| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 39.3

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| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 39.3 | The History Cooperative

*Tascosa: It's Life and Gaudy Times*. By Frederick Nolan. (Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 2007. xviii + 361 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography. $39.95.)
Veteran western writer Frederick Nolan tells us in his introduction that it is high time the history of Tascosa was "properly" told. An odd choice of words that, since gaudy, bawdy, raucous, hell-raisin' old Tascosa was anything but proper. But no matter, Nolan tackles the task with his usual dedication to thorough research and presents the results with his usual storytelling mastery.	1
Tascosa's history was exceedingly short. Originating in the mid-1870s, its doom was soon sealed when, in 1887, railroads pushed through the Texas Panhandle, bypassing Tascosa in favor of Amarillo. But oh my, what devilment went down during those few years!	. . .

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