Texas Mutiny by Sheila Allee

Available in Hardcover and Softcover

ISBN: 0972029354

Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches

Book Description:

There's more to the famous tale of how Lyndon Johnson bulldozed his way into the U.S. Senate on the strength of 87 questionable votes. This is the story of a political boss and the sophisticated small-town lawyer who brings him to his knees. It's the story of a hired gun hiding in Mexico and the Texas Ranger who haunts his trail. It's the story of a political assassination gone wrong, of intrigue that begins in a murky 1948 election and ends at the doorstep of a vice president promoted in crisis. In short, Texas Mutiny: Bullets, Ballots and Boss Rule is a tale of the Wild West in modern times.

Texas Mutiny is a true story told in novel form and related by a fictional newspaper reporter. It is set in a forsaken part of Texas where barren soil, mesquite and a burning sun shape the fortunes of the people. Vast poverty and incredible wealth live side by side in this land, making it fallow for corruption, deception, vote stealing, embezzlement and every sort of vice. Texas Mutiny is about the struggle to topple the oppressive feudal order that gripped the people of this land for generations

About the Author:

Sheila Allee is a journalist and author of Seven Steps to the Podium: A Concise Handbook for Speakers and Speechwriters. A former Associated Press correspondent, she became interested in the story behind Texas Mutiny while researching the life of Texas Ranger Capt. A.Y. Allee, a distant cousin who played a role in the drama. She has written extensively for magazines and news organizations, including Reader's Digest, Reuters and USA Today. She is a professional speechwriter.

Reviews:

“The story of George Parr and all the other players in the drama, from loyal pistoleros to cigar-chewing Texas Ranger Capt. A. Y. Allee, is the stuff of movies.  And good books.  Sheila Allee, a distant cousin of the late Allee, has done a good job telling a story that seems all the more incredible with the passage of time.” 

- Mike Cox, Austin American-Statesman

“This book is valuable to understanding the hot, dusty and bloody history of Duval County.  It is said to have ‘mayhem and unbridled corruption,' as well as a ‘brutal assassination,' and you can't beat that with a stick.”

- San Antonio Express-News   

“This book will curl your hair to learn how corrupt South Texas politics used to be.  The author loads her strongest passages with terse, simple words, like one of Ernest Hemingway's best novels.  The dozens of characters spring to life.  She catches the individual cadenes and vocabularies of peple to conuure them to life.  This is witness-stand?and interrogation?raw reality.”

- Jim McKone, McAllen Monitor