100 Things to Do in Texas Before You Die - Softcover

E. R. Bills

3.9

10 ratings by Goodreads

9781681061832: 100 Things to Do in Texas Before You Die

Softcover

ISBN 10: 168106183X ISBN 13: 9781681061832

Publisher: Reedy Press, LLC, 2018

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Many Texas travel guides are all hat and no cattle, put together by temporary or transplanted Texans who aren't well familiar with the state in its entirety, much less the experiences and marvels that express bona fide Lone Star spirit. Award-winning author E. R. Bills's 100 Things to Do in Texas Before You Die is a definitive, quick-reference travel guide put together by a native-born, lifelong Texan who has traveled the state all his life and spent the last several years writing about its distinct treasures, attractions and history. From the Big Bend to the Big Thicket, the Panhandle to the Padre Island National Seashore and all points in between, join Bills in this Lone Star bucket list that emphasizes authentic Texas in all of its amazing diversity, stark beauty and unparalleled presence in the lower forty-eight.

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About the Author:

Born in Fort Worth and raised in Aledo, E. R. Bills is an award-winning author, journalist and travel writer. His Lone Star titles include Texas Obscurities: Stories of the Peculiar, Exceptional & Nefarious (The History Press, 2013) and Texas Far and Wide: The Tornado with Eyes, Gettysburg's Last Casualty, the Celestial Skipping Stone and Other Tales (The History Press, 2017). He currently resides in North Texas and contributes to several publications around the state, including Texas Co-Op Power magazine and Fort Worth Weekly.

Review:

Texas author E.R. Bills has put together a delightful and useful Texas travel guide called 100 Things to Do in Texas Before You Die (Reedy Press, $18 paperback).
   Bills divides the state's attractions into six categories: amusements and entertainment, parks and recreation, history and culture, food and drink, road trips, and photo ops.
   Each attraction is covered concisely in one or two pages. Bills doesn't limit himself to the usual tourist sites like the Alamo, Big Bend, Padre Island, Galveston and the State Fair. They're in there,but so are these:
   Two-step at the Broken Spoke. Create graffiti at the Cadillac Ranch. Dive into a Texas swimming hole. Discover the Devil's Sinkhole. Watch a six-man football game. Eat some chicken-fried steak. Stay in a small town. Take a friend to try the 72-ounce Big Texan steak challenge. Snap your picture at the Sam Houston or Buddy Holly or Lightnin' Hopkins statues.
   Fun stuff. And, along the way, you'll probably learn something you didn't know about Texas.

--Texas Reads, Glenn Dromgoole, Abilene Reporter-News, November 15, 2018

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