Texas Tales

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By Joe Bob Newman

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Six blazing hot stories of Texans and Texas. From cowboys to high tech who dun-it's, these stories cover the entire gambit of Texas from early nineteen hundred to the turn of the century.

The Last American Cowboy – The year was 1924, Henry Ford was making cars and trucks in mass production. John Burris was a hero, home from WW-I, Texas had changed, gone were cattle drives, outhouses and horse-drawn wagons. The new thing was everyone having a car, electricity, in-door plumbing and telephones. John couldn't change, or could he?

It Started - November 1963 – He watched the assassination of JFK, then he met Trish. Life changed for Billy; in Viet Nam, he is trapped in a tunnel by a cave-in. With no way out, he must find where the tunnels ends, it is full of booby traps which he knows nothing about. Can Billy survive and get back home to Trish?
Vanished – The Search for Rachael – Four-year-old Rachael disappeared April 3, 1967, the search for her was like nothing ever seen in Texas. Police, Texas Rangers and Private Investigators searched for her. The problem was, there were so few leads. A bullet, a boot print and a long gray hair. Who would take her and why?

Sally and Danny - A Love Story – Danny first saw her Saturday afternoon in September 1967, she was walking, no, strutting through the park. She was a goddess and Danny decided to follow her. He wound up meeting her at a hot dog stand; his problem was, she made him tongue tied and she already had a boy friend. What chance did Danny have with a goddess?

Legend of Boggy Creek – The first time the Boggy Creek Man was seen was in 1839 in Leon County, Texas. He has been seen through the years, but in 2018, a local man captured the creature on his game camera. Is he real? Seems to be!

The Mysteries of Tex Roundtree – Tex was married 25 years when his wife suddenly divorced him and wouldn't tell him why, Why wouldn't she? Then his business was shot up and three of his employees were killed, who did it and why was Tex shot too? When Tex wakes up with a dead woman in bed with him, he wants answers, but the police already have theirs!

Texas Tales