From El Chupacabra to the Marx Brothers, Clay Coppedge has a talent for digging into Texas's most unusual history. Strange as they may seem, many of these Texas-sized legends are surprisingly true, like Pancho Villa's film contract and the notorious Crash at Crush, a staged train collision and failed publicity stunt that turned tragic outside of Katy. Whether fact or lore, each tale is irrefutably part of a unique and fascinating heritage that invigorates the spirit like a Texas frontier remedy.

Clay Coppedge has written for newspapers and magazines for more than thirty years, including fourteen as a sportswriter. He is currently a staff writer and columnist for Country World newspaper. Clay is also a columnist for TexasEscapes.com and a regular contributor to Texas Co-op Power magazine.