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Roadside History of Oklahoma (Roadside History Series)

1 review
Francis L. Fugate, Roberta B. Fugate

Mountain Pr, 1991

An unexpectedly surreal and entertaining book
The corpse of an unidentified drifter is taxidermied and passed off as John Wilkes Booth to paying tourists. A con artist convinces an entire town to plan a big reception for a coming circus, makes off with hundreds of dollars in ticket sales, and the townsfolk after realizing the circus was a hoax, celebrate anyway and begin a tradition that continues to the present day. The sole survivor ...

Secrets of the World's Best-Selling Writer: The Storytelling Techniques of Erle Stanley Gardner

1 review
Francis L. Fugate, Roberta B. Fugate

William Morrow & Co, 1980

The Case of the Top-Selling Author
Erle Stanley Garner was a self-taught author who kept detailed accounts of the development of his writing method. This collection of millions of notebooks, letters, memoranda, charts, lists, and even phrases are in a Collection at the University of Texas at Austin. The authors distilled these papers into a 286 page book that has a Bibliography and Index. The Foreword acknowledges the people who ...

Roadside History of New Mexico (Roadside History Series)

5 reviews
Francis L. Fugate, Roberta B. Fugate

Mountain Pr, 1989

If you are a history buff - get Roadside.
Eureka! What a find. Besides being a phenomenal ROADSIDE history book (best used with an automobile traveling the highways and byways), it is worth the purchase for the 100s of black & white photos that are found throughout the book. In my recent two week of travel through New Mexico there was not a ghost town, pueblo, town or city that was not expounded upon. Folks, this is a wonderful ...