Table of Contents

October 1976

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Features

State Fair

The roar of the grease, the smell of the corny dog.

Whoever Said It Was a Grand Old Party

Elephants never forget, but Texas Reaganites wish they could.

Me and My Pickup

When is a truck more than a truck?

It’s All Downhill from Here

In the world of skiing, one man’s mountain is another man’s molehill.

Bass Fishing in America

Forget Jimmy Carter—this is what the New South’s all about.

The Making of Barbara Jordan

From poor black girl to presidential possibility, in ten not-so-easy lessons.

What Does This Woman Want?

Is Barbara Jordan really worth all the fuss?

Columns

Behind the Lines

Business

The Boomsday Book

Why Houston should read it and weep.

Books

Pall in the Family

Domestic bliss has seen better days than it sees in Shelby Hearon’s new novel.

Lifestyle

Something Happened

Why kids don’t grow up the way you want them to.

Dining Out

Fly Me! I’m Delicious!

Sure you are. And we’re the Knights of the Round Table.

Citywise

About Face

How to keep your complexion from getting skinned alive.

Film

Accept No Substitutions

Nobody does a Hitchcock film like Hitchcock. Unfortunately, somebody else tried.

Sports

A Horse Is Not a Home

Why would any woman risk life and limb on the rodeo circuit? Hint: it’s not for the money.

Reporter

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

Miscellaneous

Contest

Issues and Questions.

Roar of the Crowd

Touts

The birds and the beaches.