Pete the Python: The Real, Absolutely, Positively True and Exclusive Story of Pete the Python’s ‘Daring Escape’ from the Fort Worth Zoo, Told Without Venom in His Honest-to-Pete Words.

More than a half century ago, a python left his place at the zoo and in so doing found his place in the hearts and thoughts of those in his community, the nation and even the world. For days he –or was it she? – brought those places to life. The python’s story lives to this day. And always will.

Roger Summers is a journalist and essayist who spends time in Texas, New Mexico and England and in a world of curiosity and creativity. He is the author of The Day Camelot Came to Town and Heart Songs From a Washboard Road. He can be reached at wrs_author@summersights.com.