Secret Dallas: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

Secret Dallas: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
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Publisher : Reedy Press LLC
Total Pages : 345
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ISBN-10 : 9781681061047
ISBN-13 : 168106104X
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Book Synopsis Secret Dallas: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure by : Mark Stuertz

Download or read book Secret Dallas: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure written by Mark Stuertz and published by Reedy Press LLC. This book was released on 2018-04-15 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take an excursion through the weird, the wry, and the wonderful idiosyncrasies that comprise the Big D. From the Playboy Marfa bunny-with-a-muscle-car sculpture, to the ceaseless failed attempts to navigate the Trinity River, to the invention of the computer chip and German chocolate cake, Dallas is the birthplace of the whimsical, the wistful, and the profound. Secret Dallas answers questions about Big D you never knew you had, catapulting you through a portfolio of little-known but fascinating people, places, episodes, and artifacts. Think of it as a scavenger hunt travelogue, providing insights into hidden rhinestones and diamonds in the caliche. Secret Dallas is a riveting excursion into the city's odds and ends, where the rare and the phenomenal express the big, the bold, and the brash in everyone.


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