Frommer's Texas (Frommer's Complete Guides)

• Our authors hit all the highlights, from the nightlife in funky Austin to bright lights of Dallas to the trails of Big Bend. They've checked out all the state's best hotels and restaurants in person, and offers authoritative, candid reviews that will help you find the choices that suit your tastes and budget.
• You'll also get up-to-the-minute coverage of shopping and nightlife; accurate neighborhood maps; the best historial sites (the Alamo, Dealey Plaza); and advice on planning a successful family vacation.
• Destination highlights include all the major cities (Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin) plus many more fantastic destinations (Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains national parks, the gulf coast, and the panhandle plains)

Eric Peterson lives in Denver, Colorado, and writes about all sorts of subjects, including but not limited to travel, business, politics, music, skiing, and environmental issues. He is the author of several Frommer’s guides and Ramble Texas (Fulcrum Books, 2010). Peterson's byline has appeared in such publications as the New York Daily News, High Country News, Westwood, and ColoradoBiz.

Neil E. Schlecht was reared in North Dallas. He attended Plano Senior High School, returned for graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin, and married a fellow Texan. Now living in northwestern Connecticut, he is the author and co-author of more than a dozen travel guides, including Frommer’s Peru, and is the author and photographer of Buenos Aires Day by Day and Mallorca & Menorca Day by Day. His Texas heroes are Ann Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Jimmie Dale Gilmore.