Fixin' To Be Texan [Paperback]

Helen Bryant (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 31, 1998

You don't just move here and immediately become a Texan; it takes training. This delightfully witty book takes you through the process of understanding our conversation, why and how we dress the way we do, why pickups are a fact of life, and how you can acquire the necessary big hair. Fixin' to Be Texan pokes gentle fun at the Texas mystique. Residents of the state will get a big kick out of Bryant's clever way of identifying our predominant characteristics. Newcomers will use it as a tool for understanding the wonderful and sometimes incomprehensible behavior of our fine native population.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing (October 31, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556226489
• ISBN-13: 978-1556226489
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,786 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #74 in Books > Travel > North America

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for Texans and those wishing they were Texans!, June 10, 2001

By 

Kitt Williams - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fixin' To Be Texan (Paperback)

We gave this book to our friend from Germany to help better understand this "big ol'" state and the language while she was visiting. We found ourselves reading it and agreed with everything we read. Being Native Texans, we found this book the best book about Texas that we have ever read...and I have read a "mess of" books. Plus it has one of the best Texas jokes I've ever seen about why the chicken crossed the road. I recommend this book to anyone wanting to know more about Texas and the people smart enough to live there.. or crazy enough.

I'm fixin to buy me my own copy of the book.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wish I'd read this 23 years ago, March 20, 2006

By 

P. Chandler (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Fixin' To Be Texan (Paperback)

Helen Bryant has summed up everything you need to make the transition from being "from someplace else" to being a Texan, all in a compact and witty book. I lived in Houston and San Antonio for 17 years and I'm fixin to go back (from California) so I thought I'd better brush up. I feel ready, now.

After I finished the book I wrapped it up and gave it to friends, native Southern Californians who are soon to make Fort Worth their home. If you are bound for Texas, read this book first!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Assement of Texas from a Texan, January 5, 2000

By 

erin (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fixin' To Be Texan (Paperback)

This book is truly hilarious-being a Texan myself for 6 years i can totally relate to what the aiuthor is saying. the entire book is like one big joke and will keep you laughing the whole way through.