Mayhaw Texas

<p><em>Mayhew Texas</em> is loaded with colorful characters attached to twin brothers who land in Mayhaw a small Texas town named for a tree that produces fruit turned into tasty jam jelly and wine. Self-made and natural problems are solved by fictional folks such as the barbering Beaukiss brothers Wes and Ches; Shine Parker their shoe-shine man; and a three-legged dog named John Bell Hood who solves a criminal case. Also included are a Baptist preacher named Catfish Kincheloe who smokes White Owl cigars and drives a big car; Hoojay a Czech immigrant who creates a legendary barbecue restaurant; Wes' enigmatic wife Becca; and some baseball and football heroes. The Mayhaw gang encounters some real people along their 1930s journey where fact and fiction are allowed to blend. Segregation was a fact of life in Texas at that time and the Ku Klux Klan was still a feared commodity. Religion ands sports were important in Mayhaw -- and still are.</p>