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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Varhola, Michael O.
Texas confidential: sex, scandal, murder, and mayhem in the Lone Star State by Michael O. Varhola; foreword by Jesse Sublett.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN-13: 978-1-57860-458-6
ISBN-10: 1-57860-458-3
1. Crime—Texas—History—Case studies. 2. Sex scandals—Texas—History—Case studies. 3. Scandals—Texas—History—Case studies. 4. Politicians—Texas—Conduct of life—History. I. Title.
HV6793.T4V37 2011
364.109764—dc23
2011019717
Edited by DONNA POEHNER
Cover designed by STEPHEN SULLIVAN AND SCOTT MCGREW
Interior designed by STEPHEN SULLIVAN
Layout by ANNIE LONG
Front and back cover photos appear courtesy of: Wikimedia Commons; photo of Anna Nicole
Smith courtesy of Photofest, Inc.
Photos in Texas Confidential appear courtesy of:
Michael O. Varhola
Library of Congress
Wikimedia Commons
NASA
Other photos appear courtesy of: p. 36, IMDB; p. 47, CityView; p. 52, U.S. Congress; p. 74, New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung; p. 90, Chester Harding; p. 95, Mexico City Museum; p. 10, National Photo Company Collection; p. 159, Joe Burgess; p. 175, J. H. E. Partington; p. 180, Paul Joseph; p. 204, © 1980 Larry D. Moore; p. 207, Austin Police Department; p. 208, Austin Public Library; p. 213, Gunnar Hansen; p. 217, Houston Police Department; p. 241, Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys; p. 255, Laura McKenzie/New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung; p. 258, Laura McKenzie/New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung; p. 268, Jasleen Kaur; p. 271, Edward S. Curtis; p. 273, National Archives; p. 280, Frederic Remington; p. 289, Robert Stringer; p. 294, Matthew Rutledge; p. 295, U.S. Air Force; p. 296, Daniel Schwen; p. 309, Avon; p. 342, Diego Fernández
Table of CONTENTS
FOREWORD by Jesse Sublett
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
SEX in the Lone Star State
1 Texas Vice
2 Miss Hattie’s Bordello
3 Porno, Texas Style
4 Walking Tall in the White House
5 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
6 Going Down to Get Ahead
7 Paying for It, Lying About It—And Getting Away With It
8 Below the Bench
9 Now All Sex is Fine in Texas
10 A Risky Proposition
11 Anna Nicole Smith
12 Sex Toys Now Legal in Texas!
13 Mark of Shame
SCANDAL in the Lone Star State
1 Jean Lafitte
2 Rogues of the Alamo
3 “Ma” and “Pa” Ferguson
4 The Veterans’ Land Board Scandal
5 King of the Wheeler-Dealers
6 The Sharpstown Stock Scandal
7 The Duke of Duval County
8 Charlie Wilson’s Whore
9 The Enron Scandal
10 Rathergate
11 A Spacewoman Scorned
12 The Love of Money
13 Friday Night Lies
MURDER in the Lone Star State
1 The Border Reivers
2 The Nueces Massacre
3 The Way of the Gun
4 The Death of Ambrose Bierce
5 Texas Ser-y’all Killers
6 The Ivory Tower of Death
7 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
8 The Crime of the Century
9 The Women of Death Row
10 A Fatal Attraction
11 The Most Hated Woman in America
12 (Bad) Mothers of the Year
13 Cruel Justice
14 A Texas Murder Trial
15 Joe Stack and the IRS
MAYHEM in the Lone Star State
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