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Texas Tidbits - On the Bookshelf that would only be appropriate because size has always been important to Texas. Upstart Alaska may have usurped the title of biggest state in the union, but Texas still boasts the tallest monument (San Jacinto Monument) and the largest capitol dome in the U.S. Texas has made its mark with quality as well as quantity, and a lot of that comes from its fair share of famous people. There have been heroes (Chester W. Nimitz, Audie Murphy), musicians (Ernest Tubb, Bob Wills, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly), and athletes (Jack Johnson, Babe Didrikson), just to name a few. Sure, Texas has had its share of outlaws (John Wesley Hardin, Sam Bass, Clyde Barrow), but it also has that stalwart champion of good, Popeye, who was created in Elzie Crisler Segar’s Thimble Theater comic strip, published in the Victoria Advocate. That may seem like an unusual crowd, but Texans often have been quite good at concocting strange brews. Consumers thought Gail Borden’s “meat biscuits” were disgusting, but the entrepreneur hit gold with Borden’s Condensed Milk. Waco pharmacist Charles C. Alderton kicked off the bottled soft drink industry with Dr Pepper. And Ferris obstetrician Robert Ernest House, looking for a sedative, discovered scopolamine hydrobromide, more commonly known as truth serum. So, whether you want the real truth about Texas or just need a few nifty stories to tell your friends, pick up Jent’s book and open it to any page. It’s one of the liveliest looks at Texas assembled in one place—the Texas State Fair excepted—and you can make it last a whole year. For those of us who can’t get enough of Texas trivia, Jent also has compiled A Browser’s Book of Texas Quotations (Republic of Texas Press, 2001), a collection of about 700 noteworthy quotations from or about Texas. —Christopher Dow [ back to top ] Featured Stories | Through the Sallyport | On the Bookshelf | Who's Who Students | Arts | Scoreboard | Yesteryear | Previous Issues Copyright ©2002 Rice University http://www.rice.edu/sallyport/2002/winter/bookshelf/texastidbits.html (2 of 2) [10/30/2009 11:00:39 AM]
Booknotes - On the Bookshelf Winter 2002 VOL.58, NO.2 Booknotes Carlos Fuentes, Mexico, and Modernity, by Maarten van Delden, associate professor of Hispanic and classical studies at Rice (Vanderbilt University Press, 1997). Nixon’s Economy: Booms, Busts, Dollars and Votes, by Allen J. Matusow, William Gaines Twyman Professor of History at Rice (University of Kansas Press, 1998). Rules of Engagement, by Elizabeth Moon ’68 (Baen Books, 1998). [ back to top ] Featured Stories | Through the Sallyport | On the Bookshelf | Who's Who Students | Arts | Scoreboard | Yesteryear | Previous Issues Copyright ©2002 Rice University http://www.rice.edu/sallyport/2002/winter/bookshelf/booknotes.html [10/30/2009 11:00:40 AM]
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