{"id":1395,"date":"2018-12-31T17:02:20","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T17:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1395"},"modified":"2018-12-31T17:02:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T17:02:20","slug":"glenn-dromgooles-texas-reads-column-appears-weekly-at-lonestarliterary-com-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1395","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Dromgoole’s Texas Reads column appears weekly at LoneStarLiterary.com"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span><\/span>Texas Reads<\/span>>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span>Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n

8.5.2018\u00a0 Author ranks top 50 Dallas Cowboys players<\/h1>\n

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<\/a><\/span><\/span>Fans of the Dallas Cowboys can have fun reading \u2014 and debating<\/span> \u2014 The 50 Greatest Players in Dallas Cowboys History<\/span><\/a><\/span> by Robert W. Cohen<\/span> (Lone Star Books, $24.95 hardcover).<\/p>\n

Cohen, who has written several sports collections of the fifty-best variety, ranks the Cowboys from 1 to 50 and then adds fifty more honorable mention selections for a 424-page retrospective on the team\u2019s greatest stars.<\/p>\n

Number 1? Roger Staubach.<\/p>\n

Number 100? Duane Thomas.<\/p>\n

In between, Cohen\u2019s top 10 includes Bob Lilly, Emmitt Smith, Randy White, Michael Irvin, Larry Allen, Mel Renfro, Troy Aikman, Tony Dorsett, and Jason Witten.<\/p>\n

Bob Hayes came in at 20, Tony Romo at 25, Don Meredith at 40, special teams standout Bill Bates at 48.<\/p>\n

Each of the top fifty selections receives a six or seven page spread, including a biography, career highlights, and notable achievements. Cohen also offers his all-time Cowboy offensive and defensive teams, position by position. Plenty to read, and argue about.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl MVP:<\/span> Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles, <\/span>who played his high school football in Texas, writes about the highs and lows of his pro football career in a spiritual autobiography, Believe It: My Journey of Success, Failure, and Overcoming the Odds<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Tyndale Momentum, $26.99 hardcover)<\/p>\n

Foles enjoyed early success with the Eagles before being traded to the St. Louis Rams. After a bad year in St. Louis, he nearly quit the game but came back as a backup quarterback and eventually took the Eagles to their first Super Bowl championship.<\/p>\n

Foles, a devout Christian who is taking seminary courses online, writes, \u201cNow that God has placed me in a position of influence, I want to share my own journey \u2014 warts and all \u2014 with people. I love football, but football isn\u2019t my first love. God is, then my family. Football comes after that. And because I have that perspective, I\u2019m a much better player than I was before.\u201d<\/p>\n

By the way, another 2017 pro quarterback hero from Texas \u2014 Abilene\u2019s Case Keenum<\/span> (The Minnesota Miracle) shares his story of\u00a0 faith, family and football in an upcoming book, Playing for More,<\/span> due for release on Sept. 4. I\u2019ve read an advance reader copy and it\u2019s very inspiring. More on that later.<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/span>Cowboy Barbecue: Fire & Smoke from the Original Texas Vaqueros<\/span><\/a><\/span> by Adrian Davila<\/span> (with Ann Volkwein<\/span>) is a cookbook as well as a celebration of his family\u2019s history through Davila\u2019s BBQ in Seguin (The Countryman Press, $24.95 paperback).<\/p>\n

Before getting to the recipes, Davila offers a chapter on cooking techniques, including \u201csmoking meat the Davila way.\u201d Davila\u2019s recipes get right to the main ingredient \u2014 meat \u2014 to start with, followed by sections\u00a0 on tacos and tamales, soups and chilis, vegetables and sides, tortillas and breads, and sauces and salsas.<\/p>\n

Meat recipes include mesquite brisket, smoked beef tongue, beef jerky, whole pig asado style, smoked pulled pork, tinga de pollo, brined and smoked whole turkey, smoked fresh oysters, and glazed barbecued salmon, to mention just a few.<\/p>\n

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Glenn Dromgoole<\/span> writes about Texas books and authors. Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

>> Read his past Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Literary Life here.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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