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Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Thank You Hysterical Scholars! Foreword Preface BLACK GOLD

Behind the Scenes at Big Oil Spindletop: A Life-Changing Event It’s Oil in the Way You Say It Oil in the Family

CELEBRATIONS

Isn’t She Lovely? The Folkies on the Hill The Age of Austin-ius Big Tex

THE DARK SIDE OF TEXAS

The Cut-throat World of Texas Cheerleading Texans in Terrible Trouble The Sniper in the Tower Belle was a Starr Scandalous Stars

EATING AND DRINKING

Hotter ’n a Burnin’ Stump Steak Yourself to a Free Meal Cowboys, Cattle, and Cabernet Hidden Barbecue Hotspots Roadside Royalty Tasting Texas Brew Squishing Your Supper? Barbecue Basics Food Feud Yet Another White Meat Shoot Me Some Sugar!

FLORA AND FAUNA

Dirty, Low-Down Rattlesnakes More Than You Ever Wanted to Know about Armadillos As Big As Texas From Unique to Eunuch Why All the Wildflowers

FOOTBALL

Game-Time Traditions at Texas Universities Let’s Hear It For the ’Boys Always an Aggie? Lifetime Longhorn?

HEROES AND HEROINES

The Yellow Rose of Texas Kidnapped! A Guy Named Doris The Daring Red Adair Audie Murphy’s Resume

HISTORY

Six Flags Over Texas Little Known Texas Firsts The Secret Life of Sam Houston It Just Ain’t Wright Humping Across Texas Just Say No AIDS Comes to Texas The Law and the Lilly

IT CAME FROM TEXAS

Wouldn’t You Like to be a “Waco” Too? Neiman Marcus Puts “Gaud” Back in Christmas Texas Vittles

IT’S OFFICIAL

Officially in Texas State Bird: The Northern Mockingbird State Native Pepper: Chiltepin State Flower: Bluebonnet State Reptile: Texas Horned Lizard State Large Mammal: The Longhorn State Fruit: Texas Red Grapefruit State Tree and State Health Nut: The Pecan State Vegetable: The Sweet Onion

LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!

Big Screen Texans Ten Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know about Dallas Texas Movie Quiz J. R. Ewing, Philosopher Primetime Texas Texas Teens Go Hollywood

LONE STAR LEGENDS

Ghostly Gals of Texas More Ghostly Gals of Texas Marfa’s Night Lights Mine, All Mine Urban Legends, Texas Style

MILITARY HISTORY

Holy Hirohito, Batman! The Confederacy’s Last Stand The Fritz Ritz Ten Days in the Life of the Battleship Texas Alamology 101: A Primer Without a Leg to Stand On Ahoy Y’all! It’s the Texas Navy Fort Hood Looms Large

ON THE MAP

Las Ciudades de Tejas The Capital Capital of the World Texas Map Goes Ducky Do the Math Official Texas Capitals

QUIZZES AND PUZZLES

Texas Basics Traipsing Through Texas Howdy, Guv!

READ ALL ABOUT IT

O. Henry’s Daze in Austin The Unconventional Professor

ROADSIDE GUIDE TO TEXAS

The Grand Thrones of San Antone The Texas Underground Citrus Maximus Unique Texas Museums Beach Trinket Bingo Far East in the Southwest Waste Not Monumental Texas Trivia

ROPIN’, WRASSLIN’, AND RIDIN’

Ride ’Em, Cowboy! Rodeo Lingo Designated Drovers Who Started It? Horse, Cow, and the Hoosegow

SING A SONG OF TEXAS

Texas Jukebox Willie Nelson: The Five-Song Biography Waylon Jennings: The Five-Song Biography Janis Joplin: True or False The Other Man in Black ZZ Top: The Five-Song Biography The Singing Cowboy

STORMY WEATHER

Texas Tornado Quiz A Tale of Two Twisters Making Rain on the Plains The Tragedy of Isaac Cline

TALKIN’ THE TALK

Learn the Texicon Cowboy Talk Texas Truisms The Other Texans The Texas Phrase Book Sagacious Sporting Texans

TEXAN TRAILBLAZERS

We Don’t Need No Education The Black Cat of Texas Goodnight, Mr. Goodnight, Wherever You Are King of the Road Fit for the King Ranch Eat It or Wear It?

TEXAS CULTURE

Remember the Tomalamo! Pick-Up Truck Pop Quiz Uncle John’s Texas Clothes Shopper: The Hat Uncle John’s Texas Clothes Shopper: The Boots

Answers THE LAST PAGE

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