Texas Monthly On . . . : : Texas True Crime / / editors of Texas Monthly.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Texas Monthly, editors of,
• MitwirkendeR: Ballí, Cecilia,; Colloff, Pamela,; Hall, Michael,; Hollandsworth, Skip,; Smith, Evan,; Vine, Katy,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2010]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (245 p.)

Since 1973, one magazine has covered crime in Texas like no one else, delving deep into stories that may turn your stomach—but won't let you turn away. Texas Monthly On. Texas True Crime is a high-speed read around Texas, chasing criminals from the Panhandle to the Piney Woods, through gated mansions and trailer parks, from 1938 to the twenty-first century. The stories, which originally appeared as articles in the magazine, come from some of its most notable writers: Cecilia Ballí investigates the drug-fueled violence of the border; Pamela Colloff reports on Amarillo's lethal feud between jocks and punks; Michael Hall re-visits the legend of Joe Ball, a saloon owner who allegedly fed his waitresses to pet alligators; Skip Hollandsworth uncovers the computer nerd who became Dallas' most notorious jewel thief; and Katy Vine tracks a pair of teenage lesbians inspired by Thelma and Louise. Texas Monthly On. Texas True Crime is the second in a series of books in which the editors of Texas Monthly offer the magazine's inimitable perspective on various aspects of Texas culture, including food, politics, travel, and music, among other topics. Texas Monthly On. Texas Women was released in 2006.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Suburban Madness -- Th e Outsiders -- Borderline Insanity -- A Kiss Before Dying -- Midnight in the Garden of East Texas -- Girls Gone Wild -- The Man Who Loved Cat Burgling -- Two Barmaids, Five Alligators, and the Butcher of Elmendorf -- The Day Treva Throneberry Disappeared -- A Bend in the River -- the last ride of cowboy bob -- The Family Man