The military has more than its quota of Texans. Notice that you never see Sam’s fingers on the keyboard.

Sam was played by Dooley Wilson, who was born in Tyler. The line, “Play it once, Sam,” was from Ingrid Bergman. Speaking of films, Humphrey Bogart never did say, “Play it again, Sam” in the 1942 film Casablanca. Ragtime composer Scott Joplin (Texarkana) was reintroduced to millions in The Sting. We also have Beyonce (Houston), Ernest Tubb (Crisp) and Tommy Tune (Wichita Falls). Who can forget our favorite singing Longhorn, Janis Joplin (Port Arthur) or the Big Bopper, aka Jiles Perry “J. And although Larry Hagman (Fort Worth) didn’t sing, his mother Mary Martin (Weatherford), did. And what would the musical world be without Texans? Willie Nelson (Abbott), Trini Lopez (Dallas), Selena (Lake Jackson).

So were Debbie Reynolds (El Paso), Joan Crawford (San Antonio) and Tommy Lee Jones (San Saba).Īctually, the entertainment industry is filled with our former neighbors: Carol Burnett (San Antonio), Gary Busey (Goose Creek), Cyd Charisse (born Tula Ellice Finklea in Amarillo), Spanky McFarland (Fort Worth), Steve Martin (Waco). WHAT DO SAM DONALDSON, NOLAN RYAN AND DWIGHT EISENHOWER HAVE IN COMMON? No, they were not brief members of the Trump cabinet. (Mar.Our great state has birthed some memorable figures-and some we wish to forget, too. Agent: Betsy Lerner, Dunow, Carlson, and Lerner. Zimmerman (The Orphanmaster) keeps the truth hidden until the end, combining suspense with an unsettling look into a tormented mind. Hugo’s parents decide to civilize the girl, and introduce her into society on their return to New York. In Virginia City, Nev., he becomes fascinated with a sideshow freak, the so-called Savage Girl, allegedly raised by wolves. Hugo, a Harvard student recently released from a sanatorium, accompanies his family on a cross-country trip. On the night of May 19, 1876, 22-year-old Hugo Delegate awaits the arrival of the police at a house overlooking Manhattan’s Gramercy Park, the site of a savage murder committed by either him or a “girl murderess.” Hugo soon reveals that the victim, a “longtime acquaintance and sometime friend,” is but the latest in a series, and after his arrest, he presents the complex backstory to his defense attorney. The prologue of Zimmerman’s superior historical thriller will suck most readers in instantly.

Savage Girl by Jean Zimmerman