On Texas Backroads: Stories Found Along the Way

A collection of true stories set in Texas by author Carlton Stowers with foreword by Elroy Bode. The pieces each just three or four pages long cover a wide range of topics all related to Texas -- from the invention of the hamburger to the worlds smallest skyscraper from a hometown Carnegie Library to the first Hilton hotel from the best chicken-fried steak to barbecue as a religious experience from perfect days with grandchildren to quiet walks observing nature. Stowers an award-winning author and journalist has written more than forty books most of them set in Texas.