September 2001

Table of Contents

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Features

John Paul Cisneros

He's is a healthy teenager (and nothing could make his dad happier).

Walker Railey

Picking up the trail of Walker Railey.

Shaggy

Tuning in to Shaggy.

My Three Sons

Prudence Mackintosh's sons.

The Texas Monthly Covers

A blast from the past.

Columns

Behind the Lines

POTUS Operandi

Governor George W. Bush, M.I.A.

Politics

Ben Barnes

The former golden boy of Texas politics is still running hard.

Politics

The Ex-Governors

Polling the ex-governors.

Politics

Lena Guerrero

Brain cancer has put life and politics in perspective for Lena Guerrero.

Politics

Robert Strauss

Evan Smith on Robert Strauss.

Business

Oscar Wyatt

The oil boom is long over, but he and other wildcatters are still thriving.

Business

Rod Canion

Booting up Rod Canion, version 2.0.

Business

Bunker Hunt

Remembering the Hunt brother’s silver anniversary.

Business

Mary Kay Ash

Business

The Airline Guys

Robert Crandall and Frank Lorenzo.

Culture

Phyllis George

Phyllis George and Texas’ other former Miss America’s didn’t let the tiara go to their head.

Culture

Dew Westbrook

The original Urban Cowboy.

Culture

Fess Parker

Falling for Davy Crockett (um, Fess Parker).

Sports

Earl Campbell

He has moved from pig skin to pork sausage, but he's still trying to score.

Sports

Johnny “Lam” Jones

Evan Smith on Johnny “Lam” Jones.

Texana

Candy Barr

Once notorious, Candy Barr's now anonymous—and happily so.

Texana

Randall Dale Adams

Only a man who came within three days of being executed for a crime he didn’t commit could be as passionate an advocate for a death-penalty moratorium as former death row inmate Randall Dale Adams.

The Filter

Pat's Pick

Herbal Remedies

The Fredericksburg Herb Farm branches out.

Miscellaneous

The Last Roundup

Band of Brothers

Keeping time with the Texas Jewboys.

Web Extra

Psst!

Liz Smith, the grande dame of dish, talks about Texas, her book Natural Blonde, religion, and her pal Ann Richards.

Restaurant Guide

Web Extra

Search Engines

Executive editor Skip Hollandsworth, who wrote about Candy Barr, and others tell the story behind this month's special issue.

Around the State

Web Extra

Urban Knight

Things are picking up in Dallas' Oak Cliff—thanks to a little help from Magic Johnson and Starbucks.

Web Extra

Cheers to Salman Rushdie

Novelist Salman Rushdie, whose new book, Fury, will be published by Random House in September, kicks off the twenty-first annual Margarett Root Brown Houston Reading Series on September 10 at the Alley Theatre.

Web Extra

Real World

For some hardworking bands, reality bites. But not for the Dallas group Flickerstick.

Recipe

Rosemary-Peach Chicken

Fresh rosemary gives this recipe for baked chicken a wonderfully pungent aroma.

Recipe

Creamy Peach, Prune, or Poppy Seed Kolaches

Airy breads with sweet or savory fillings, kolaches are the Czechs' best-known contribution to Texas cooking. We show how to make them with three different fillings.

Books That Cook

Dallas Cowboys Wives' Cookbook and Family Album

Ready for a blast from the past? This spiral bound cookbook goes back to the Dallas Cowboys team of 1979

Happy Trails

Glen Rose and Granbury are fast becoming the weekend getaway spots. Find out why.

Texas History 101

Will La Llorana, a native of the Rio Grande Valley, ever find her lost children? According to legend, probably not.

Texas Tidbits

Sometimes, when the weather is just right, a Texas summer day can be full of more plots and twists than a good novel.

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