{"id":200,"date":"2018-12-31T11:10:44","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T11:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=200"},"modified":"2018-12-31T11:10:44","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T11:10:44","slug":"texas-reads-archiveglenn-dromgoole-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=200","title":{"rendered":"Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span><\/span>Texas Reads<\/span>>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span>Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

7.5.15\u00a0\u00a0 Authors trace story of Fort Hood massacre<\/h1>\n

Texas authors Anita Belles Porterfield and John Porterfield<\/span> have written Death on Base: The Fort Hood Massacre,<\/span><\/a><\/span> tracing the story of Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan gunning down twelve soldiers and a civilian at Fort Hood, Texas, on Nov. 5, 2009.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps the most tragic and disturbing consequence of the Fort Hood shooting,\u201d they write, \u201cis the shattered illusion that a military base on American soil is a place that soldiers can rely upon to be a safe harbor.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 350 page book (University of North Texas Press, $29.95 hardcover) begins with a chilling moment-by-moment reenactment of the murder scene, then examines Hasan\u2019s early life and the events leading up to the shootings, and follows the case through Hasan\u2019s trial and its\u00a0 impact on the victims.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/span><\/span>Historical Mystery: <\/span>San Angelo novelist Mike Thompson\u2019s<\/span> latest mystery is Wolf Point<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Five Star, $25.95 hardcover), featuring Montana sheriff Andy Larson in 1923.<\/p>\n

Larson finds himself up against mobsters, bootleggers, bank robbers, and dead bodies as his town becomes a battleground for control of illegal booze smuggled in from Canada.<\/p>\n

In Thompson\u2019s earlier mystery, Curse of Al Capone\u2019s Gold,<\/span><\/a><\/span> Larson was a police officer in North Dakota who, with the help of some friends, hijacks a truckload of bootleg alcohol coming in from Canada. The hijacking turns deadly, and then the hijackers discover that the haul includes thousands of dollars of gold coins belonging to Al Capone. Uh-oh! Capone and his henchmen are coming after the gold and the men who stole it.<\/p>\n

Now Andy Larson has moved to Montana, thinking things might be a little more peaceful there. But soon he\u2019s caught up in the middle of another Prohibition bootlegging war. Thompson keeps the action flowing and the pages turning.<\/p>\n

Fundraiser: <\/span>Footprints in Aggieland: Remembrances of a Veteran Fundraiser<\/span><\/a><\/span> by Robert L. Walker<\/span> (Texas A&M University Press, $24.95 hardcover) tells about the author\u2019s experiences during his forty-six years as a development officer at Texas A&M.<\/p>\n

The book, while of special interest to Aggies, also has a lot to say to anyone involved in fundraising. In fact, the last eight pages of the book are devoted to \u201cFundraising 101,\u201d a summary of a graduate-level course Walker taught at A&M for twenty years.<\/p>\n

Walker, who grew up in Spur and went on to become one of the leading university development officers in the country, helped raise hundreds of millions of dollars during his career. After retiring from A&M, he and his son, Sid Walker, founded the Walker Consulting Group in College Station to assist organizations in fundraising. \u201cSuccessful fundraising,\u201d he writes, \u201cdepends on people-to-people interaction, engagement and trust.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fredericksburg Guide:<\/span> Few if any cities in Texas have done more to preserve and promote their historical architecture than Fredericksburg. Texas A&M University Press has produced A Guide to the Historic Buildings of Fredericksburg and Gillespie County<\/span><\/a><\/span> by Kenneth Hafertepe,<\/span> chair of the department of museum studies at Baylor. The 376-page guidebook ($24.95 flexbound) includes more than 200 color photos.<\/p>\n

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Glenn Dromgoole<\/span> is co-author of 101 Essential Texas Books.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/p>\n

>> <\/span>Read his past Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Literary Life here.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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