Lone Star Book Blog Tour: 6 Feet Under Texas by Tui Snider (Review)

“Visiting the headstone of an infamous or historic figure… makes us think about the past in a way that creates a deeper understanding for the challenges other people faced during their particular time on earth.”

All of Tui Snider’s books are so delightful, and 6 Feet Under Texas is no exception. While cemeteries are naturally associated with death and often elicit morose thoughts, Snider highlights many cemeteries across Texas that are either famous tourist attractions or have obscure graves with quirky stories behind them.

If you are up for a road trip across Texas and are not afraid to traipse through cemeteries, pick up a copy of Tui Snider’s 6 Feet Under Texas, load up with plenty of road-trip snacks, and head out. This book has 50 stories across 28 Texas towns listed in alphabetical order, so I suggest reading through this short book first and then mapping out your trip. Nothing is off limits in what Snider has ‘dug up’ during her research of famous, infamous, and cryptic graves, including  those harboring outlaws, ladies of the evening, a severed limb, and even a squirrel and a few cats. Everyone has a story, but some stories expand throughout the years into urban legends. Snider points out some of these tall tales and then includes whatever facts are available to keep things as true as possible, given that record keeping and articles of yore were often sketchy and ambiguous.

What makes Snider’s books so fun to read is that she doesn’t expound too much on each grave, cemetery, and backstory. She gives just enough information to pique the reader’s interest and then offers ways to find the cemetery and any specific grave that might be hard to find or access. A list of books to read for more information and Snider’s own personal photos are included to pique that interest even more. The nice thing is that if you decide to visit these cemeteries during the current pandemic, social distancing won’t be a problem in a quiet cemetery full of people who are already safely six feet away.

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I received a free copy of this book from Lone Star Book Blog Tours in exchange for my honest review.

Tui Snider is an author, speaker, photographer, YouTuber, podcast host, and musician who researches historic cemeteries and symbolism, offbeat Texas travel, overlooked history, and haunted lore. As she puts it, “I used to write fiction–but then I moved to Texas!”

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