Frommer's^® Texas, 5th Edition

by Neil Edward Schlecht; Eric Peterson; David Baird

• ISBN13: 9780470445709
• ISBN10: 047044570X
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-07-01
• Publisher: Frommers

Summary

Texas continues to be a top leisure travel destination, with more than 6.8 million travelers visiting from outside the U.S. each year.

Author Biography

David Baird is a writer, editor, and translator based in Austin, Texas. He was born and bred in Houston, though he spent part of his childhood in Morelia, Mexico. He has contributed to several works about Texas and Mexico, including Frommer’s Mexico.

Eric Peterson lives in Denver, Colorado, and writes about all sorts of subjects, including but not limited to travel, business, politics, music, and environmental issues. He is the author of several Frommer’s guides and Ramble California (Fulcrum Books, 2009). Peterson’s byline has recently appeared in such publications as the New York Daily News, High Country News, Forbes Life MountainTime, and ColoradoBiz.

Neil E. Schlecht was reared in North Dallas. He attended Plano Senior High School, returned for graduate school at UT–Austin, and married a Texan. Now living in northwestern Connecticut, he is the author and co-author of more than a dozen travel guides, including Frommer’s Peru, Spain For Dummies, and Frommer’s Cuba. His Texas heroes are Lance Armstrong, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Jimmie Dale Gilmore.

Table of Contents

List of Maps

What's New in Texas

The Best of Texas

Texas in Depth

Planning Your Trip to Texas

Suggested Itineraries in Texas

Dallas-Fort Worth

Houston & East Texas

The Texas Gulf Coast

San Antonio

Austin

West Texas

Big Bend & Guadalupe Mountains National Parks

The Panhandle Plains

Appendix: Fast Facts, Toll-Free Numbers & Websites

Index

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