Best Austin Texas Travel Books

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For almost exactly one year, the Midnight Assassin crisscrossed the entire city, striking on moonlit nights, using axes, knives, and long steel rods to rip apart women from every race and class. It paints a compelling portrait of a culture at a turning point – that is, the capitol of Texas at the end of the 19th Century, when the barbarism of the frontier was giving way to the savagery of urban life.”― Lawrence Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning author The Looming Tower and Thirteen Days in September. With haunting granularity, Hollandsworth breathes vivid life into a forgotten, century-old tale of the hunt for America's first diabolical serial murderer ― set in, of all places, the quaint but upwardly mobile town of Austin, Texas. "― Robert Draper, The New York Times Magazine and author of Dead Certain "Skip Hollandsworth, one of the great true-crime writers of our era, has brought his remarkable talent to bear on one of the most fascinating untold criminal stories in American history. Through scrupulous research and a finely tuned sense of the gothic, Hollandsworth has brought this Texas-sized true-crime story, more than a century old, to vivid, chilling life on the page.” ―Hampton Sides, author of Hellhound On His Trail and In the Kingdom of Ice. In this, his first book, he uncovers the amazing untold story of America's first serial killer, a phantom who stalked the streets of Austin in 1885, three years before Jack the Ripper. Whether you love true crime, history or Texana, The Midnight Assassin is bursting at the seams with everything you want in a great book; a spellbinding mix of mystery, horror and historical detective work.

Contributors include Texas Monthly editor John Spong, chef Paul Qui, bootmaker Joshua Bingaman, hotelier Liz Lambert, and neon artist Todd Sanders, among others. Unlike traditional guidebooks that list the same old must-see sights and touristy neighborhoods, this new series, entitled Wildsam Field Guides, gets at the soul of a city --Conde Nast Traveler.

San Antonio, Texas, has it all and más! The Alamo City - the seventh-largest municipality in the United States - conveys a small-town vibe. It's filled with friendly locals who are happy to share what they love most about their ciudad: Barbacoa! For a city that pre-dates the Declaration of Independence, San Antonio has a youthful vibrancy that belies its age. Richter has lived and studied in Mexico, Spain, and Guatemala, and she has traveled extensively throughout Europe, Mexico, Guatemala, and Costa Rica.

100 Things Astros Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the ultimate resource guide for true fans of the Houston Astros. The Houston Astros beat reporter since 2004, Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag’s Lines.

Expertly researched and created in partnership with local land management agencies, National Geographic's Trails Illustrated map of Big Bend National Park provides an unparalleled tool for exploring this unique region. This map offers unmatched detail of the entire park including such key areas of interest as Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Sierra del Carmen, Sierra del Caballo Muerto, and portions of Big Bend Ranch State Park. Helpful information about backcountry use, regulations, wildlife, and safety tips combined with a chart showing the location of designated backcountry campsites will prove invaluable in your exploration of the park. Founded in 1915 as the Cartographic Group, the first division of National Geographic, National Geographic Maps has been responsible for illustrating the world around us through the art and science of mapmaking.Today, National Geographic Maps continues this mission by creating the world's best wall maps, recreation maps, atlases, and globes which inspire people to care about and explore their world.

Author and Cowboys employee Nick Eatman, through interviews with current and past players, provides fans with a one-of-a-kind, insider's look into the great moments and the lowlights throughout the team's history. Nick Eatman writes for DallasCowboys.com as the featured columnist and has been with the Dallas Cowboys organization since 1999.

Features: -All the roads of Texas from the interstates to the back roads -Comprehensive index listing over 4,000 cities, towns and communities -Overview map of Texas -Listings for Texas state & national parks and forests, roadside attractions, ghost towns and much more -All-inclusive legend -Vivid colors enhance the cartography within.