Train Crash at Crush, Texas
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Train Crash at Crush, Texas by Mike Cox
On September 15, 1896, Crush boasted the highest population in Texas. Built near Waco, the town provided the staging ground for a publicity stunt ramming two trains together at top speed. Showrunner and Katy Railroad official William Crush thought he had planned for every contingency. But when elephant-sized chunks of steam locomotive began raining down into the packed stands, the extravaganza quickly unraveled into one of the Lone Star State's most confounding tragedies. The soon-to-be famous Scott Joplin commemorated the debacle in "The Great Crush Collision March,'? and entrepreneurs like "Head-On Joe'? Connolly of Iowa continued the tradition of the staged locomotive duel for decades. But the stupefying incident still slipped into the back pages of Texas lore. In the first-ever book on the subject, writer-historian Mike Cox finally tells the full story of the Crash at Crush.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.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781467139342 |
| ISBN 10 | 1467139343 |
| Title | Train Crash at Crush, Texas |
| Author | Cox Mike |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | History Press |
| Year published | 2019-08-26 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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