Texas Towns: From Abner to Zipperlandville travels off the beaten track and takes readers with it. It's fun. It's informative.
Description
To see Weeping Mary you've got to head to Texas. The grand state even boasts a Little Hope.
Texas Towns is a smart volume full of peculiar places. Author Don Blevins is generous in his detailing of the counties, routes, and landmarks that distinguish the hundreds of villages with quirky names scattered throughout the Lone Star State. History is told-the dates these curious settlements began, early inhabitants, previous names of the villages, and how each town's name came to be.
Travel through the alphabet of Texas. Learn the history of teh unique town in which you live. Or get educated about a place like Blowout Community, just another little pieced of Texas.
Pages280
Released2018
LanguageEnglish
PublisherGlobe Pequot Publishing
ISBN9781493032402
SellerSimon & Schuster
About the author(s)
John Bigley and Paris Permenter are a husband and wife team of travel writers. Longtime residents of Central Texas, they make their home in the Hill Country west of Austin, near Lake Travis. John and Paris have authored 32 guidebooks including Day Trips from San Antonio and Insiders’ Guide to San Antonio. Paris and John also publish www.TexasTripper?.com, which focuses on travel across the Lone Star State, PawZaar.com, featuring global style for pet lovers, and www.DogTipper?.com, filled with tips for dog lovers. Both John and Paris are members of the prestigious Society of American Travel?Writers. For more on the couple’s writing and travels, see www?.parisandjohn?.com.
Reviews
Texas Towns from Abner to Zipperlandville What's in a name? Don Blevins answers exactly that question in this book, where the truth comes out about the peculiar names of towns that decorate the Lone Star State.
The way Blevins is so attracted to the towns makes it seem almost as if they were named just for him to research. And the result is a page-turning, share-with-your-friends book that shouldn't leave your car. You'd better buy a copy for the house too!
Tiffany Synder
This is an excellent book to keep in the glove compartment furing family road trips in Texas.
