Texas Obscurities: Stories of the Peculiar, Exceptional & Nefarious

Texas Obscurities: Stories of the Peculiar, Exceptional & Nefarious - Hardcover

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Texas Obscurities: Stories of the Peculiar, Exceptional & Nefarious - Hardcover

Texas Obscurities: Stories of the Peculiar, Exceptional & Nefarious - Hardcover

by E. R. Bills
$34.54
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Book Overview

Some of these quirky true stories might surprise even the most proud Texan. Austin sat the first all-woman state supreme court in the nation in 1925. A utopian colony thrived in Kristenstad during the Great Depression. Bats taken from the Bracken and Ney Caves and Devil's Sinkhole were developed as a secret weapon that vied with the Manhattan Project to shorten World War II. In Slaton in 1922, German priest Joseph M. Keller was kidnapped, tarred and feathered amid anti-German fervor following World War I. Author E.R. Bills offers this collection of trials, tribulations and intrigue that is sure to enrich one's understanding of the biggest state in the Lower Forty-eight.
ISBN9781540209351
Author E. R. Bills
PublisherHistory Press Library Editions
GenreHistory
FormatHardcover
PublishedOctober 2013
LanguageENG- English
Pages162
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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By E. R. Bills

About E. R. Bills

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).

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