Texas Hold 'Em

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Praise for
KINKY FRIEDMAN
"THE NEW MARK TWAIN." -southern living
"The Mother Teresa of literature." -willie nelson
"A Texas legend." -president george w. bush /cig
"Sometimes he's outrageous. Most of the time he's outrageously funny." -people
"Spreads more joy than Ross Perot's ears." -molly ivins
"[FRIEDMAN] IS IN HIS OWN GENRE.
His prose can range from the purely poetic to the pornographic to the deeply philosophical, quite often in the same sentence. He is a wordsmith of the first order." -fannie flagg, the new york times book review
"I've now read all your books. More, please. I need the laughs." -president william jefferson clinton
ISBN 0-312-33154-1 $2 3.9 5 / $33.95 Can.
"Texas Hold 'Em is more than just a card game. It deals with that fine, forgotten art of playing a poor hand well Texas Hold 'Em is a state of mind, a spiritual survival technique, a way of holding on to things that might just be important in this ever-changing world."
—from the Introduction to... Tovább

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Praise for
KINKY FRIEDMAN
"THE NEW MARK TWAIN." -southern living
"The Mother Teresa of literature." -willie nelson
"A Texas legend." -president george w. bush /cig
"Sometimes he's outrageous. Most of the time he's outrageously funny." -people
"Spreads more joy than Ross Perot's ears." -molly ivins
"[FRIEDMAN] IS IN HIS OWN GENRE.
His prose can range from the purely poetic to the pornographic to the deeply philosophical, quite often in the same sentence. He is a wordsmith of the first order." -fannie flagg, the new york times book review
"I've now read all your books. More, please. I need the laughs." -president william jefferson clinton
ISBN 0-312-33154-1 $2 3.9 5 / $33.95 Can.
"Texas Hold 'Em is more than just a card game. It deals with that fine, forgotten art of playing a poor hand well Texas Hold 'Em is a state of mind, a spiritual survival technique, a way of holding on to things that might just be important in this ever-changing world."
—from the Introduction to Texas Hold 'Em
The irrepressible future governor of Texas is back with a crusade to stop the wussification of the Lone Star State. He never thought he'd see the day when he'd miss gun racks in the back windows of pickup trucks, but he almost does. He misses the days when cowboy shirts never had buttons and coffee with a friend was still a dime. Many of the stubborn, dusty, weather-beaten little towns, roads, trucks. Jeeps, people, and animals are gone now. Like it or not, the peaceful, scenic, bucolic Hill Country of his childhood is being dragged kicking and screaming into the twenty-first century.
Friedman is at his outrageous best as he gives Americans a look at the state made famous by the Alamo, the armadillo, Willie Nelson, and, well, Kinky Friedman. Texas Hold 'Em is composed of provocative essays, including autobiographical pieces that are at times bittersweet and at other times hilarious; profiles of such stellar Texans as his friend Willie Nelson (as you've never seen him before), George W. Bush, Jerry Jeff Walker, Pat Green, and Racehorse Haynes; and a treasure trove of lists and quizzes, including;
• If the Ten Commandments Were Written by a Texan
• Tex My Ride
• Texas Firsts
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As an added diversion, the book is decorated with cartoons by the brilliant John Callahan, particularly appealing to those whose lives are spiraling downward into despair.
Texas Hold 'Em is the way in which the Kinkster plays the game of life. To him, Texas Hold 'Em means holding on to what is dear to him, to the things that made him who he is, always remembering that the most important things in life aren't things. An old cowboy philosophy of life sums it up: "Hang on tight, spur hard, and let 'er buck."
KINKY FRIEDMAN
is a former country music star and Texas Monthly columnist, and an author of a successful mystery series. He is running for governor of Texas in the 2006 election. He wants to take things back to a time when the cowboys all sang and their horses were smart.
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