Oddball Texas A guide to some really strange places

From a water tower that looks like an oatmeal carton to the Kinko's where the false information about George W. Bush's military record was faxed to Dan Rather, Oddball Texas is full of strange and unknown tourist spots in Texas. A majority of the spots are folk art, plaques, and other drive-by spots that you would not want to spend more than ten minutes visiting. These include the so claimed "world's largest" six-shooter and the "world's largest" roadrunner and the final resting spots of bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde. Pohlen, a radio travel commentator and the author of the "Oddball" travel series, also includes some interesting spots like the fried chicken restaurant in Mexia where Anna Nicole Smith once worked and many small, bizarre, and often overlooked museums such as the Creation Evidence Museum and the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame. While certainly not a guidebook you would use to plan a vacation, Oddball Texas could be thrown in the car to help break up the monotony of a long road trip across this great big state. Of interest to Texas and regional libraries.-Joel Jones, Kansas P.L., Kansas City, MO (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.