Tales From Toadsuck Texas

by Cannon, Bill

• ISBN13: 9781556227998
• ISBN10: 155622799X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781461712992
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-07
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing

Summary

There really once was a Toadsuck, Texas! Leave it to Bill Cannon to discover it and to take the everyday events of the town inhabitants and turn them into hilarious adventures and carryings-on. This book is delightful, funny, and like all of Bill's books, keeps making the reader come back for just one more wonderful story

Table of Contents

``Yes, Virginia, There is a Toadsuck''	xiv
Toad-Facts, an Introduction to Toadsuck	1	(1)
Toadsuck's Controversial Native Son	2	(1)
Red River War	3	(1)
The Burial of Toadsuck's Not So Favorite Son	4	(3)
Barlow Feeney's Comeuppance	7	(3)
A Fading Life of the Party	10	(2)
Who Said Homework Wasn't Important?	12	(2)
Primate in the Pulpit?	14	(1)
So, Sue the Stork!	15	(1)
More Dollars Than Sense	16	(1)
No Replacements Wanted!	17	(1)
Toadsuck's Golden Glove Award	17	(2)
Role Models	19	(1)
Cold Hard Facts?	20	(2)
Sharing is Part of the Toadsuck Philosophy	22	(2)
City Folks Are So Sophisticated	24	(1)
An Enlightening Experience	25	(2)
Typically Texas	27	(1)
``Let the Buyer Beware''	28	(2)
East is East and Toadsuck is Toadsuck	30	(2)
Breakin' a Nasty Habit Aint Easy!	32	(2)
The Bare Facts in Rural Toadsuck	34	(2)
Scandal in Toadsuck	36	(2)
The Good Samaritan	38	(3)
The Mule Egg	41	(3)
Domestic Violence Toadsuck Style	44	(1)
Taking a Bite Out of Crime	45	(1)
The High Price of Honesty!	46	(2)
Silence Can Be Golden	48	(1)
Family Secrets	49	(1)
Farewell to House Calls?	50	(2)
Better Safe Than Employed!	52	(1)
Toadsuck's Drug Problem	53	(2)
On the Wagon, Almost	55	(2)
True Confession at the ``Bubba Table''	57	(1)
Cleanliness is Next to Godliness	58	(2)
``Little Pitchers Have Big Ears!''	60	(1)
If it Was Important, it Must Have Been in Texas!	61	(1)
A Charlie By Any Other Name	62	(2)
Fine Print Ain't Necessarily So Fine!	64	(2)
Out of the Mouths of Babes	66	(1)
No Dog-Catcher Needed!	67	(1)
``Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones''	68	(2)
Evil May Just Be a Point of View!	70	(2)
A Story Anybody Could See Through!	72	(1)
Fast Thinkers Start Young!	73	(1)
``There Ain't No Free Lunches''	74	(2)
The Power of Suggestion	76	(1)
You Asked For It	77	(1)
Trick or Treat in Toadsuck!	77	(2)
Fame Can Be Flighty	79	(2)
``Keep Your Fork''	81	(2)
Beyond Bickering	83	(2)
If You Haven't Found God, It Might Not Be Your Fault!	85	(2)
Just What the Doctor Ordered	87	(2)
Old Ain't No Substitute for Books!	89	(1)
Growing Up in Toadsuck	90	(2)
A Little Knowledge Can Be a Dangerous Thing	92	(2)
Hats Off to Friendliness	94	(2)
Being a Hero Can Be Costly	96	(4)
``Doc'' Bodkin's Famous Hiccup Remedy	100	(1)
You Just Can't Hide From the Truth	101	(2)
The Day Judgement Day Came to Toadsuck	103	(2)
Xx Marks the Spot	105	(1)
Lawyer's Funeral Bill Reveals More Than Prices	106	(1)
Parenthetically Speaking	107	(1)
Higher Education in Toadsuck	107	(2)
Who Said ``Thin is Always Better''?	109	(1)
The Miracle Machine	110	(3)
Young Love is Undying	113	(1)
One Man's Opinion!	114	(1)
A Grave Misunderstanding!	114	(3)
Getting Really High in Toadsuck	117	(1)
Take a Number	117	(1)
Reading Between the Lines!	118	(1)
What's in a Name?	119	(1)
Why Toadsuck's Fences Were Only Armpit High	120	(1)
Rural Faux Pas	121	(2)
A Kodak Moment at Silver Leaves Retirement Center	123	(1)
You Can Count on Your Family!	124	(1)
Unsurpassed Comeuppance	125	(2)
The ``Pecking Order'' Was Never in Doubt at Odie Clanton's	127	(1)
Look on the Bright Side!	128	(2)
The Brush Arbor	130	(1)
An Innocent Misunderstood Sarcasm	131	(1)
Toadsuck's Last Lawyer	132	(1)
``Never Discuss Politics or Religion''	133	(1)
Three Marbles	134	(3)
Growing Old Gracefully?	137	(1)
Poor Choice of Words	138	(1)
The Dawn of Civilization	139	(1)
``Once More, With Feeling!''	140	(2)
Splitting the Sheets	142	(2)
Even Dogs Got Feelings!	144	(1)
``Suffer the Little Children to Come Unto Me''	145	(1)
Trial and Error, or, Even God Learns From Experience!	146	(1)
The Night Santa Claus was Seen in Toadsuck, Texas	147	(4)
Who Says Texans Talk Funny?	151	(1)
Long Ago in Toadsuck	152	(1)
The Age of Innocence	153	(2)
The Fast Thinker From Toadsuck	155	(1)
Fort Worth, Where the Streets are Paved With Gold	156	(2)
Even Vets Need Good Bedside Manner	158	(3)
Adding Insult to Injury	161	(2)
Patriotism is Only Hide Deep	163	(2)
He Sleeps Well When the Wind Blows	165	(2)
``I Will Make You Fishers of Men''	167