Table of Contents
Foreword - 1
Part 1: Bizarre Businesspeople - 7
Ed Bass - 9
Jeff Bezos - 14
John Carmack - 20
Edgar Byram Davis - 24
Richard Garriott - 28
Howard Hughes - 31
H. L. Hunt - 37
Herb Kelleher - 41
Stanley Marsh 3 - 44
Samuel Maverick - 48
John McCall - 52
Bo Pilgrim - 55
Amy Miller Simmons - 57
Tom Slick - 60
Jim West - 64
Part 2 Peculiar Politicians - 67
Judge Roy Bean - 68
Jim Bowie - 73
Davy Crockett - 78
Kinky Friedman - 81
Lyndon Baines Johnson - 83
Anthony Banning Norton - 88
“Pappy” O’Daniel - 90
Martin Parmer - 93
Ron Paul - 98
H. Ross Perot - 101
Clayton Williams - 105
Charlie Wilson - 108
Part 3 Strange Sports Figures - 111
Paul “Bear” Bryant - 112
Mark Cuban - 116
George Foreman - 120
Charles Haley - 123
“Stout” Jackson - 125
“Crazy Ray” Jones - 130
Bobby Knight - 133
Mike Leach - 138
Terrell Owens - 142
Dennis Rodman - 146
Fritz von Erich - 151
Part 4 Atypical Artists - 156
Wes Anderson - 159
Erykah Badu - 163
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown - 165
The Butthole Surfers - 168
Tim DeLaughter - 172
Roky Erickson - 175
Fair to Midland - 178
Blaze Foley - 180
Jim Franklin - 183
Clifford Fry, Ph.D. - 185
Galactic Cowboys - 187
Reverend Horton Heat - 191
Jerry Hunt - 194
Daniel Johnston - 199
Janis Joplin - 203
King’s X - 207
Lyle Lovett - 212
MC 900 Ft. Jesus - 215
Roger Miller - 221
Jack Nance - 225
Willie Nelson - 228
Kermit Oliver - 231
Red River Dave - 233
Michelle Shocked - 236
Anna Nicole Smith - 239
The Texcentrics - 242
Townes Van Zandt - 244
Stevie Ray Vaughan - 247
Owen Wilson - 250
Robert Wilson - 253
ZZ Top - 256
Part 5 Other Oddballs - 259
Amarillo Slim - 259
Jedge Arbuckle - 259
Madge Bellamy - 260
Boxcar Willie - 260
Joe Bob Briggs - 260
Burrell Cannon - 261
Bobcat Carter - 261
Leslie Cochran - 261
Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan - 262
Jimmy Dean - 262
Larry Dennis - 263
Carlos Esparza - 263
Billy Sol Estes - 263
Moses Evans - 264
Gilbert Felts - 264
Fred Felty - 264
John W. Gates - 265
Vince Hanneman - 265
Blind Lemon Jefferson - 266
Vendyl Jones - 266
Leadbelly - 266
Charles and Sandra McKee - 267
Jeff McKissack - 267
John Milkovisch - 268
O. L. Nelms - 268
O. T. Nodrog - 269
William Sydney Porter - 269
Brushy Bill Roberts - 269
Al Shepperd - 270
Barney Smith - 270
Walter “Buck” Swords - 270
Simon Vega - 271
Lizzie Williams - 271
Wolfman Jack - 271
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