Frommer's Texas

David Baird, Edie Jarolim, Eric Peterson, Neil Edward Schlecht

John Wiley & Sons, Jun 24, 2005 - Travel - 473 pages

A must for savvy travelers to the Longhorn State

• Delivers frank, up-to-date travel advice on Texas, a top destination state that had more than $100 million leisure travelers in 2001 who spent $40.4 billion
• Guides visitors to the best accommodations, dining, nightlife, and sights in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi, El Paso, Amarillo, and more
• Highlights Texas's many family-friendly attractions (amusement parks, Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks, and wonderful beaches), nature tourism options (such as the Great Texas Costal Birding Trail), and historic sites (such as the Alamo and the Caddoan Mounds)
• Provides the lowdown on Texan music and food and even offers tips on how to talk like a Texan

What people are saying

Review: Frommer's Texas (Frommer's Complete)

User Review  - Lynne Percival - Goodreads

Haven't finished, but this book is full of interesting places, I would like to investigate!

Review: Frommer's Texas

User Review  - Melinda - Goodreads

I read this guide and the Lonely Planet guide before I went to Texas. This is not the book I chose to take with me on the trip. I think both books offered good information, but the Lonely Planet guide was more my style.

Contents

• The Best of Texas: 8
• 2: 17
• by Neil E Schlecht: 24
• Travelers: 47
• by Neil E Schlecht: 62
• 4: 76
• 69: 91
• by David Baird: 153
• 6: 185
• by David Baird: 210
• by Edie Jarolim: 249
• Austin: 292
• West Texas: 334
• MidlandOdessa: 363
• SanAngelo: 369
• Del Rio Amistad National: 375
• The Panhandle Plains: 410
• Texas in Depth: 436
• Index: 449

About the author

David Baird is a writer, editor, and translator based in Austin, Texas. He was born and bred in Houston, though he spent part of his childhood in Morelia, Mexico. He has contributed to several works about Texas and Mexico, including Frommer’s Mexico.

Edie Jarolim was a senior editor at Frommer’s in New York before she indulged her Southwest fantasies and moved to Tucson, Arizona. She has since written about the Southwest and Mexico for a variety of national publications, ranging from America West Airlines Magazine, Art & Antiques, and Brides to the New York Times Book Review and the Wall Street Journal.

Eric Peterson, a Denver-based freelance writer, has contributed to Frommer’s Colorado and has authored Frommer’s Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks. When he’s not on the road or writing about travel, Peterson covers Colorado’s business scene and Denver’s punk-rock underbelly.

Neil E. Schlecht was reared in North Dallas. He attended Plano Senior High School, returned for graduate school at UT–Austin, and married a Texan. Now living in northwestern Connecticut, he is the author and co-author of more than a dozen travel guides, including Frommer’s Peru, Spain For Dummies, and Frommer’s Cuba. His Texas heroes are Lance Armstrong, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Jimmie Dale Gilmore.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Frommer's Texas; Volume 180 of Frommer's Complete Guides
• Authors: David Baird, Edie Jarolim, Eric Peterson, Neil Edward Schlecht
• Edition: 3
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2005
• ISBN: 0764599739, 9780764599736
• Length: 473 pages
• Subjects: Travel / United States / South / West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)