{"product_id":"mavericks-9780292718197","title":"Mavericks","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePopular writer and performer Gene Fowler profiles a gallery of eccentric Texans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI recently picked up a book that is so good that I was tempted to lift several chapters from it for my columns. Instead I decided to write a column about it. It is \u003ci\u003eMavericks: A Gallery of Texas Characters\u003c\/i\u003e, by Gene Fowler, published by the University of Texas Press in 2008. -- Lonn Taylor * Big Bend Now *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction: \u003ci\u003eSintesi Texana\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part One: A Gallery of Performance Folk-Artists \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1. Commodore Hatfield: Prophet of the Trinity \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2. Cyclone Davis Jr.: \"Bewhiskered Dervish\" \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3. Port Arthur's Popeye, Bet-a-Million, and the Brownie Man \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4. Governor Willie \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5. Bobcat Carter \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6. William F. Drannan: A Hero, or \"Nothing but a Damn Liar\"? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 7. Madam Candelaria: \"Most Outstanding Female Character of San Antonio History\" \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 8. Three Rode for Texas \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 9. Wild Bill's Final Performance \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 10. Sain-toh-oodie Goombi and Two Braids Tommy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 11. Hondo Crouch: \"Imagineer\" \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 12. Trek Stars: Hickey, Hoopie, Plennie L. Wingo, and Others \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 13. Arizona Bill \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 14. Bicycle Annie \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 15. Moses Evans: \"Wild Man of the Woods\" \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 16. Robert Hall: Sharp-dressed Frontiersman \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 17. Anthony Banning Norton: \"Full-blown Eccentric\" \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 18. O. L. Nelms: The Most Thankful Millionaire \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 19. Jim \"Silver Dollar\" West \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 20. Bozo Texino \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 21. Ray's Ornamental Gardens \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 22. O. T. Nodrog, the Outer Dimensional Forces, and the Time Ark Service Modules \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part Two: Other Texas Characters \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 23. A Pair of Snake Kings and One Snake Queen \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 24. Giants \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 25. Big Sam \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 26. Stout Jackson \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 27. Milt Hinkle: Aerial Bulldogger \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 28. Booger Red: \"Ugliest Man Dead or Alive\" \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 29. Buck Gunter: Raisin' Hair and Ridin' Broncs \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 30. Samuel E. \"Doc\" Asbury: Texas Nativist \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 31. Quinta Mazatlan: Adobe Outpost in the Rio Grande Valley \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 32. Four Great Ladies \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 33. Five Aces of Magic \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 34. Mystics \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendixes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix A: \u003ci\u003eThe Zeb Crawburg Memorial\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix B: \u003ci\u003eAstro Turf Ranchette\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix C: \u003ci\u003eWestern Art\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix D: Break on Through \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix E: Zaney Blaney and the Beat \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400853856599,"sku":"9780292718197","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292718197.jpg?v=1730471748","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mavericks-9780292718197","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}