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ODESSA TEXAS IN BOOKS
Link to The Poor Boys courtesy of Richard Porter
Time Is A Funny Thing
POLICEMEN LIKE BROWN AND ALDRIDGE AND ODESSA IN THE '50S
THE ECTOR THEATER WHERE HEARTS MET
DRIVE- IN PICTURE SHOWS WHERE STUFF HAPPENED
DARRELL K ROYAL and Me, plus, Schlemeyer Back To Pass
Ninth Grade Football (1957)
Teen-ager's Sockhops
A Very Good Year
Fabled Fords
B00GIE WITH TRIGG AND Supper With Trigg
PHOTO GALLERY
VOICES FROM THE PAST
Wings Over Notrees
Tribute to Vance Phillips (ANOTHER new story)
The Monahans Sandhills Wagon Train Mystery--TRUTH OR HOAX?
About Me
Contact Me
(Happy) DAY'S DRIVE-IN
LARRY BRADFIELD'S NOSTALGIC POEMS
ROY O AND ELVIS PRESLEY KMID TV 1955
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OVER THE YEARS I HAVE BECOME AWARE OF SEVERAL BOOKS BOTH FICTION AND NON-FICTION THAT HAVE USED ODESSA TEXAS AS A SETTING. I DEDICATE THIS PAGE TO THE READERS OF HISTORY REGARDING OUR HOME TOWN. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT DRIVEINTOM@AUSTIN.RR.COM IF YOU KNOW OF OTHERS.


I WILL REVIEW THEM AND LIST THEM IF I CAN.
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1960'S--AUSTIN GANGSTERS--ORGANIZED CRIME THAT ROCKED THE CAPITAL.

AUTHOR JESSE SUBLETT.


Although the title lists Austin as the subject, this book contains much information on an infamous Odessa native named Jerry James. Jerry,in 1968, was famous for being number one on the FBI most wanted list. Also in the book is Midland's counterpart to Jerry James,Freddie Clinton Hedges. Fortunately, I never knew either of them.
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WASHED IN THE BLOOD--AUTHOR SHELTON L. WILLIAMS

SHELLY WILLIAMS TELLS THE MACK HERRING STORY, AKA THE KISS AND KILL ME MURDER STORY.



SUMMER OF '66--SHELTON WILLIAMS--SHELLY'S STORY OF HIS UT STUDENT DAYS IN WHICH HE BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH THE TOWER SHOOTER CHARLES WHITMAN, THE INFAMOUS MASS MURDERER



COVEY JENCKS-- A WORK OF FICTION BY SHELTON WILLIAMS THAT IS A ALSO ABOUT MURDER AND BAD GUYS. SHELLY USED CHARACTERS HE KNEW AND KNEW OF IN ODESSA TO AUGMENT HIS IMAGINATION. GOOD READ.
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COVEY AND JAYJAY GET EDUCATED 2018

AUTHOR SHELTON WILLIAMS
SERIALIZATION #2
MURDER MYSTERY WITH HEAVY ODESSA INFLUENCE, BUT MOSTLY IN FICTIONAL TEXAS TOWN AND COLLEGE. LATE 1990'S. HIGHLY POLITICAL THEMES DEPICTING THE POLARIZATION THAT EXISTS TODAY IN OUR COUNTRY. FUN CHARACTERS.


THE BLACK STILLETO--A SERIES WRITEEN BY ODESSAN RAYMOND BENSON.



Raymond Benson (born September 6, 1955) is an American author best known for being the official author of the James Bond novels from 1997 to 2003. Benson was born in Midland, Texas and graduated from Permian High School in Odessa in 1973.



THE BLACK STILLETO SERIES is pulp fiction about a protagonist girl born and raised in Odessa but spent her fictional life in New York City and later Los Angeles fighting crime. Raymond Benson has had a very notable career.
I just devoured his Stilleto series. Fun reads

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SWEET JANE
AUTHOR: JOANNE EASLEY
FICTION,SET IN MOSTLY ODESSA


NOTES FROM JOANNE

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SWEET JANE began with a writing prompt in a cafe one Saturday morning in Austin, Texas. From there, the character I created came alive, grew, and developed not only in my mind but also in public, in my critique groups.

My best source about Odessa, Texas in the Fifties and Sixties was Michael Moore. His website and his personal stories fired my imagination. Any errors are mine alone. JOANNE



FROM MIKE: JOANNE SHARED WITH ME A LONG TIME FASCINATION WITH THE AREA IN AND AROUND ODESSA. SHE NEVER LIVED THERE.

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MICHAEL LEWIS MOORE WILL PUBLISH HIS ODESSA STORY HOPEFULLY IN THE YEAR 2020. MY STORY HAS A THEME TO IT, AND IT IS NOT A MEMOIR AS SUCH. IT IS THE STORY OF HOW I LEARNED ABOUT WHAT I CALL THE VICTIM MENTALITY AND HOW I ESCAPED FROM IT.

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FOR THOSE HISTORY BUFFS AND FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE ODESSA AREA, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND EXPLORING THE WORKS OF PATRICK DEARAN. I DOUBT ANYONE KNOWS THAT AREA'S HISTORY BETTER THAN PATRICK.

MY FAVORITE BOOK BY PATRICK IS :Castle Gap and the Pecos Frontier, Revisited.