Texas Trivia Contributor(s): Cannon, Bill (Author) |
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ISBN: 1556225261 ISBN-13: 9781556225260 Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing OUR PRICE: $12.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1998 Annotation: Texas and Texans have been known to boast of having the best or the worst, the most or the least, the largest or the tiniest of just about everything. Join author Bill Cannon as he reveals facts that depict the colorful bravado unique to the Lone Star State. For instance, no six but seven flags flew over Texas. In 1832 the composer of The Star Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key, was the cousel hired by Sam Houston to defend him on assault charges. And someone other than Sam Bass may be buried in his grave. "A Treasury of Texas Trivia" is complemented by newspaper accounts, photographs, and other documentation of these and other little-known bits of Texas history. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) - Reference | Trivia - History | Reference |
Dewey: 976.4 |
LCCN: 96040199 |
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.6" W x 8.54" (0.56 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Gulf Coast - Cultural Region - South - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Texas |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Texas and Texans have been known to boast of having the best or the worst, the most or the least, the largest or the tiniest of just about everything. Join author Bill Cannon as he reveals facts that depict the colorful bravado unique to the Lone Star State. For instance, no six but seven flags flew over Texas. In 1832 the composer of The Star Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key, was the cousel hired by Sam Houston to defend him on assault charges. And someone other than Sam Bass may be buried in his grave. A Treasury of Texas Trivia is complemented by newspaper accounts, photographs, and other documentation of these and other little-known bits of Texas history. |