The Texanist: Is “Hoot” a Texas Nickname?
Q: When I was growing up in a Humble Oil and Refining Company employee camp in Andrews County, I knew a man named Hoot Gibson. After recently seeing that name in an obituary, I did some research and f...
Chapter 14: The Night Before the Battle
Editors’ note: The character who kills Dracula at the end of Bram Stoker’s classic novel is Quincey Morris, a Texan who does the job with a bowie knife. Our serialized novel tells his story—a...