Dallas Uncovered is well-written, humorous, witty and full of all kinds of interesting facts about one of the world's favorite cities, from Bonnie and Clyde to Jack Kilby (who invented the integrated circuit) and Deep Ellum, once the city's black district and now home to funky nightclubs. This book is easy to read and hard to put down. If you live in Dallas or are going there to visit, you will definitely need Dallas Uncovered!

This is a well researched and well written description of a time and place in Dallas in the 20's and 30's that has long been overdue. The history of blues, jazz, gospel and country was written in Deep Ellum. It was a "good read", and I recommend it highly.

This publication was very helpful in planning our family vacation, and saved us a lot of hassle and money. I highly recommend it to anyone traveling with their pets!

I own several field guides to Texas wildflowers, and I find this one to be the best among them. There are books with bigger and better photographs, but none come close to having the nearly 400 color photos this one has. This one also has maps of growing areas for each plant identified and very clear descriptions of each plant. It even has sections on Texas' endangered species and landscaping with native plants.

The book divides the plants into five sections for easy use. The wildflowers are further divided into colors to help find and identify them quickly. The five sections are (1) herbaceous wildflowers, (2) vines, (3) trees and shrubs, (4) cacti, agaves, yuccas and other succulents, and (5) miscellaneous plants, weeds and growths on trees. These are followed by appendices on how to identify common plant families and "plant watching" as a hobby (collecting plants, how to make a plant press and save your specimens, and a sample wildflower documentation sheet). Finally, there are three glossaries and an index.

While some might complain that the plant photographs are not printed with the specimen entries (they are grouped together in the center of the book), this is really quite handy. Each photo is numbered identically with the entries, so matching the photo with the description is really very simple. Indeed, it is quite easy to find the flower by its photo and then look up the corresponding plant description by the photo number.

All in all, this is the only wildflower field guide Texans will need. If you want a desk reference, that's another matter.

This book is somewhat dated, but most of the Trans-Pecos Geology has not changed in long while. I originaly picked this book up while I was looking for places to rock climb. I ended up doing a lot of agate and fossil huntig on some of my climbing trips. Informative and relevant book over a geologicaly diverse area of Texas.

I took this guide on a first time visit to San Antonio and found it invaluable. Not only was it up to date with info on the latest hotels, attractions, and restaurants, but it contains lots of asides containing interesting information on the different sites that added to our enjoyment at visiting these sites. A first rate job!

I just returned from a weekend trip through the Hill Country and found this book indispensable. I have long been a resident of this region but learned about many hidden treasures in this area thanks to Eleanor Morris. I'm buying a second copy as a gift for my new neighbors!

First, the down side. For $37.50, I hoped for a big book full of on-site color pictures and visual data. Doesn't have that. Information wise, it is outstanding. It is very difficult to find easily read data concerning ancient man in Texas. This book not only contains the information for which it is named, but includes parametal info as well. I really enjoyed the information on faunal, artifacts, species and other information pertinent to the time period. Even the weather is included as best can be determined. The concept that many other sink holes in the area could be cemeteries is amazing in itself. Where are the other tens of thousands of deceased people that once occupied this land? More archaeologists in the future should take the time to actually publish this interesting and valuable data for the general public.

The book is full of useful information, suggestions of where to go, and also has detailed maps of downtowns of all the major cities in Texas. Pictures are really beautiful. If you plan to go to Texas, this book is all you need, for preparations, and for the trip itself.