Synopses & Reviews
Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Lone Star State has to offer!
Visit thousand-pound concrete horses on Interstate 35, hundreds of fiberglass hippos in Hutto, and the too-many-to-count antlers on a 15-foot deer-horn tree.
Meet a cross-dressing, three-time mayoral candidate; a musician who creates roadkill hats; and a corn-artifact-collecting connoisseur.
Check out a chicken cock-a-doodle-dooing on your bingo square; a sprinkling of oatmeal flakes from the sky; and a blow-the-biggest-bubble chewing gum contesta sticky situation youll love getting into!
Whether youre a born-and-raised Texan or a recent transplant, author John Kelso will have you laughing out loud as he introduces you to the neighbors you never knew you had and takes you to places you never knew existedright in your own backyard.
Review
"John Kelso is the Lewis and Clark of weird in Texas. If he can't find it, it ain't there."
--Gary Cartwright, Senior Editor, Texas Monthly
Review
"Kelso drove 13,000 miles to find 'goofy' Texas stuff, and he didn't miss an oddity. Great fun!"
--Ann Gallaway, Senior Editor, Texas Highways
Synopsis
Humor columnist John Kelso captures the strange-but-true spirit of Texas with this combination almanac, off-the-wall travel guide, and wacky news gazette. His narrative entertains and provides plenty of choice material worthy of repeating at social gatherings--a great read for Texans, Texan wannabes, and anyone who enjoys humor and trivia with a twist.
About the Author
John Kelso is an award-winning humor columnist for the
Austin American-Statesman. He lives in South Austin, Texas.
Table of Contents
IntroductionCentral TexasHill CountryNorth TexasEast TexasWest TexasHigh PlainsSouth TexasGulf CoastIndexAbout the Author