New Texas Guide to Landmark Dance Halls and Iconic Saloons

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Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) November 4, 2010 -- Texas journalist Shirley Jinkins has put to good use her decades of covering the state’s music scene by identifying its iconic dance halls, standout saloons and notable honky tonks.

Places described in Texas Landmark Saloons, Honky Tonks and Dance Halls (Great Texas Line; $5.95) are ones that maintain the state’s cultural distinctiveness while the rest of the country gets ever more homogenized by chain concepts and mass marketing.

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New Texas Guide to Landmark Dance Halls and Iconic Saloons

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Gruene Hall, Luckenbach Dance Hall, Willie’s Place, Poodie’s, Billy Bob’s and many other genuine Lone Star establishments are profiled in this pocket-sized, valued-priced guide that should be kept handy in every Texas-bound glove compartment or guitar case.

Passing through Mason? Don’t miss the London Dance Hall nearby. Heading to Big Bend? Don’t pass up Railroad Blues in Alpine or the Starlight Theatre in Terlingua. Approaching Abilene in late December? You must boot scoot at the century-plus Cowboy Christmas Ball at Anson's Pioneer Hall a few miles north.

Every corner of the state has been combed by Jinkins, making it the perfect birthday, Father’s Day or stocking stuffer gift for friends and family who like to have a good time in Texas. And who doesn’t?

A portion of the proceeds benefits Texas Dance Hall Preservation Inc., of Austin, a volunteer group that strives to keep the historic structures intact and functioning . The books is available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, the non-profit e-commerce site of Fort Worth’s Sid Richardson Museum (www.sidrmuseum.org), and many more outlets, or directly from the publisher at www.greattexasline.com.

The book is part of a Lone Star travel series that includes Texas Wineries , Big Bend Guide , Texas Landmark Cafés and Texas 107 Best Walks . For newcomers, Great Texas Line Press, a socially conscious, boutique press based in Fort Worth, also published Speak Texan in 30 Minutes or Less and Texas Speak: Advanced Course . The book is printed in Texas by Texans.

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