Forgotten tales of Texas
By: Clay Coppedge ; illustrations by Karleigh Hambrick
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Charleston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9781609492687
Subjects: Social life and customs; Tales; Local History; Biography; Anecdotes
Description: From El Chupacabra to the Marx Brothers, Clay Coppedge has a talent for digging into Texas's most unusual history. Strange as they may seem, many of these Texas-sized legends are surprisingly true, like Pancho Villa's film contract and the notorious Crash at Crush, a staged train collision and failed publicity stunt that turned tragic outside of Katy. Whether fact or lore, each tale is irrefutably part of a unique and fascinating heritage that invigorates the spirit like a Texas frontier remedy.