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Bartee Haile
Bartee Haile began writing "This Week in Texas History" in 1983 for small-town and suburban newspapers across the Lone Star State. Thirty-five years and more than 1,800 columns lat...view moreBartee Haile began writing "This Week in Texas History" in 1983 for small-town and suburban newspapers across the Lone Star State. Thirty-five years and more than 1,800 columns later, it is the most widely read and longest-running feature of its kind ever. Texas Entertainers: Lone Stars in Profile is his fifth book for The History Press. The master storyteller's earlier titles are Texas Depression-Era Desperadoes, Murder Most Texan, Texas Boomtowns: A History of Blood and Oil and Unforgettable Texans--all fascinating page-turners. A fourth- or fifth-generation Texan (like most Texans, he can't say for sure), Bartee Haile lives in the Houston area with his wife, Gerri.view less