"EBOOK Exploring the Edges of Texas
In 1955, Frank X. Tolbert, a well-known columnist for the Dallas Morning News, circumnavigated Texas with his nine-year-old-son in a Willis Jeep. The column he phoned in to the newspaper about his adventures, Tolbert's Texas, was a staple of Walt Davis's childhood. Fifty years later, Walt and his wife, Isabel, have re-explored portions of Tolbert8217s trek along the boundaries of Texas.The border of Texas is longer than the Amazon River, running through ten distinct ecological zones as it outlines one of the most familiar shapes in geography. According to the Davises, Driving its every twist and turn would be like driving from Miami to Los Angeles by way of New York.Each of this book8217s sixteen chapters opens with an original drawing by Walt, representing a segment of the Texas border where the authors selected a special place8212a national park, a stretch of river, a mountain range, or an archeological site. Using a firsthand account of that place written by a previous visitor
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