About Lee's Texas, My Texas

“The use of detail in his writing reflects his years of observation and thought about Texas culture, and his ready wit mirrors a nimble mind… An enjoyable book… giving pleasure chapter by chapter.” —Review of Texas Books

“Lee discourses on the Texas myth, on fundamentals like meat and pie, writes of honky-tonks and old time burial customs and about the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders… An enjoyable read.” —Austin American-Statesman

As Jim Lee writes in the Introduction, “these pieces have embarrassed my family, friends, and colleagues for more than three decades. So it is only natural that I have collected them into one volume. The essays are supposed to be funny, but… some of my more serious and sober auditors have shaken heads, frowned openly, looked amazed and disgusted, or even walked out as I spoke. One former president of the Texas Folklore Society makes it a point to boycott my readings whenever she can… I am writing this introduction because it is expected and because I ought to tell why I am foisting this nonsense off again: I hope to make a lot of money and buy me a Lincoln Continental automobile. I just thought you ought to know.”

Out of Print.