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Monday • Marche
Author of ‘Legendary T<“\,i
gets book series reprinti
By Stephen Wells
Staff writer
T here is one thing people should know be
fore they talk to Jeff Carroll, author of the
“Legendary Texas-Unsung Heritage” book
series. They need to be prepared to listen to
someone who has a lot of life experience. They
also should keep in mind one other thing: He
has so many great stories to tell, an individual is
better off letting him do all the talking.
The first volume of the “Legendary Texas" se
ries was published in 1992, and there have been
four more volumes published so far. However,
that first story was the result of a lifetime of ex
perience. Carroll has, in his time, done just
about everything there is to do in life.
“I’m one of those people who’s done pretty much
everything at one time or another in my life,” Car-
roll said. “I’m your standard jack of all trades.”
The origins of the series are a story within
themselves. Carroll quit a career in government
service (he was a forester) to open up a custom
leather shop. Since then, he has taught history
at Texas A&M and Blinn Community College.
The stories he writes are the sum total of all the
expertise he gained in his careers.
“It (the book series] started after I left the gov
ernment and started up my own custom leather
shop,” Carroll said. “Some of the stories that are
in the books were ones I used in advertisements
for my store. After 1985 it got picked up by 22
newspapers in Texas for the sesquicentennial
celebration. Then we picked it up even more and
started telling the stories as a radio spot on
KAMU. I think that, right now, about 62 radio
stations are running those stories now.”
Carroll said he always has been interested in
a good story, to the point of quitting a career in
forestry to pursue a doctorate of history from
A&M. His love of a good tale began early in life.
“Really, my background is in the natural sci
ences,” Carroll said. “I started out as a forester,
but I’ve always been interested in history. I first
got interested in stories about history as a child
listening to my father tell me stories. I was also
very interested in the authors of that time and
read a lot of their books.”
Unlike the authors he read as a child, ^
said his stories are all based on actualever^
.in as close u> hi torical accounts as am IC
textbook. In fact, Carroll (who currentlyte
history at Blinn) often uses his bookse
convince students lush n \ can be as ink 3
as any fiction. JBP
"All of the stories are history," Carrolls?
it’s not, I’ll tell you in advance. II it’s ali
treasure story, it does have some basisi
course, it’s not completely true. If it was,;
I’d he out digging for treasure instead of:
ing the story' behind it for everybody tore
The first five volumes of Carroll’s sen:
being reprinted by Wheelock Press. Tl:
publisher has improved the quality and:
illustrations by Kelly franklin to enhanced!
perience of reading the book.
“It was a real challenge to illustratethttll
Franklin said. "1 read through every storyj
an idea of what the story said to meast
And, most of the pictures are pretty histot
accurate. They’re my versions ofpictunq
during the writing process.”
Although Carroll said he has nevermt
many of the subjects of his stories, hesti
a bond with them through his writinganc-
times, through others who know his writ
“I can only meet them [the peopleO
writes about] in my dreams, since mosi
people 1 write about are dead," Carrollsa::
sometimes I’ll be giving a lecture orasc
and afterwards someone will come up tor.
say ‘Hey, that was a pretty good story you
about so-and-so ... he was my uncle.’"
As for running out of stories to pubfe
roll said he does not think the day w
come. So far, he’s committed 250 stories!
while airing over 500 on his radio shov,
keep coming to him every day.
"No, I don’t think I’ll ever stop writing:
unless I die I guess,” Carroll said. 'Tvegou
log of so many stories it would take years;
to write them all.”
So, if you ever happen to meet wii:
Carroll, reward yourself by taking theti:
listen to him. After all, he’s got hundrt
stories to tell you.
Titanic to top Star Wars as No. 1 box-office film of all
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The only
question about Titanic is where will
the voyage end?
Fresh off its triumph at the Direc
tor’s Guild of America awards, the
blockbuster stayed at No. 1 with $18
million in weekend ticket sales, main
taining its course to become the top
earning movie ever.
Its latest challenger, U.S. Mar
shals, was second with $17 million.
Titanic will soon surpass Star
Wars as the all-time North America
box-office champ.
Counting re-releases, Star Wars
brought in $461 million. Titanic, the
No. 1 movie through its first 12
weeks, has earned $449.6 million.
“It’s going to sail past $500 mil
lion in the next couple of weeks,
which no film has ever done in the
U.S.,” said David Davis of Houlihan,
Lokey, Howard & Zukin, film Industry
investment bankers.
“It looks like Titanic \n\U finally get
the throne,” he said Sunday. “That’s
one of the big stories — when is it go
ing to get caught?”
It could take another movie with
Titanic lead Leonardo DiCaprio.
The Man in the Iron Mask, out next
weekend, features DiCaprio in
dual roles.
If Titanic stays atop the box office
chart next week, it will tie Tootsie and
Beverly Hills Cop for a record 13
weeks straight.
On Saturday, Titanic director
James Cameron won the!
prize. The winner of that*
ally repeats at the Acade-.
scheduled March 23.
Listed below are the t'
ticket sales for the top 10'
North American theaters
through Sunday. Final figure:
pected Monday.
1. Titanic. $18 million.
2. U.S. Marshals, $17 ir
3. The Wedding Singed:
4. (tie) Hush, $6 million.
4. Twilight, $6 million.
6. The Big Lebowski,®
7. Good Will Hunting^
8. As Good As It Gets, $3-
9. Dark City, $2.7 millior
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