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At Least 1836 Things You Ought to Know About Texas--But Probably Don't: A Collection of Texas Trivia, Facts & Figures

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Good Lord, what a truly awful book. Sorry, Doris L. Miller, but it has to be said. The book may have served a purpose before the wide availability of the Internet, but not now.

The author states in the introduction that she compiled information by writing to the local Chambers of Commerce of hundreds of towns...and it shows. I'll praise the effort if not the outcome. The book is chock full of errors, both factual and typographical. (Sam Houston is not buried in Houston, but in Huntsville. I'm pretty sure it's Santa Ana and NOT Santa Anna.) Plus, with a copyright date of 1995, much of the contents is out of date. It wasn't even a well made book; many of the pages were uncut at the top.

After I read the book, I didn't keep it, sell it to the local Half Price Books or even donate it to Goodwill. I tossed it in the trash.

Lots of trivia and interesting stories. Lots of facts and figures too.

Texas never ceases to fascinate me and this book just adds to that charm! My whole family has enjoyed it, from the 17 year old all the way up to old fuddy-duddy granddad.

It's like having history alive because of the way it is written, as if talking to a friend!