewise, in 96, author Larry M. Brooks has his narrator begin life in Liberty. Growing up in Liberty, Texas, I learned at an early age that there were only two things that people respected: athletic prowess and street credibility. Growing up in Liberty, all of my role models were athletes, hustlers, gladiator-type figures, or a combination of the three.

In Liberty (A Redemption Novel), about a wounded Marine returning home from Afghanistan, author Ginger Jamison writes, In Liberty, Texas, women stood by their men. They took care of their husbands.

Kent Conwell has his characters in The Alamo Trail come from Liberty.

While not the setting for a story, Liberty was mentioned in the non-fiction Enriques Journey adapted for young readers by Sonia Nazario. It is about a Honduran boy searching for his family in the United States. It mentions Liberty when describing the deportation of minors:

Worse, he could sit in a Texas jail cell for months before the United States process the paperwork to deport him. There is a juvenile prison in Liberty, Texas forty-six miles northeast of Houston, where many minors who are captured trying to enter the United States alone and illegally are sent to await deportation.

Liberty, Texas even got a very brief mention in one of the most famous novels ever published. Jack Kerouac wrote in On the Road, We zoomed through Beaumont, over the Trinity River at Liberty, and straight for Houston.

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Liberty Bell boys basketball wins tournament

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LEAVENWORTH Liberty Bell High Schools boys basketball team went 2-0 and claimed the championship at the Cascade Holiday Tournament on Monday and Tuesday.

The Mountain Lions got off to a fast start edging 1A Cascade, 49-47 on Monday. Liberty Bell lead 32-29 at the half.

We were able to battle despite a poor shooting night and survive a last second three point shot that would have won it, Liberty Bell coach Kyle Acord said.

Connor Cooley finished with 13 points and 8 rebounds.

Micah Klemmeck added 13 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals.

Liberty Bell (49) Scoring: Lara 6, B. Klemmeck 3, Dominguez 2, Reggiatore 4, Cooley 13, M. Klemmeck 13, Duguay 4, Dornfeld 4. Rebounds: Cooley 8, M. Klemmeck 6, Duguay 5, Dornfeld 3. Steals: Dominguez 3, M. Klemmeck 3, Duguay 2. Assists: Duguay 5.

The Mountain Lions put together a strong second half to slip past Cle Elum-Roslyn, 63-56, on Tuesday.

Liberty Bell trailed 33-25 at the half before using a 24-12 fourth quarter run to gain the victory.

We did a better job of executing our offense in the fourth quarter, Acord said of the championship game. That, along with some key defensive stops enabled us to take a 2-point lead with just under a minute to play.

Cle Elum-Roslyn was hit with a personal foul, a player technical and a coach technical in the final minute.

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History's 'Sons of Liberty' foment the American Revolution

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Long before the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, there was a group of radical young men who fomented rebellion against the British monarchy.

They represented all tiers of society, from well-heeled lawyers to humble craftsmen. They met in secret at Boston's Green Dragon Tavern to plot daring acts of defiance. They railed against taxation without representation.

And rather than serve as second-class subjects of a distant monarch, they famously believed that all men are created equal and endowed with the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Those seminal years leading to America's violent separation from the British Empire are re-created in "Sons of Liberty," a six-hour scripted miniseries that begins airing Jan. 25 on History. "Many people think of powdered wigs and quill pens when they think about that period," says Dirk Hoogstra, executive vice president and general manager of History and H2. "We're bringing this story to life in a way a lot of people haven't seen before. We want it to be adventurous, bring some adrenaline to it."

In developing the miniseries, the producers consulted with historians to be as accurate as possible. "You can't make a documentary," Hoogstra acknowledges. "No one knows what was said. Some parts you have to fictionalize, so you can't be 100% factual.

"I know for sure," he adds, "if people are entertained, they're going to Google it. They're going to engage with American history in a way they might not have before."

Produced by A+E Studios in association with Stephen David Entertainment, "Sons of Liberty" was directed by Kari Skogland ("Boardwalk Empire," "The Borgias").

English actor Ben Barnes ("The Chronicles of Narnia") stars as Samuel Adams, a tax-collector-turned-statesman who spread discontent among the colonists. Today the name Samuel Adams is commonly associated with beer. But the American patriot was actually a deeply religious man with a master's degree from Harvard and an affinity for politics rather than breweries.

Barnes describes Sam as the "beating heart of the revolution." He was also a sort of Robin Hood who put himself in the British cross hairs by refusing to collect taxes from some of his fellow citizens. In the TV show, Sam evades arrest by racing across rooftops and jumping through windows.

Along with Sam, dubbed "The Instigator," the miniseries features his conservative cousin attorney and future president John Adams referred to as "The Reluctant One." He's played by Henry Thomas ("E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," "Gangs of New York").

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