Legends and Lore of the Texas Capitol by Mike Cox

Legends and Lore of the Texas Capitol by Mike Cox

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.

Mike Cox's ancestors come from a long line of Texas ranchers. He started his full-time journalistic career in 1967 as a reporter for the San Angelo Standard-Times, then moved on to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal and the Austin American-Statesman. He joined the Texas Department of Public Safety and worked as its spokesman for fifteen years after a twenty-year career in journalism. He retired from the state in 2007, but in 2010 he came out of retirement to serve in the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's communications section. He is the author of twenty nonfiction works and is a member of the Texas Institute of Letters.

He got the A.C. Award from the West Texas Book and Music Festival in 2010. For lifetime achievement, the Greene Prize is given. In the Texas hill region, he lives in Fredericksburg.

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ISBN 13	9781467137584
ISBN 10	1467137588
Title	Legends and Lore of the Texas Capitol
Author	Mike Cox
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The History Press
Year published	2017-06-26
Number of pages	224
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