{"product_id":"9781892588296","title":"100 Great Things About Texas","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere is a delightful gift book for the Texans, former Texans, even non-Texans on your list. It's not a travel guide and not exactly a Texas brags book. Rather, it's a celebration of 100 subtle and not-so-subtle, serious and not-so-serious things that make Texas the special place that it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis entertaining and inexpensive little book consists of one thought per page, such as:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -When you tell someone from another state or country that you're from Texas, it invariably causes a reaction. Sometimes positive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-We don't talk funny. Everybody else does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-If Texas isn't the biggest or best in whatever field or activity, we can sure make it sound like it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-You can tell a place that serves great chicken fried steaks by the number of pickups parked outside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Texas was once an independent nation, and most of the time we act like it still is. -Statistically, we are an urban state. In spirit, we aren't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-If you run out of anything else to talk about, there's always the weather.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompiled by State House Press Managing Editor Glenn Dromgoole, \u003ci\u003e100 Great Things\u003c\/i\u003e about Texas is intended as an impulse buy or stocking stuffer at book stores, gift shops, and souvenir outlets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Great Texas Line","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039799034096,"sku":"9781892588296","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781892588296_p0.jpg?v=1763609948","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781892588296","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}