Legends & Lore of the Texas Capitol

by Mike Cox

Overview

From its beginning as one of the most ambitious construction projects west of the Mississippi, the imposing red granite Lone Star statehouse loomed large in Texas lore. The iconic landmark rests on a foundation of election rigging, an unsolved murder, land swaps and pre-dedication blackmail. It bore witness to the first meeting between LBJ and Lady Bird, as well as a bizarre resolution honoring the Boston Strangler. Mike Cox digs up a quarry's worth of the capitol's untold history, cataloguing everything from its ghost stories to its public art and collectible tourist kitsch.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439661086
Publisher:	The History Press
Publication date:	01/22/2025
Series:	Landmarks
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	227
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

An elected member of the prestigious Texas Institute of Letters, Mike Cox is the author of thirty-six non-fiction books. Over a freelance career of more than forty-five years, he also has written hundreds of articles and essays for a wide variety of national and regional publications. His bestselling work has been a two-volume, 250,000-word history of the Texas Rangers published in 2008. When not writing, he spends as much time as he can traveling, fishing, hunting and looking for new stories to tell.

Editorial Reviews

"[Mike] Cox is very good at sorting out the legends and lore, making this an essential read for any Texas history advocate." Austin-American Statesman


"What would we do without Mike Cox? The journalist and author had published more than 30 books, a great many of them about Texas and its history... Cox is very good at sorting out the legends and lore, making this an essential read for any Texas history advocate." Austin American-Statesman

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