Exploring the edges of Texas

Exploring the edges of Texas

by Walt Davis
4/5
(20 votes)

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.

Format
304 pages, Hardcover
First published
2010
Publishers
Texas A&M University Press
Subjects
Davis·Walt·1942·Travel·Texas·Anecdotes·Davis·Isabel·1942·Travel·Texas·Anecdotes·Automobile travel·Texas·Anecdotes·Texas·Description and travel·Anecdotes·Texas·Boundaries·Anecdotes
Language
English

My margin notes felt compulsive: "poetic", "perceptive", "great detective work", "love it", "Audubon memory". Walt and Isabelle lead us to the exact spots that the likes of Louis A.

In 1955, readers of the Dallas Morning News were treated to a series of travel columns written by staffer Frank Tolbert. Accompanied by his 9-year-old son, Tolbert set out on a journey to circumnavigate to border of Texas, an immense physical and mental trip by any set of standards.

I was delighted with the wonderful service. The book "Exploring the Edges of Texas" is an excellent read.

Walt Davis

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