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.
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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.
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.
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Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Forgotten Tales
Publication Date: 31st May 2011
State: Texas
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781609492687
Format: Paperback
BISACs: PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Author Bio
Clay Coppedge is a journalist and freelance writer who grew up in Lubbock, Texas, and has lived and worked as a sportswriter and regional reporter for several central Texas newspapers over the last four decades. His work has appeared in a wide range of publications, including Acres USA, the Austin Chronicle, Field & Stream, Texas Co-op Power, Texas Golfer, Texas Highways and others.
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.
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Forgotten Tales
Publication Date: 31st May 2011
State: Texas
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781609492687
Format: Paperback
BISACs: PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Clay Coppedge is a journalist and freelance writer who grew up in Lubbock, Texas, and has lived and worked as a sportswriter and regional reporter for several central Texas newspapers over the last four decades. His work has appeared in a wide range of publications, including Acres USA, the Austin Chronicle, Field & Stream, Texas Co-op Power, Texas Golfer, Texas Highways and others.
