Kinky Friedman's Guide to Texas Etiquette Or How to Get to Heaven or Hell Without Going Through Dallas-Fort Worth

Name: Kinky Friedman's Guide to Texas Etiquette Or How to Get to Heaven or Hell Without Going Through Dallas-Fort Worth
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ISBN: 9780060935351

ISBN-10: 0060935359

ISBN-13: 9780060935351

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Authors: Kinky Friedman

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Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit! Delivering belly laughs, hee-haws, and downright slackjaw amazement, this hilarious guide to the homeland of George W. and Willie Nelson is the essential how-to for surviving in the Lone Star State. From strange Texas laws and the history of Dr. Pepper to "Texas Talk" (in which a "turd floater" is a heavy downpour) and final-meal requests by death row inmates, Kinky Friedman, "the oldest living Jew in Texas who doesn't own any real estate," provides an insider's guide that will be loved by native Texans and the rest of us poor devils alike. Even if you don't know the difference between an Aggie and an armadillo -- or what's really in the back on…

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List price: $16.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396

Kinky Friedman is the author of twelve novels, including Blast from the Past, Road Kill, The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover, God Bless, John Wayne, Armadillos & Old Lace; and Elvis, Jesus and Coca Cola. He lives in a little green trailer in a little green valley deep in the heart of Texas.



Acknowledgments


A Big Howdy from Kinky the Friendly Cowboy


Things You Would Never Hear a Real Texan Say


Big Hair for Jesus


Legend of the Texas Bluebonnet


Redneck, Good OI' Boy, or Oilman: Which Kind of Texan Are You?


Hometown Heroes


Guide to Texas Etiquette


How Big Is Texas?


Actual Quotes from Actual Texas Politicians


Things That Make You Go "Hmmmm"


All Politics Is Yokel


Advice to Anyone Moving to Texas


Famous Texans Not from Texas


Seen on Texas Bumper Stickers


How Texas Got Its Lone Star


Always Hold the Door for a Lady Sheriff


Rich Texas Oilmen


Texas A&M Football and the Twelfth Man Tradition


Written Test for Police


Eddie Childs


A Riddle


You Know You're in Texas When ...


Texas Talk


The Train Track Children


Coming of Age in Texas


More Hometown Heroes


How to Spot a Texan Abroad


Armadillo Fast Fact File


Prisoner-of-War Camps in Texas


Digging the Roots of Texas Music


Strange Texas Laws


Final Meal Requests by Texas Death Row Inmates


Texas Murderers


May All Your Juries Be Well-Hung


Texas Is the Only State


Tall Tales


Famous Texans with Mutant Genitalia


History of Dr Pepper


Aggie Jokes


Little-Known Facts About the Alamo and Her Defenders


The Alamo: John Wayne's Classic Movie


After the Alamo


The Texas Chicken Ranch


Strange Sports Mascots in Texas


The Back of the Bus


Everybody Is Somebody in Luckenbach


The Texas Celebrity High School Football Hall of Fame


Chili, the State Dish


Texas Weather


Shoshone the Magic Pony


The Yellow Rose of Texas


Teneha, Timpson, Bobo, and Blair


The Congress Avenue Bridge Bats


The Most Famous Texas Horned Toad


Chuck Wagon Cooking


Drawing from Experience


Outlaws in Texas


Rough Riders


Wanted: The Real Urban Cowboy


Still More Hometown Heroes


Dan Blocker


The Cowboy Cook's Prayer


God's Own Cowboys