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    Texas Far and Wide: The Tornado with Eyes, Gettysburg's Last Casualty, the Celestial Skipping Stone and Other Tales

    by E.R. Bills


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    • ISBN-13: 9781625859181
    • Publisher: History Press, The
    • Publication date: 10/16/2017
    • Pages: 128
    • Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)


    E.R. Bills is a freelance writer and journalist who received a degree in journalism from Texas State University. Born in Fort Worth and raised in Aledo, he is the author of Texas Obscurities: Stories of the Peculiar, Exceptional and Nefarious (The History Press, 2013), The 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of Genocide in East Texas (The History Press, 2014) and Black Holocaust: The Paris Horror and a Legacy of Texas Terror (Eakin Press, 2015). His work has appeared in Fort Worth Weekly, Fort Worth Magazine, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Austin American-Statesman and numerous other publications. He also recently co-edited Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers (Eakin Press, 2016).

    Table of Contents

    Preface 9

    Acknowledgements 11

    1 Escaped Ape Caper 13

    2 Teenage Aviatrix 16

    3 Lost Legend of Troup 20

    4 First Flying Saucer 23

    5 Little St. Louis on the Trinity 26

    6 Cuero G.I. Joe 29

    7 Christmas 3 34

    8 Celestial Skipping Stone 47

    9 Sherman Riot 51

    10 Scrappy Mingus Flappers 60

    11 Lost in the Shuffle 63

    12 Kaiser Burnout 69

    13 Tornado with Eyes 74

    14 Caveman Cometh 78

    15 Alvin Reigns 81

    16 Harvard West of the Mississippi 84

    17 Salt Palace 89

    18 El Santo Padre Pedrito 92

    19 Patsy or Betsy, a Negro Woman 96

    20 Boy with X-Ray Eyes 100

    21 Staked Plain Quakers 103

    22 Gettysburg's Last Casualty 107

    23 Sanctuary City 110

    24 First Fastest Man Alive 114

    25 Ten-Gallon Diplomacy 117

    Bibliography 121

    Index 133

    About the Author 143

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    The sheer volume of remarkable Texan exploits creates a dizzying tally for the proudest of its citizens. So it happens that inexplicable marvels slip past an entire state of storytellers and world-famous legends live as anonymous neighbors. Ever hear the story about the escaped ape in the Big Thicket? Or the "Interplanetary Capital of the Universe" that sat on the Gulf Coast? Does the cowboy hat that warmed U.S.-China relations ring a bell? From the Staked Plain Quakers to the Kaiser Burnout, E.R. Bills delves into some of the most fascinating chapters of overlooked Texas lore.

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    The sheer volume of remarkable Texan exploits creates a dizzying tally for the proudest of its citizens. So it happens that inexplicable marvels slip past an entire state of storytellers and world-famous legends live as anonymous neighbors. Ever hear the story about the escaped ape in the Big Thicket? Or the Interplanetary Capital of the Universe that sat on the Gulf Coast? Does the cowboy hat that warmed U.S.-China relations ring a bell? From the Staked Plain Quakers to the Kaiser Burnout, E.R. Bills delves into some of the most fascinating chapters of overlooked Texas lore.

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